The Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery in Mumbai offers three polished diamond grading courses: a 40-session comprehensive course covering the 4Cs of grading, certification, and costing; a 15-session customized course for industry professionals focusing on grading skills for sales and inventory management; and a minimum 5-session refresher course for graduates who have been out of practice. The courses provide hands-on grading practice using loupes and microscopes and aim to train students in diamond evaluation, certification, and career opportunities in jewelry production, marketing, sales, and appraisal.

1. Indian Institute
of
Gems & Jewellery
Mumbai (Andheri, MIDC)
Conducts three courses for Polished Diamond Grading
1. Polished Diamond Grading (DG-001-40) 40 sessions
2. Polished Diamond Grading (DG-002-15) 15 sessions
3. Diamond Grading Practical Refresher Course
(DG-003-15) 5 sessions minimum

2. 1. Polish Diamond Grading (DG-001-40)
Comprehensive Course for 4 Cs Grading,
Certification Practice & Costing
Objective: This course is design comprehensively for learning
grading skill of 4 Cs characteristics including certification &costing.
Diamond grading practice is done under 10X loupe & microscopes
for small to medium size diamonds. Lab practice covers up
Certification, Jewellery assortment & Grading diamonds for export
office.
This course is ideal for fresher, artisans and professionals in the
jewellery and diamond industry.
Duration: 40 sessions/No. of Seats: 10
Time: 9.00am – 12.30 & 1.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Eligibility: SSC (sufficient Knowledge of English)
Fees: 35,000/- by Demand Draft / Cheque
(Included Rs.5000/- Refundable Deposit)

3. 2. Polish Diamond Grading Course
(DG-002-15)
Customized Industry oriented
Objective: This course is designed as per student’s requirement
to start as fresher, learning grading for jewellery counter sales,
managing inventories & jewellery marketing.
It provides sufficient grading practice for satisfying consumer’s
queries while sales.
This course will benefit more to the candidates already absorbed
in industry & needs the up gradation of knowledge & grading
skills for achieving raise or promotion or targeting desired
designation.
Duration: 15 sessions, No. of Seats: 10
Eligibility: Working in Diamond Industry (Knowledge of English)
Fees: Rs. 20,000/- by Demand Draft / Cheque
(Rs. 5,000/- Refundable Deposit)

4. 3. Diamond Grading Practical
Refresher Course (DG-003-15)
OBJECTIVE: The Practical Refresher Course of Diamond
Grading is mainly conducted for the student, who has qualified the
course from IIGJ, but further have remained completely out of
practice for several months or years.
These students don’t have a family background of diamond and
Jewellery business as any other source for practicing diamond
grading skills. Hence, it is very essentially requirement of a brush-
up/refreshing course for Diamond Grading.
Duration: minimum 5 sessions
No. of Seats: 10 (depends on availability)
Fees: Rs. 5000/- by Demand Draft / Cheque
(Rs. 5000/- Refundable Deposit)
Grading Practice: Diamonds will be provided to students
along with an answer sheet/certificate

5. Course Contents:
Main Topics Excluding Sub-Topics;
Concept: Diamond from Formation to Fabricated into
Jewelery, flow chart & Value Chain
Cut: Round & Fancy Shapes Grading of Cut Proportions, Symmetry & Polish
Clarity: Inclusions, Blemishes Identification & Plotting Symbols for Clarity Grading
Colour: The reasoning Occurrence of Colour & Fluorensces while judging the
Colour Grades from D-Z including Fancy Colours
Carat: Diamonds weight is measured into carat & it is classified in various sizes
from starting Star to Solitaires with difference in Value considered in minimum to
maximum weight.
Cost: Valuation of Diamonds from 0.01 to 10.00 carats is globally referred by
certain price guides among the Traders; such as Rapport Diamond Report, Troy
Diamond Report, Idex Price Report & etc..
Certification/Authentication: Natural, Synthetic 0r Treated Identification &
Grading of Cut & Shape along with parameters, Grading of Colour & Fluorensces,
Grading Clarity & Plotting the symbols, Carat weight & measurements.

6. Prospective Career Opportunities for:
Qualified Professional Diamond Graders;
Management jobs in Jewellery production unit for
managing inventory.
Diamond bagging for Jewellery & Quality Checking for
exports.
 Marketing jobs in MNC for domestic & international
Diamond sales for Branded Jewellery.
Loose Diamonds Marketing for wholesales & retail
sales.
 Free lancing for making Jewellery on orders.
Diamond brokerage practice, authorized appraiser &
online trading.
 Grader jobs in Diamond export office for Jewellery