Research plan: - Ways and means to increase Gem-Cutting training programme in Jaipur

WAYS AND MEANS TO INCREASE GEMSTONE CUTTING TRAINING PROGRAMME IN JAIPUR

PRASHANT JANGIR

G.D.J.D.

CONTENT

1.      INTRODUCTION

2.      BACKGROUND

3.      METHODS

4.      EXPECTED RESULTS

5.      COLLABORATION

6.      RESOURCES

7.      TIME SCHEDULE

8.      DISSEMINATION

9.      JUSTIFICATION

1.)                INTRODUCTION

The program offered under this domain are specialized to the gem cutting industry’s specific needs.

For example how can the value of rough stone be enhanced by means of cutting where basic principles of cut, colour, clarity, caratage are enhanced to bring about the best in any stone as per global standard.

The term gem cutting is used to describe the process of shaping and polishing faceted stones.

The artisan undertaking the cutting can also be called lapidary.

This project is about increasing the number of gemstone cutting training programs in Jaipur. This program is facilitate in the creation of large skill work force.

Focus area of the study is to find how we can make gem cutting process very popular as well as useful of for the industry.

The key area of research is to find ways and means to increase enrolment in gem cutting program, so large skilled work force could be offered to the industry.

But outside the industry like student and other people are not aware about this process.

Student enrolment in the gem cutting process is low. We are trying to the find the reasons behind low number of enrolment in this course.

The primary issues we are trying to address by this research is to, ‘‘to increase the number of gem cutting program as well as to increase number of enrolment in the program.

Students and outsiders of this process who is not related to the jewellery and gems field, they are not aware about the gem cutting process so we try to make them aware about these process and to find out various reasons due to which students are not interested in gem cutting training program. The research also tries to find out what expectation, students have from any training program that they would like to attend the same application for gem cutting training program.

In this research we trying to find out problem with in the industry as well as issues with the student conserving gem cutting curriculum and the career prospectus being offered by skill development course.

After that we want to increase the number of enrollment in the gem cutting training program.

2.)                BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Ø  Brief introduction about Gem cutting training program

Ø  Way and means to increase training program

Ø  Requirement in the industry of gem cutting process

Ø  Gem cutting skill

Ø  Drawback of gem cutting industries

Ø  Why other players except for Vaibhav and Sambhav are not getting highlighted?

Ø  Why gem cutting program are success or failure

Ø  Expectation of trainees & other persons from gem cutting training program

Ø  Organized and unorganized players

Ø  Present condition of the industries about gem cutting and what are the requirement of this skill

Ø  Does family occupation or background in gems and jewellery sector plays a key role in attracting students towards gem cutting courses

Ø  Condition of the gem cutting labour and workers

3.)                EXPECTED RESULTS

Ø  After the research project number of gem cutting training program more over number of enrolments with in such program will increase.

Ø  Students and outsider’s awareness about this types of program will increase and this will add more value to gem cutting skill development training effort made by institutions.

Ø  We try to recognize the gem cutting industry’ s problem and solve it

Ø   We solve out gem cutter’s problem, they can earn more money from this skill.

4.)                METHODS

Ø  Unstructured interviews of industry players and trainers

Ø  By Primary data (i.e. data that generate from interviews, questionnaire)to be collected with the help of three different questionnaire to be filled by industry players and department heads, workers, Afghani trainees, students of various schools who are prospects for gem cutting training program.

Ø  By Secondary data (i.e. data available on internet, books, magazines etc.)

5.)                COLLABORATION

Ø  Industry players

Ø  Students who is pass out 12^th class recently

Ø  Workers in organized and unorganized sector

Ø  GJEPC department (Mr. Nitin sir, Mr.Pawan sir)

Ø  Internal faculty of IIGJ (Mr. Rajeev Sharma)

6.)                RESOURCES

Ø  Sample size of the school-students, who could be prospects for gem cutting training program 50.

Ø  Sample size of industry 30 players as mentioned above.

7.)                TIME SCHEDULE

Ø  18^th September: - Completion of research plan

Ø  19^th September: - Rough drafting of questionnaire, and checking of secondary data.

Ø  17^th October: - Till this date primary data had to be collected.

Ø  24^th October: - Matching of primary data and secondary data.

Ø  5^thNovember: - Draft of report.

Ø  16^thNovember: - initiation of data tabulation interpretation and do analysis. Synchronization of draft report and generation of executive summary.

Ø  21^th November: -  completion of research paper and submission

Ø  25^th November: - Final presentation

8.)                DISSEMINATION

Ø  Publish on the blog – To create a blogger id and post the information

Ø  Newspapers and magazines

9.)                JUSTIFICATION

Ø  This research helps to increase the number of enrolment in gem cutting training program.

Ø  Workers who are underpaid and employed in gem cutting industry, their problem and conditions along with present state of unorganized section of this industry will be highlighted.

Ø  Research will try to generate some feasible ideas that will help to increase the income of low paid employees working in gem cutting sector.