Jaipur, 14 December: The Executive Director of London-based Gemfields Plc, Sean Gilbertson will be the Chief Guest for the 10th Jaipur Jewellery Show. He will inaugurate the popularly known December Show on 22at Hotel Rajmahal Palace, informed the Convener of JJS Mr. Vimal Chand Surana. Mr. Surana further added that Vice Chairman of the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), Mr. Pankaj Parekh will be the Guest of Honour on this occasion.
It has long been the tradition of JJS to have eminent personas from the Gems and Jewellery trade as their chief guest. In the past few years well known people from the jewellery trade have been the chief guest like Ms. Varda Shine, Managing Director of Diamond Trading Company International (DTC), (2009); Mr. Vasant Mehta, Chairman of GJEPC (2008); Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri, President, CIBJO (2007); Ms. Donna Baker, Acting President of Gemmological Institute of America (GIA), (2006) Mr. Smuel Schnitzer, President of World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), (2005), among others.
Secretary of JJS, Mr. Rajiv Jain said that this being the 10th year of this leading jewellery exposition, it is fitting to have Mr. Gilbertson of Gemfields, one of the world’s foremost coloured gemstone producers as the chief guest. Gemfields mines, processes and markets rough gemstones internationally. Its prime focus is on Zambian emeralds and amethyst. His inputs will benefit the Gems and Jewellery trade, he added.
The media Spokesperson, Mr. Ajay Kala said that there is widespread enthusiasm among the prospective customers and stall owners for the JJS that will begin on 22 December.