Indian Jewelry » Modern Jewelry India

For promoting cut and polished diamonds, other gems and traditional as well as modern jewellery, a number of initiatives, although still insufficient, have been taken up. Some exhibitions are being organized in foreign countries by the Handicrafts and Handloom Export Corporation of India. Annual International India Jewellery Show is being put up in Mumbai by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council. It is a 'Trade Only' Show now. Simultaneously an Indian International Jewellery Design Competition is being organized with foreign collaboration. A big Millennium Jewellery Designing Contest was launched in collaboration with De Beers which now also undertakes print and TV publicity promoting diamond jewellery.Meanwhile the Swarnanjali Jewellery Contest conducted by the World Gold Council for India has become the largest competition of its kind in the world !

Collective Indian gems and jewellery pavilions are being put up in some other trade and industry fairs. Some privately arranged gems and jewellery fairs have been held at Delhi, Trichy, Jaipur, Surat, etc. Tools and Machinery expos are held at Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, etc. to encourage modernization. Group participation of the Indian gems and jewellery sector in major foreign fairs and expos is being organized by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council. Additionally, the Indo-Argyle Diamond Council has been assisting Indian jewellery manufacturers in promoting their modern jewellery studded with Australian smalls in the U.S. market.