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DJGF Signature 2026 opens in Delhi with 120 plus exhibitors
Three-day B2B jewellery trade show at Bharat Mandapam draws 7,000 plus visitors from 28 Feb
MUMBAI: Delhi’s jewellery trade just got a sparkling kick-off because when 120 plus brands shine under one roof, even the crown jewels start taking notes. The second edition of DJGF Signature 2026, organised by Informa Markets in India, opened today (28 February 2026) at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, cementing its position as North India’s premier early-season sourcing platform for retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers gearing up for Akshaya Tritiya and the wedding-festive rush.
Spanning over 70,000 square feet, the three-day B2B exhibition (28 Feb–2 Mar) brings together 120 plus exhibitors representing more than 400 leading jewellery brands, including Vikash Chain, Beera Jewellers, Neeru Jewels, Riddhima Chain, Grover Jewels, ASV Polki, SRK Jewels, Unique Alankar, and Shri Radhey Krishna Jewellers. The show is expected to attract over 7,000 trade visitors, including 400 plus VIP and curated hosted buyers senior retail decision-makers, trade bodies, and sourcing delegates.
The inaugural ceremony featured industry heavyweights, Avinash Gupta (Vice Chairman, GJC – Chief Guest), Ramavtar Verma (Chairman, TBJA), Naveen Kumar Jindal (Senior Chairman, TBJA), Kamal Pawal (President, TBJA), Yogesh Mudras (Managing Director, Informa Markets in India), Pallavi Mehra (Senior Group Director, Informa Markets in India), and Pankaj Shende (Group Director, Informa Markets in India).
The showcase covers fine jewellery, gold (plain, antique, contemporary), gold & diamond, polki & jadau, silver, loose gemstones, lab-grown diamonds, casting jewellery, and jewellery technology & packaging solutions giving the trade a decisive first-mover edge.
GJC vice chairman Avinash Gupta said, “The participation from exhibitors and buyers reflects not just strong business sentiment, but also the growing maturity of our gem and jewellery ecosystem. Platforms like DJGF Signature have evolved into structured marketplaces that enable systematic procurement, networking, and meaningful knowledge exchange.”
Informa Markets in India managing director Yogesh Mudras added, “With the domestic jewellery market projected to expand to USD 130–150 billion by 2030, the sector is entering a phase of structured growth driven by festive demand, bridal purchasing, and increasing formalisation.”
TBJA, president Ram Avtar Verma noted, “DJGF Signature truly reflects how far our industry has come. The sheer scale, participation, and energy at this edition are remarkable.”
TBJA president Kamal Pawal said, “In North India, we had never witnessed such a grand and professionally organised platform before.”
Beyond sourcing, the show features sessions on export fundamentals, luxury retail transformation through AI, bullion price volatility, and Gen-Z consumer behaviour, plus structured B2B matchmaking. Supported by associations including The Bullion and Jewellers Association Delhi, Delhi Jewellers Association, Gurugram Jewellers Association, Karol Baug Jewellers Association, Maliwara Jewellers Association, Dariba Jewellers Association, Lucknow Mahanagar Sarafa Jewellers Association, and Ghaziabad Jewellers Association, DJGF Signature 2026 is setting the tone for the larger DJGF later this year.
In a market where India processes 90 per cent of the world’s diamonds by volume, consumes vast gold, supports 5 million livelihoods, and contributes 7–8 per cent to GDP and 12–14 per cent to merchandise exports, this gathering isn’t just business, it’s the jewellery trade polishing its next big shine, one booth and one deal at a time.
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Tessolve lands a semiconductor veteran to drive its next big push
Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, who started his career at ISRO and has spent 35 years building chips and companies, joins the Bengaluru-based firm as president and chief operating officer
BENGALURU: Tessolve has never been shy about its ambitions. The Bengaluru-based engineering services firm already counts 18 of the world’s top 20 semiconductor companies among its clients, employs more than 3,500 engineers across 12 countries, and last year pocketed a $150m investment from TPG. Now it has hired the executive it believes can turn those assets into something bigger. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, a 35-year semiconductor veteran who once built satellite payloads for ISRO and has since scaled engineering organisations across three continents, joins as president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
THE MAN AND THE MANDATE
The appointment is, by any measure, a serious hire. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu comes to Tessolve after senior leadership stints at HCL Technologies, Altran and Wipro, where he managed large profit-and-loss portfolios and oversaw cross-regional teams. Over the course of his career, he has been instrumental in bringing more than 1,000 new products to market across the high-tech, energy and manufacturing verticals. Before the private sector claimed him, he began his working life as a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation, contributing to research and development in charge-coupled device technology and satellite payloads, a foundation that shaped everything that followed.
In his new role, he will lead Tessolve’s global growth strategy: expanding its engineering capabilities, deepening customer relationships and accelerating innovation across semiconductor and high-performance computing domains. The brief is broad, but the context is specific. Tessolve operates in the $550 billion global semiconductor market, and its recent moves, the acquisition of Germany’s Dream Chip Technologies and the TPG funding round, have sharpened both its reach and its expectations.
Srini Chinamilli, co-founder and chief executive of Tessolve, is characteristically direct about why Ravi Kumar Chirugudu was the choice:
“As we scale our global semiconductor and system engineering capabilities, Ravi’s appointment marks an important step forward. As global semiconductor demand continues to accelerate across industries, it is creating significant opportunities across the semiconductor lifecycle, from design, packaging, validation and systems integration. Ravi’s deep knowledge and leadership in this ecosystem brings the right mix of industry expertise, customer connect and execution capability, which will play a key role in strengthening our position as a trusted global engineering partner and reinforcing our market leadership.”
THE NEW ARRIVAL SPEAKS
Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, for his part, frames the move in terms of timing and culture, two factors that veteran executives tend to weigh as heavily as title or compensation:
“I am happy to join Tessolve at a time when the industry is rapidly evolving towards more complex, AI-driven systems. What stands out to me is its strong people-first culture and its commitment to bringing value to its customers. The strength of its global team, combined with its deep expertise in semiconductor innovation and next-generation product engineering, creates a solid foundation to build differentiated, scalable solutions. I look forward to working closely with the team to drive strategic growth and strengthen its role in shaping the global semiconductor ecosystem.”
The reference to AI-driven systems is not incidental. The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a structural reshaping, driven by the insatiable compute demands of artificial intelligence. For engineering services firms like Tessolve, which offers end-to-end capabilities from silicon design to packaged parts and invests in high-performance computing, high-speed interfaces, photonics and 5G, the moment is both an opportunity and a test. The company says it is well positioned to capture the next wave of industry growth. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu is now the person who has to prove it.
He came in from outer space, literally, and spent three decades learning how the semiconductor industry works from the inside out. Now Tessolve is betting that accumulated knowledge can help it cross the next frontier. In the $550 billion global chip market, the gap between ambition and execution is measured in engineering hours and leadership quality. Tessolve has just gone shopping for both.
