Buoyed by the tremendous response to the first ever Bharat Diamond Week, the organisers have announced that the second edition is likely to be held in early October 2018, possibly on October 8 and 9, 2018. It will be even bigger and feature new elements, they said in a statement expressing satisfaction at the response to the first show which was held within the bourse premises from April 23- 25.

“We will be implementing changes based on lessons that we learned from the planning of this show. The October show will take the Bharat Diamond Week to a whole new level,” said BDB President Anoop Mehta.

Stressing that the show exceeded expectations, Mehul Shah, BDB Vice-President and head of the Diamond Week project said the next show would definitely be bigger. “It was meant to help smaller and medium-size firms by giving them a platform on which to show their goods to buyers from India and overseas. Many companies in the bourse who were not able to exhibit in the show marquee reported that buyers also moved around the exchange, visiting offices and doing business.”

Mehta concurs, "The Diamond Week really energised the whole Bharat Diamond Bourse. It created a lot of action and momentum. People had smiles on their faces and the event really put a spring in the step of our BDB members.”

Pic caption: The audience at the opening ceremony of Bharat Diamond Week
Pic courtesy: BDB