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IGI in India was started twenty years ago with 3 gemologists and a couple of support staff. His task was challenging. Though the industry was involved in diamond cutting and polishing, Roland Lorie, CEO of IGI, when he first came to India, was advised that there is no market for diamond certification in India. The first task was to make the Indian diamond industry understand the concept of diamond certification and common grading standards of the 4 C’s. He were primarily instrumental in educating the entire industry about certification and diamond grading standards. Thus, the international grading standards were introduced to the diamond manufacturers. With the standardized process in place, the international buyers would not have to come and get the products checked. With the certification, products could be exported overseas; thus saving time and logistics cost of the buyer and seller.
He started his groundwork at the factory level, educating the diamond cutters and the polishers. It was also the time when diamonds cut in India weren’t at par with the Belgian cut, which was the epitome of perfection. According to him, the diamonds cut in India have excelled and the transition has been remarkable.