Surat: State’s biggest gems and jewellery exhibition Sparkle 2021 began here with a renewed focus on lab-grown diamonds on Saturday. Apart from the real diamond and jewellery makers as many as 40 lab-grown diamond or chemical vapour diamond (CVD) manufacturers have put their products on display.
A special penal discussion too was organised on lab-grown diamond where jewellery manufacturers and traders raised queries about the synthetic diamonds or CVD. In his address at the inauguration, Dinesh Navadiya, president of SGCCI claimed, “Market for CVD is fast developing world over. Surat is on top in terms of production as nearly 25 firms here have started manufacturing it.”
Navadiya also said that the gems and jewellery sector had a 7% share in the country’s GDP and has seen a 53% growth post-Covid.
Colin Shah, chairman of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said that such exhibitions are important for growth of business and building strong relationships between the buyer and the seller. Jitendra Bhindi of Bhindi Jewellers from Junagadh said that Gujarat can produce the world's best handmade jewellery. “Other countries are ahead in terms of technology but no one can match the handmade jewellery of India,” said Bhindi.