6^th April 2023, Mumbai: IIGJ Mumbai welcomed its new batch of 23 students for the Post Graduate Diploma in Jewellery Management programme. They are graduates of different streams but share the same dream – an exciting career in the gem & jewellery industry, in India or abroad. Many will continue to post graduate degrees in different parts of the world, but for now, the focus is to gain as much knowledge as IIGJ has to offer! There is also a good regional mix, as they come from different parts of the country.

This is the 10^th PGDJM batch since the programme was introduced in 2016. IIGJ is proud to announce that more and more graduates striving for careers in the gem & jewellery industry as employees, entrepreneurs or to manage their family businesses are finding this intensive, power-packed programme at IIGJ Mumbai more than appropriate to give shape to their dreams for the future. Over a period of 1 year these students will learn theory and get hands-on practical training from experienced, industry-trained faculty in manual design, CAD for jewellery, gemmology and diamond grading, manufacturing techniques, merchandising, management principles and in the final module, they will also create designs with mentorship from a jewellery industry partner. The programme thoroughly prepares them for their professional future in the gem & jewellery industry, or for further studies in the field.