The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) felicitated the winners of the India Gem & Jewellery Awards, in Mumbai at Jamshedji Bhabha Theatre, NCPA.
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- Mr. Rajendra A. Shah, industry stalwart, was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award while Mrs. Bharati D Shah from B R Designs won the Best Women Entrepreneur Award
The awards this year is in its 40th edition. An independent jury selected a total of 31 winners from over 270 nominations received from across India. Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is the title partner of India Gem & Jewellery Awards, while BVC Logistics is the Platinum Partner and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) is the Knowledge Partner.
Present at the inauguration and lamp lighting ceremony at the awards function were Chief Guest, Shri. Kapil Sibal Hon’ble Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology & Law and Justice, Presiding Guest, Shri. K.H. Muniyappa, Hon’ble Minister of State(Independent charge) for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, GJEPC Brand Ambassador & Bollywood Diva, Ms. Sonam Kapoor, Shri. Vipul Shah, Chairman, GJEPC, Shri. Pankaj Parekh, Vice Chairman, GJEPC along with other dignitaries and officials. The glittering awards ceremony was held at the Jamshed Bhaba Theatre, NCPA, and was anchored by the versatile and tremendously talented theatre and cinema personality, Boman Irani.
