With over 18,000 votes received from the retailers across India, the dazzling trade of gems and jewellery eagerly await the unveiling of the winning designs at the first edition of IJ Jewellers’ Choice Design Awards to be held on December 10, 2011 at the ITC, Grand Maratha in Mumbai. The Award ceremony will be held during UBM's B2B Jewellery and Gem show in Mumbai slated 9-11 Dec, 2011.%% The Design Awards were launched as an initiative towards providing the jewellery industry with a platform that could bring together the entire trade manufacturers sitting in remote corners of the country to the top retailers of India.%% The IJ Jewellers’ Choice Design Awards commenced on August 1, and concludes with a grand finale on December 10, an award night studded with the gems of the jewellery trade, to celebrate and reward the best creative minds for their exceptional talent. Apart from the announcement and acknowledgement of the winners, the grand evening will also see the presence of some of the top names of jewellery trade as well as a sequence of fashion shows featuring the winning pieces on professional models. %% The awards ceremony will be telecasted on NDTV Profit on December 24 and 25.%% To see the list of the finalists click ##http://designawards.indianjeweller.in/Winners/diamond_jewellery.html##here##%% The sponsors for the event are Presenting Partner UBM, Powered By partner GIA, associate partner KARP Jewellery, Logistics partner B.V.C Group and our category partners GEMFIELDS, RMC and ECLATS.