Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council gets its new chairman

After a long wait of more than three months, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), an apex body of the Indian gems and jewellery industry, will get its new chairman and vice-chairman on Friday.

Praveen Shanker Pandya, who is the chairman of the Diamond India Limited (DIL)—a consortium of 58 leading diamantaires to directly source rough diamonds in India formed in 2006—has become the chairman and Russel Mehta, who is managing director of Rosy Blue India Private Limited has become the vice-chairman of GJEPC for the year 2015-17.

Sources said that Pandya and Mehta were elected uncontested in the recently held election.

Dinesh Navadiya, president of Surat Diamond Association (SDA) was elected uncontested as the regional chairman (Gujarat) for GJEPC, while Ashok Gajera of Laxmi Diamonds Private Limited has been appointed as the regional chairman (Western Region) of the GJEPC.

The formal announcements of the various posts at GJEPC will be made on Friday.

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