The Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) will organize the 40th Indian Gem & Jewelery Awards for its members next month, the best jewelry exporters. The winners of the competition are selected according to the indicators of export volumes, creation of added value, new jobs and investments in research and development and other indicators for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
The jury members, including Nirupa Bhatt, managing director of Managing Director GIA, Shri K. Subrahmanyan, executive director of Union Bank of India and Pawan Bindal, director of Dun & Bradstreet, have already completed selection of winners in all categories. The award ceremony will be held in Mumbai on October 5, 2013.
370 applications were submitted to the GJEPC competition, and the jury identified 31 winners in the categories related to sales of precious metals, gold jewelry without inserts, jewelery, silver jewelry, diamonds, jewelry, colored gemstones, synthetic stones and sales to foreign tourists. In addition to these categories, awards will be awarded in 9 special nominations - for young companies, women entrepreneurs, for achievements in the jewelry industry, etc.