Himachal’s most trusted jewellery brand, Verma Jewellers, wins its 15th National Award

Solan, September 4, 2026: Verma Jewellers won its fifteenth national award in Mumbai. At the Retail Jeweller India Awards 2026, held at the Grand Hyatt, the brand took the Groom’s Accessory of the Year title and was also nominated in the Jadau Earring category. The award was received by Akshay Verma, Managing Director, who addressed a press conference in Solan along with Pallavi Verma, Creative Director, to share details of the achievement with the media.
It is the fifth consecutive year that Verma Jewellers has been honoured on a national platform — an unbroken run for a brand that operates two showrooms in Himachal, in a sector led by chains many times its size.
The fifteen awards span the business rather than any single strength. National recognition began in 2022 with the National Award for Retail Promotion of the Year at the Retail Jeweller India Awards and the Coolest Ad Campaign at India’s Coolest Store Awards. Recognition has followed every year since — across store design, advertising, digital engagement, retail leadership and jewellery craft — including Best Independent Jeweller, All India, at the Retail Jeweller MD & CEO Awards 2025, and, at the same awards in 2024, Independent Retail Jeweller of the Year (North).
“This award came to us in Mumbai, but it was Himachal that won it,” Verma said. “Fifteen national awards may stand in our name today, but the real claimants of every one of them are our customers. It is the trust and affection that families in Himachal have shown us across generations that has carried us to the national stage.”
That trust was built over three generations. Late Jawala Prasad Verma founded the business in 1967. Naresh Chand Verma carried it forward on honesty, discipline, fairness and a customer-first instinct, moving into the present Solan premises in 1995. And in September 2002, under the third generation, Verma Jewellers became the first jeweller in Himachal Pradesh to receive BIS hallmarking certification — at a time when hallmarking was still uncommon across much of the country.
“For us, a national award is not just a trophy or an occasion to celebrate,” Verma said. “It is independent confirmation that the design and craftsmanship coming out of Himachal meet national standards. Our effort is that customers here should not have to look towards the metros for good design and a jewellery experience they can trust.”
He added that the true worth of jewellery cannot be judged on making charges alone. A customer is entitled to clear information on purity, net gold weight, stone quality, certification and buyback terms.
“Wedding jewellery is never only a purchase. It is sentiment, memory and asset, all three at once,” he said. “So alongside a beautiful design, a customer deserves full information, transparency and long-term trust. That is what Verma Jewellers commits to.”
This year’s winning piece, created in the brand’s own design studio, is an intricately crafted representation of Lord Shiva in gold, embellished with blue sapphire (Nilam) and diamonds. The nominated jadau earring combines polki-style diamonds, rubies, emeralds and pearls. Both pieces were placed on display for the media on Friday.
Pallavi Verma, Creative Director at Verma Jewellers, said, “For us, design does not mean simply making a piece of jewellery beautiful. We design around the customer’s occasion, their clothing, their personality, and how comfortably they can wear the piece for years. The award and the national nomination are both an acknowledgement of our design range and our creative capability.”
The brand has credited the achievement to its customers, and to its team, designers and karigars.
Verma Jewellers operates flagship showrooms in Solan and Rohru. The brand also announced its wedding jewellery exhibition, which runs in Solan from 13 to 16 September at Hotel The Grand Paragon Palace and in Shimla from 19 to 22 September at Hotel Marina, Mall Road. The brand will launch its Polki collection at the exhibition.