History

In 1950's when Gemology as a science was unknown in India, Late Mr Govindas Mukandas, the jeweller to the erstwhile Nizam the ruler of Deccan initiated study of gems & jewellery in scientific way. He successfully used his vast knowledge in the gem deposits of Golconda area of India, the occurrence, formation cutting and mining, and his experience in other gems like Ruby-Sapphire mines as solid base and incorporated the optical, physical, chemical properties as guided by John Sinkankas - Max Baur, this laid the foundation for gemology in 1970's.

Further his only son Satish Shah GG established a full fledged Gemological institute & Gem testing lab for the Govt. of India undertaking in New Delhi, and gave shape to formal Gemology and started training the inquisite minds in every facet of Gem & Jewellery identification and making.

Further Gemology took roots in Hyderabad as gem Testing lab, and free gemology classes and various methods and finally Deccan Institute of Gem & Jewellery Pvt. Ltd., with its lab & grading facilities, equipped with state of the art technologies, offers new opportunities to the jewellers. Its continuous research activities translated into the course, programme equip the students with the ability to identify, appraise, buy and sell gem & Jewellery, which is very essential at a time when the market is flooded with misleading and sophisticated gem stimulants and various enhancement processes.

The course is planned in such a way that it sharpens the skills in jewellery designing and manufacturing. The institute as excellent facilities and experienced faculty to provide work areas with most modern gem technology, digital displays, slides audio visuals and practical inputs. Which provide an ideal atmosphere for students to have practical knowledge remained by jewellers and gemologists through out the trade. It has already trained hundreds of students not only from all over India but also from countries like USA, UK, Mexico, Africa, Middle East and NRI's.

Founder

Late Govindas Mukandas
Satish Govindas Shah GG. (Chairman)
Priyanka Shah Jewellery Designer (SNDT Mumbai), Gemologist
Radhika Shah GG, GJ, AJA (GIA)
Gopal Krishna Gemologoist, Diamond Grading
Hemang Momaya Diamond Grader (HRD)
Sulthan Shabbuddin gemologist
Amith shah gemologist and diamond grader
M. Srinivas gemologist and diamond grader
J.Vasantha Laxhmi gemologist and diamond grader

And many more guest lectures.

Priyanka shah daughter of Satish shah, is a gemologist and jewelry designer. Priyanka shah, a gemologist and a professional jewelry designer.

She has been teaching from past 8 years 150 students and still is enjoying to continue her profession. She is presently training students in jewelry design. According to her designing exclusive pieces of jewelry is what sets you apart from the rest. In today’s competitive industry there is a need to design and offer to clients on-of-a kind jewelry design. The professional and personalized approach developed enables to create students comfort that helps them in gaining the most and the best for their education.

About Gemology

Gemology as a science was unknown to India in 1950’s when Late Mr. Govinddas Mukandas, the jeweler to the erstwhile Nizam the Ruler of Deccan, initiated study of gems & jewellery in scientific way. He successfully used his vast knowledge in the gem deposits of Golconda area of India. His knowledge about the occurrence, formation, cutting and mining there along with his experience in gems like Ruby, Sapphire mines acted as solid base. He then incorporated the optical physical, chemical properties of the stones and laid the foundation for gemology in 1970’s. Further his son Satish Shah (GG) established a full fledged Gemological Institute & Gem testing lab for the Government of India undertaking in New Delhi and gave shape to formal Gemology and started training the inquisitive minds in every facet of Gem & Jewellery identification and making.

Later Gemology took its roots in Hyderabadas a Gem Testing Lab. Gemology classes were given and finally Deccan Institute of Gem & Jewellery was born. Deccan Institute with its lab & grading facilities, equipped with state of the art technologies, offers new opportunities to the jewelers. Its continuous research activities translated into the course. This program equip the students with the ability to identify, appraise, buy and sell gem & jewellery, which is very essential at a time when the market is flooded with misleading and sophisticated gem stimulants and various enhancement processes.

The course is planned in such away that is sharpens the skills in jewellery designing and manufacturing. The institute has excellent faculty and experienced facilities to provide work areas with most modern gem technology, digital displays, slides, audio visuals and practical inputs. Which provides an ideal atmosphere for students to have practical cutting edge knowledge in the field of Gem and Jewellery. It has already trained hundreds of students not only from India but also from countries like USA, UK, Mexico, Africa, Meddle East and NRI’s.

After establishing Gemology in 1980s. Deccan Institute of Gem & Jewellery & Deccan Gem Society held their convocation and Annual Meeting on 8^th of January, 2006 at Taj Mahal Hotel, Hyderabad. The Chief Guest Mr Umesh of Meena Bazar Group, wished the organization and the upcoming professionals in their future prospectus. More than 146 students of Diamond, Gemology & Jewellery Designing were honored with certificates. The following students were given the medals for Best Performance.

Gemology

	K. Sangeetha	20th june 2008
	A. R.Uma Maheswar Rao	14 Oct 2008
	Uma Rani	14th feb 2008
	J. Vasantha Laxhmi	14th feb 2008

Diamond

	Ajay Kumar Varma	20th June 2008
	Arthi Bharotia	14th oct 2008

Jewellery Designing

Hunuma Sree Susarla

14th oct 2008

The CEO, of the institute and President of Deccan Gem Society Shri Satish Kumar G Shah highlighted the most upgrade courses of the institute and gave a presentation on New Diamond Cut System and also informed about the Digital education, Micro Photography, Gem incursions, Data base, Latest enhancement in the field of gem, the new trends of Diamond Sales, Designing and consumer requirement was also discussed. The Deccan Gem Society also gave the presentation of yearly performance of holding six talks from glass filled rubies to the Burma visit. More than 250 members including students and members of society were present.