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ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 THE GEM & JEWELLERY EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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During the year under review, as a “Make in India” initiative,
the Council conducted re-skilling and skill upgradation
programme as the G&J sector in Gujarat was facing issue
of scarcity of efficient and capable labour. Due to this the
industry was suffering in terms of quality and production
capacity. It had become necessary to train artisans and
supervisors to enhance their skills.
As part of this project, the first in the series of programmes
was commenced during 27th July to 31st July, 2015. The
overwhelming response from the participant and their
positive feedback encouraged to plan such programme in
other cities of Gujarat. During the year various programmes
on Diamond Grading, CAD Designing, Diamond Polishing,
Spectroscopic Studies on Diamond were conducted in cities
like Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Rajkot and Surat. More than
Training The Artisans
Institutes & Testing Labs
CREATING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Skilling, Reskilling, R&D, Testing Services & Awards!
The Indian gems & jewellery industry has strived hard to
reach at the stature that it enjoys today. Going forward and
looking at the growing demand of the world market, Indian
industry see a huge potential for further growth. And this
would be achieved by creating a huge pool of talented
people who will be capable of driving this industry to the
next level. And at the same time offering the domestic and
international market with latest gem testing services as per
the world standards. With the aim to build a pool of trained
manpower resources for the industry, the Council has set up
educational institutes offering courses in gems & jewellery in
major centres of the industry in the country. These institutes
and laboratories have been playing a pivotal role by providing
training in various skill areas of Gems & Jewellery sector, and
offering best gemological and testing services.
These institutions are involved constantly in building the
image of the industry by taking up various activities that
helps the industry to be competitive at the world market. The
services and activities carried out in the financial year 2015-
16 by the institutions continued to uplift the industry.
200 members and new entrants from Diamond and Jewellery
sectors were benefitted with the programme.
Total 181 participants from 5 different cities were trained on
Diamond Grading. Out of which 15 candidates were female,
96 belonged to Diamond sector, 70 were from jewellery sector
and 15 candidates were working in both the sectors.
Other courses conducted under this initiative during the
year 2015-16 were CAD, Designing, Diamond Polishing &
Spectroscpic Studies of diamond. A total of 55 participants
were benefitted from the initiative.
Under this programme, trainings were given to artisans
including new entrants. The training were given on basic skill
upgradation and advanced skill upgradation.
