The winners of the National Jewellers Awards 2011, were recently announced. The awards are hosted by the GJF to honour the best in the Indian gem and jewellery industry from wholesale – manufacturing- design – retail – grading and testing laboratories. Winners and the corresponding categories are as below:

Best Diamond Jewellery Fashion –Shree Menghraj & Bros. Jewellers, Bangalore; Best Diamond Jewellery Contemporary – Tikamdas Motiram & Sons Jewellers, Mumbai; Best Diamond Jewellery Bridal – Karan Kothari Jewellers Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur; Best Gold Jewellery Fashion – B.R. Designs, Surat; Best Gold Jewellery Contemporary - OM Jewellers Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai ; Best Gold Jewellery Bridal - OM Jewellers Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai; Best Platinum Jewellery – Inter Gold Gems Pvt. Ltd. (ORRA), Mumbai; Best Silver Jewellery – Chain n Chains Jewels Ltd., Mumbai ; Best Silver Articles – Chain n Chains Jewels Ltd., Mumbai; Best Jadau Gold Jewellery – Precious Stones – Chintamani’s The Jewellery Arcade, Mumbai; Best Jadau Gold Jewellery – Non Precious Stones – Abharan Jewellers, Bangalore; Best Jewellery Designer – Sundaram Chains Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Best Retail Chain Of The Year – Joyalukkas India Limited, Cochin; Best Single Store Of The Year - Joyalukkas India Limited, Cochin; Best Innovative Promotion Of The Year - Chintamani’s The Jewellery Arcade, Mumbai

Best Diamond Jewellery Manufacturer - P & S Jewellery Ltd., Mumbai; Best Gold Jewellery Manufacturer – Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited, Coimbatore; Best Platinum Jewellery Manufacturer – Fine Jewellery India Ltd., Mumbai ; Best Silver Jewellery Manufacturer – Derewala Jewellery Industries Limited, Jaipur; Best Jadau Jewellery Manufacturer – Laxmi Jewellery, Ahmedabad

Best Jadau/ Gold Jewellery Wholesaler – Vasupati Jewellers, Mumbai ; Best Diamond Jewellery Wholesaler - KGK Creations (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Best Gem Stones Testing Lab For The Year - Loose Diamonds - GIA India Laboratory Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai; Best Gem Stones Testing Lab For The Year – Jewellery – International Gemological Institute (I) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai ;Best Precious Metal Testing Lab Of The Year – Hallmarking – Mahavir Hallmarking Centre Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.

The winners are selected by a voting mechanism. This is unique award in which the varied segments of the industry are recognised for their contributions and awarded under a single banner.