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Bullion World | Volume 4 | Issue 3 | March 2024
In addition to the comprehensive panel discussions, which covered a range of topics concerning the Indian gold
markets, there was a series of paper presentations. The names of the presenters, along with the titles of their
respective papers, are enumerated below:
Prof. Biju Varkkey, from the HRM area at IIM Prof R Bala Subramanian from RBS Kochi shared
Ahmedabad, and Ms. Novel Ansari, a research insights from his study on the impact of organized
associate at IIM A, presented a case study on the gold showrooms on gold artisans in Madurai.
sensitive topic of "Decent Work Framework & Karigar Prof Samaresh Bardhan from IIT Ropar spoke about
Management." the "Hedging properties of Gold in an emerging
Prof Subhadip Roy, from the Marketing area at IIM market economy" as observed from an application
Ahmedabad, elaborated on "Consumer Motivations, of the intertemporal capital asset pricing model
Buying Process and Post-purchase Behavior of Gold (CAPM)
at the Retail level."
Prof Manas Paul, from IMT Ghaziabad, spoke Prof Abhiman Das, from IIM Ahmedabad, spoke on
on: "Precious Metal Stocks as Hedges and Safe the relevance of price benchmarking in India.
Havens." Prof. Anidita Chakrabarti from IIT Kanpur, Isabelle
Prof Neharika Sobti, from IMT Ghaziabad, spoke on Guerin, Research Director from Oxford University,
the "Reasons for intraday price jumps and co-jumps Bazil Shaikh, a former central banker, and Prof. Peter
in Gold-Market – focussing on Psyche, News and Phipps from RMIT University, Melbourne presented
Illiquidity." a multi-faceted scholarly discussion on many lives of
Siddharth Premkumar, Researcher, IIT Kanpur, Gold in India.
presented his findings on "a network analysis of Amita and Dinesh Kulkarni, JSS Advanced Jewellery
transoceanic trade, wealth accumulation, and early Design & Technology Centre, Bangalore, presented
empire building in the South Deccan" in his paper their research on "Sustainable Gold Recovery:
"God, Gold, and Governance." Transforming hazardous waste into valuable
Prof Priya Narayanan, from IIM Kozhikode, spoke resources - A comprehensive study."
about the "Repositioning of Making Charges in Gold Dr. Adil Shah, Research Associate at IGPC,
Jewellery retailing so as to drive industry change and presented his paper titled "Policy Uncertainty
cover Customer and Jeweller perspectives." Spillovers across G7 Countries and Central Bank
Dr. Nithya Joseph, from the French Institute, Gold Reserves Demand: An Empirical Exploration
Pondicherry, spoke about "Ornaments in circulation with Future Directions."
and the making of moral personhood in South India" Anumeha Saxena, Research Associate at IGPC,
in her paper titled "Good as Gold." presented her findings in her presentation titled
Prof Imlak Shaikh, Prof Priyanka Vallabh, and "Does the Neighbourhood Effect Contribute to
Leena Ajit Kaushal from MDI Gurgaon spoke about Participation in the Gold Monetization Scheme: Early
"Household's Perception and Expectation from evidence from the IGPC PRICE Household Survey."
India's Gold market-Evidence from RBI Consumer
Confidence Survey."
The conference also involved a ceremony where Shivanshu Mehta, MCX, announced the recipients of the MCX
Awards among the presenters from the previous edition of the conference.
The conference was concluded with a vote of thanks from Harish Chopra, who thanked his team for their support
in organizing a comprehensive event. He also thanked the participants and all the speakers/ presenters whose
contributions were critical to the conference’s success.
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