GIA appoints Ram Natarajan to guide international laboratory operations
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has appointed Sriram Ram Natarajan as senior vice chairman of laboratory operations.
Natarajan, beforehand managing director of GIA India Laboratory Non-public Restricted, started his new position in early August.
He’s now primarily based at GIA’s international headquarters in Carlsbad, California, and experiences to president and chief government Pritesh Patel.
In his new place, Natarajan will oversee the imaginative and prescient and technique for GIA’s international laboratory operations, together with diamond grading and jewelry providers.
Natarajan joined GIA India in 2017 as vice chairman of laboratory operations and have become managing director in 2020.
In that position, he led the organisation’s schooling and laboratory actions in India. He brings greater than 30 years’ worldwide expertise throughout a number of industries.
Patel stated: “Ram is a dynamic chief carefully attuned to GIA’s mission and the wants of our laboratory purchasers. As we proceed to introduce new applied sciences and develop laboratory services and products, his experience, perception and expertise shall be invaluable.”
Natarajan added: “It’s an honour to tackle accountability for overseeing GIA’s gemological laboratories. I stay up for working with our groups and purchasers to ship high-quality laboratory providers and uphold the requirements of excellence that GIA is thought for.”
