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February 20, 2018

New SD Centre inaugurated with Glimpz 2018

Amruta Fadnavis and Rajiv Popley inaugurates at IIGJ

On 17^th February, 2018 Smt. Amruta Devendra Fadnavis and Mr. Rajiv Popley Inaugurated the New Skill Development (SD) Centre of The Indian Institute of Gems and Jewellery (IIGJ)Mumbai along with 12^th Graduating Exhibition - Glimpz 2018!

Inauguration of the ‘IIGJ Andheri New Skill Training Center’ preceded by Honorable Chief Guest-Smt. Amruta Devendra Fadnavis - First lady of Maharashtra and Guest of Honor - Mr. Rajiv Popley - Director of Popley Group. The Occasion was graced by the presence of Mr. Kirit Bhansali, Chairman-IIGJ Mumbai, Former Chairman-GJEPC Mr. Pravin Shankar Pandya, Vice Chairman GJEPC, Mr. Colin Shah, Chief Executive Director GJEPC, Mr. Sabyasachi Ray, Executive Director GJEPC, Ms. Veena Wadkar & along with IIGJ Mumbai Board of Directors – Mr. Sanjay Kothari, Mr. Vasant Mehta, Mr. Nirmal Barmecha, Mrs. Namita Pandya and HoI – Mr. Sanjoy Ghosh.

The New Center has been established Dedicated for Conducting Specialized Courses in Jewellery Design, CAD, Manufacturing, Diamond Grading and Gemology. This center is aligned with NSDC Standard. After the Inauguration of the new skill training center the Dignitaries preceded to Bagmal Laxmichand Parikh Campus for the Inauguration of the GLIMPZ 2018 Exhibition.

Glimpz-18 Exhibition is an important event for the Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery, Mumbai. Every year the 3 Year Degree Course culminates with a Cap Stone Project during which the students create collections of jewellery base on particular themes. This year the students of Degree Bach 12 were asked to work on the Theme of Sustainability & Revival-where they were inspired to create jewellery with unusual mechanisms and concepts.

Supporting the Make in India Initiative introduced by the Government of India, students were asked to research on concepts which would be influenced by the Art and Craft culture of India which are on the verge of extinction and revive the same by utilizing it as a concept to create their collection.

They could also create jewellery based on the waste materials which can be sustained by using them in their jewellery. During this project students work hard to design their own jewellery collections under the able guidance of their mentors and transform them into actual jewellery pieces by applying the skills learnt during the 3 years training.

All those inaugural players of IIGJ Andheri New Skill Training Center & Jury Panel Ms. Indra Jadwani remained present at the inaugural of Glimpz. Smt. Amruta Devendra Fadnavis and Mr. Rajiv Popley personally visited and interacted with every passing out student giving them a word of encouragement to stand tall in their career.

They not only took keen interest in judging the students work but also gave them a fruitful feedback which would add to their knowledge for their upcoming career. After seeing the efforts put in by the students they mentioned that they were very happy to see the skills gained by the students during this 3 years program.

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