There are 12 awards in the Jewellery category, five Excellence Awards, five Store Awards, two Designer Awards and Student Awards.
Winners in the latter category will receive a substantial amount being as scholarship.
The organisation said that applications for the Awards are being accepted through an online process that has gone live on its website www.gjf.in; the last date for entry being June 25, 2017. Ernst & Young has been appointed as process advisors.
The award categories cover all stakeholders of the jewellery industry operational in India and jewellery fraternities such as retailers, wholesalers & manufacturers, e-commerce entities, designers and students.
Aruna Gaitonde, Editor-in-Chief of Asian Bureau, Rough & Polished