GJEPC’s India-France Jewellery Summit will bring 17 Indian jewellery companies to Paris from October 13 to 15, 2026, to explore partnerships with French luxury brands, opening avenues for design collaboration, private-label manufacturing, and access to European markets, discovers Suneeta Kaul.

ABARAN unveiled a 4-gram commemorative gold coin in Bengaluru to mark founder Burde Sadananda Kamath’s 125th birth anniversary and announced a savings scheme for the girl child.

De Beers appointed Sawai Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur as its natural diamond advocate in India, while Forevermark Diamond Jewellery unveiled Princess Gauravi Kumari as the face of its festive campaign.

Solitario Lab Grown Limited has filed its draft prospectus for a proposed SME IPO, with proceeds from the fresh issue earmarked for 20 new exclusive brand outlets and 75 shop-in-shop counters across India.

CaratLane celebrated its 18th anniversary with a film featuring brand ambassador Yami Gautam Dhar, alongside product upgrades, new designs and initiatives to expand its international business.

The jewellery retailer launched a flagship campaign featuring actor Sonali Bendre, highlighting its mangalsutra and traditional jewellery collections and positioning jewellery as an heirloom.

The lab-grown diamond jewellery startup will use the funds to strengthen its team, marketing and supply chain as it expands its business.

ZOYA has launched Her Again, a High Jewellery collection inspired by Indian spices, featuring coloured gemstones and Anoushka Shankar as the campaign face.

Malabar Gold & Diamonds has expanded its Goa retail network with a 7,839 sq. ft. showroom in Margao, offering gold, diamond, polki, uncut diamond and precious gemstone jewellery.

The natural diamond jewellery retailer recorded 75.75% revenue growth in H1 FY27 and added company-operated stores in Pune and Nashik.

The 22-carat, 916-grade BIS-hallmarked rings were supplied to eligible newborns delivered at government hospitals across Tamil Nadu under the state welfare initiative.

The collaboration features Gemfields’ Zambian emeralds in contemporary high jewellery designs, alongside tanzanite, diamonds and 18K gold.

India can move beyond being a major producer of laboratory-grown diamonds to becoming a global technology leader by developing indigenous equipment, advanced materials, device fabrication capabilities, and high-value industrial applications, says Prof. M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Head of the India Centre for Lab Grown Diamond (InCent-LGD) at IIT Madras, in a conversation with Suneeta Kaul. Prof. Rao was one of the main organizers of GJEPC's VAIRAM 2026 Workshop, held earlier this year at the campus of IIT Madras.

The 7,839-sq.-ft. Margao showroom expands Malabar Gold & Diamonds’ presence in Goa, offering gold, diamond, polki, uncut diamond and precious gemstone jewellery.