GJEPC to hold fourteenth edition of IIJS Signature in April

By

Isabelle Crossley

Published
Mar 4, 2021

The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council will hold its first large-scale trade show in physical form post-Covid by launching IIJS Signature at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon from April 2 to 7. 

The India International Jewellery Show will welcome over 750 exhibitors with around 1,365 booths over three halls at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, the GJEPC announced on its website on Wednesday. In line with government guidelines, exhibitor and buyer entry to the trade show will be limited and health and safety precautions followed including requiring all visitors to provide a negative Covid-19 report to enter the event. 
 
The 14th edition of IIJS Signature will feature a wide range of fine jewellery product categories. As company entry to the event is restricted to two days each with an alphabetical system, the trade show has been extended to six days as opposed to its previous time period of four days. 

“It has been more than a year since the industry witnessed a physical show of the magnitude of IIJS Signature,” said GJEPC chairman Colin Shah at a press conference. “Owing to demand from all segments of the trade, GJEPC is organising IIJS Signature in physical form. It is the need of the hour that the entire jewellery community comes together to boost the jewellery business. The exhibition is held at a Covid-Free Zone and we are following all SOPs set by Central Govt. and Govt. of Maharashtra to organise the show.”
 
“We have made the processes completely digital- registration is mandatory through GJEPC online app, digital contactless badges will be issued (no physical badges), visitors and exhibitors have to compulsory download Aarogya Setu App,” said the GJEPC’s national exhibitions convenor Shailesh Sangani. 

“Moreover, for entry into the exhibition, visitors must produce a Covid-19 Negative Report, tested at least 72 hours prior to arrival.”