GJSCI Announces Anant Winners
Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) in its endeavor to revive some dying arts in our country aimed at promoting design development, product innovation and diversification of India’s for heritage arts form viz. Hupari Payal (Kolhapur), Tarakasi (Cuttack), Thewa (Rajasthan) & Gajra (Bhuj, Gujarat) designed a contest around these arts. The objective behind the whole concept was to promote these arts and create some contemporary designs around it and help uplift the artisans to use these designs and create more pieces of jewellery to meet the domestic as well as international market.
The selection for the winners was tough as they were rated on various parameters like detail, concept & originality, ease to manufacture, sales potential & creativity. After a stringent scrutiny by a panel of leading experts from the gems & jewellery industry Shri Sanjay Kothari the Chairman of GJSCI along with Mr Rajeev Garg, Executive Director & CEO, GJSCI invited renowned celebrities from the gems & jewellery industry to be a part of this Panel of Jury Members.
Amongst these were Ms Roopa Vora, Ms Indra Jadwani & Ms. Varuna D. Jani celebrity jewellery designers, the retail section comprised of some prominent personalities like Mr. Rajiv Popley of Popley & Sons and Mr. Sunil Datwani of Gehna Jewellers and the Trade Magazines included famous media persons like Mr. Sumesh Vadhera of Art of Jewellery & Soma Bhatta of Retail Jeweller.
This doesn't end the list GJSCI also witnessed the kind presence of some Special invitees which included Ms. Nirupa Bhatt, MD India & Middle East, GIA and GJSCI's past Director accompanied by Ms. Anna Martin, Sr. VP, Global Development-GIA. Also present was Mr. Jatin Chheda of Chheda Jewels and GJSCI's past Director and Mr. Mansukh Kothari, Gold Jewellery and other precious metal jewellery Panel of GJEPC.
A grand ceremony was held in Mumbai to felicitate the winners of this competition. The ceremony was held during Design Connect a platform for jewellery designers to connect and collaborate with jewellery manufacturers and retailers. Organised by GJSCI and Women's Jewelry Association (WJA)-India Chapter and supported by GIA (Gemological Institute of America), Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) and Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA).
In the overall category we had Ms. Sakshi Agrawal in the first place, Ms. Varuni Goyal in the second place and Ms. Pooja Mishra in the third place. The Consolation prizes in individual art form were given to Ms. Shreya Nath (Thewa), Ms. Namrata Singh (Hupari Payal), Ms. Aashi Jain (Tarakasi) and Ms. Smriti Agarwal (Gajra).
The Special prize winners were Ms. Tanvi Chitalia, Ms. Vrinda Agrawal, Ms. Kalyani Sanjay Choudhary, Ms. R. Rukmani & Ms. Sneha Israni.
