Richa Goyal Sikri is an accomplished journalist and digital storyteller specialising in gemstones, diamonds, vintage and contemporary jewellery. Her debut book - No Stone Unturned: the hunt for African gems - was published in 2024, a collection of 24 true short stories. She has a bachelor’s degree in commerce in commerce and a master’s in business administration. She has completed several courses with the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), including ‘Colored Stone Grading’ and ‘Gem Identification.’

 

Richa spent the first 20 years of her career in various leadership positions within the travel and tourism industry, including her last role as Executive Director for STIC Travel Group, where she worked with clients across international markets. In 2014, as a connoisseur of gems and jewellery, she began curating educational visits to mines and gem-cutting centres globally for groups of aficionados seeking to understand better the journey of a gem from mine to market. Based on her experiences, Richa debuted her unique storytelling style on Instagram in 2017 (@richagoyalsikri), which garnered broad interest and engagement from the press and industry stakeholders.

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Since 2018, Richa has pursued the second chapter in her career in the gem and jewellery sector, delivering talks, projects, digital storytelling campaigns and articles for many notable organisations, including the Art Science Museum in Singapore, renowned jewellery companies like Buccellati and Fabergé, publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Robb Report, India Today and Vogue and prestigious industry bodies worldwide like the World Emerald Symposium (Colombia), the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO), the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), and the Global Congress of the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA).