Actress Pooja Bedi With Golden Girl Award Winners

On the occasion of “International Women’s Day 2023”, the lady’s wing of India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA) presented their first ever Golden Girls Awards to recognise and reward all those Women Entrepreneurs, who with their sheer skill and passion have attained success in each and every curve of Jewellery Manufacturing, Processing, Designing and Trading Nationally. It is a salutation for the  brave and brilliant female entrepreneurs, who defied all odds through sheer passion and determination to attain success through all the Cs such as confidence, concentration, consistency, collaboration and cooperation.

IBJA conceptualized The Golden Girl Awards in association with Heera Zhaveraat Group, with the sole purpose of motivating the highly talented pool of women workforce in India, who had been creating their own mark in the complete ecosystem of Gem and Jewellery sector nationally.

The first edition had a good representation and garnered a tremendous response from every corner of the country, going forward the Golden Girls Award will be an annual affair

The Golden Girls Award winners were Nishtashri Srinivasan, Rakhee Biswas Deb, Abirami Santhosh, Vandana Saraf, Piyusha Nyati, Mona Shah, Dr Renisha Chainani, Ambika Burman, Aishwarya Guptha, Preeta Agarwal, and Pooja Mehta.

Mr. Prithviraj Kothari (National President, IBJA) hosted the glittering GGA show at Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai, in the august presence of Ms. Hetal Vakil Valia (National Chairperson, Ladies Wing-IBJA) & distinguished stalwarts from the industry such as: G&J Industry Icon Mr. Sanjay Kothari (former Chairman-GJEPC), Dr Chetan Mehta (National Vice President – IBJA), Mr. Surendra Mehta (National Secretary- IBJA), Mr. Ashish Pethe, (of Waman Hari Pethe and former Chairman-GJC), Mr. Rajesh Bajaj, (Head, HZ International & HZ Trade Media Group Enterprises) & Mr. Neeraj Gaba (Creative Entrepreneur & Motivational Speaker) among others. The GGA event was sponsored by Laxmi Diamonds (Diamond and Jewellery sponsor), Emerald Jewel Industry India Ltd. (Branding partner) and Shringhar House of Mangalsutra Pvt. Ltd. (Mangalsutra partner). Ms Reena Shukla was the Convener of the GGA Award

IBJA plays a key, pivotal role in interacting with all the Government departments on behalf of bullion traders, dealers and jewellers in its implementation of new policy matters, import export issues and also helps in the economic growth of the country.

IBJA addresses disputes and arbitrations between dealers and provides a neutral and correct platform for weighing precious metals acceptable to the trading community. It interacts with different executive agencies and provide reliable and correct reports of assaying of precious metals acceptable to the parties involved.