{"id":15021,"date":"2018-08-09T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/?p=15021"},"modified":"2021-10-14T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:09:13","slug":"cibjo-president-pledges-support-for-indian-jewellery-industry-during-iijs-opening-ceremony-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/cibjo-president-pledges-support-for-indian-jewellery-industry-during-iijs-opening-ceremony-in-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"CIBJO President pledges support for Indian jewellery industry, during IIJS opening ceremony in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:22%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><em>ABOVE:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri addressing the opening ceremony of the India International Jewellery. He is joined at podium by (from right) Sabyasachi Ray, GJEPC Executive Director; \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Pramod Agarwal, <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>GJEPC Chairman; Colin Shah, GJEPC Vice Chairman; and Shailesh Sangani, Convenor of GJEPC\u2019s National Exhibition Sub-Committee.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:74%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>August 9, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has pledged CIBJO\u2019s support for India\u2019s giant jewellery and gemstone sectors, during the opening ceremony of the summer edition of the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS), which took place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The massive jewellery and gemstone trade fair, which is organised by the Indian industry\u2019s primary trade organization, the Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), will run through August 13, and attract some 1,500 exhibitors in multiple pavilions, and tens of thousands of professional attendees, from 800 cities and towns across the country and from more than 80 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The CIBJO President was a guest of honour at the opening ceremony, where together with the GJEPC leadership he participated in a traditional candle-lighting ceremony, led by the council\u2019s Chairman, Pramod Agarwal.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:30.6666%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"645\" height=\"762\" title=\"IIJS (photo 1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IIJS-photo-1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-15017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IIJS-photo-1-200x236.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IIJS-photo-1-400x473.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IIJS-photo-1-600x709.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IIJS-photo-1.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><strong><em>GJEPC Chairman <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Pramod Agarwal (left) lighting a candle during the opening ceremony of the India international Jewellery Show, as <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>GJEPC Council Vice Chairman Colin Shah (centre), GJEPC Executive Director Sabyasachi Ray (second from right) and CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri look on.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:65.3333%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>Addressing the assembled gathering, Dr. Cavalieri congratulated the GJEPC for its ongoing work in the development and promotion of the Indian gemstone and jewellery sector, which today is the world\u2019s overwhelmingly dominant centre for the processing of gemstones and jewellery, and also is its third largest national jewellery consumer market.<\/p>\n<p>It is in particular the growing importance of India\u2019s domestic market that is reflected in the \u00a0emergence of the IIJS August show as a major fixture of the global jewellery sectors annual calendar, he stated. \u201cIndia has been a critically important player in our industry for decades already, but initially was regarded predominantly as a production centre. Today it is a one of a handful of countries, together with the United States and China, whose presence is felt in all stages of the chain of distribution, both driving and satisfying demand,\u201d Dr. Cavalieri said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut not only is India important to our industry, our industry is critical to India, contributing about 7 percent of its GDP, about 16 percent of its total merchandise exports, and employing more than 4.64 million workers. With almost 18 percent of the world\u2019s population, India is a country that conclusively demonstrates that, while precious gemstones and jewellery may be non-essential luxury items, the jewellery and gemstone industry is an indispensable part of the global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-2 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><B>AUGUST 9, 2018:<\/B> The CIBJO President was a guest of honour at the IIJS opening ceremony, where he participated in a traditional candle-lighting ceremony, led by the Chairman of the Gem &#038; Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Pramod Agarwal.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}