Jewellery exhibition from Sunday in Patna

PATNA: A three-day jewellery exhibition will get underway here on June 28, where several branded and non-branded jewellery collections from across the country will be exhibited and sold. CM Nitish Kumar is likely to inaugurate the exhibition.
Besides famous brands like Tanishq and Geetanjali, Royal Chains, Mangal Jewellers from Mumbai, Manik Chand Jewellers, RB Jewellers, RD Karel, all from Kolkata, and many more from Delhi, Varanasi and Gorakhpur will be displaying their exclusive range of jewellery. Entry to the exhibition, to be held at Hotel Patliputra Exotica, Exhibition Road, will be free. However, the visitors need to carry identity proof to clear the security check.
The exhibition has been organized by Swarankar Samaj Vikas Avam Shodh Sansthan (SSVASS), which had organized such an exhibition last year as well.
Apart from the jewellery exhibition, new machinery and tools used in making jewellery will also be on display for merchants and artisans. A special workshop will also be organized for artisans where they will be trained in use of new technology.
"The dealers of Bihar bring their stock from metros as the mechanical production of jewellery in Bihar is almost zero. Bihar traders are forced to buy jewellery at a higher cost from different cities as jewellery available in Bihar is work of the artisans. Handmade jewellery have higher production cost and poor designs. Our objective in organizing the workshop is to encourage people to use machinery for their work to bring down production cost," said Arun Kumar, state president of SSVASS.
SSVASS national president Kiran Verma said their organization would also help in economically weak artisans gaining access to government schemes for loans and other monetary benefits.