Surat based STPL, a leading presence in diamond industry related technologies, has been declared as a winner of the 2019 season of the India SME 100 Awards 2019, organised by India SME Forum.

Hon'ble Minister of MSME, Government of India (GoI), Shri Nitin Gadkari presented the award to STPL CEO Shri Rahul Gaywala on 27th June, 2019 as part of International MSME Day celebrations organised by the Ministry of MSME, Government of India, in Delhi. Hon'ble Minister of State for MSME, GoI, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, was the Guest of Honour for the function.

Other honoured guests included Dr. Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary, Ministry of MSME; Rammohan Mishra, Development Commissioner & Additional Secretary, Ministry of MSME; Prahlad Kakar, Brand Guru & Chairman, India SME Forum; Alka Arora, Joint Secretary of SME and Amitabh Chaudhry, MD & CEO, Axis Bank.

Ambassadors of Italy and the Czech Republic; and Trade Commissioners in India of over 40 foreign countries and other international delegates also graced the award ceremony.

The India SME Forum had received 34,011 nominations from all over the country for this, the sixth edition of India SME Awards.

“STPL has been making headways in the field of ushering in an era of robotic and automation in the diamond industry and helping the nation stay at the forefront of this extremely demanding area of expertise,” the Company said, when announcing the Award. “STPL has developed the diamond world's first robot, which makes the complicated aspects of diamond processing completely automated and error-free, thus helping the industry boost its production in terms of quantity and quality.”

Rahul Gaywala, CEO of STPL, said, "Once again STPL is honoured with the India SME 100 Awards and this is indeed a very important milestone for us. At STPL, we have also focused on developing innovative approaches that can provide the solutions to our country's core problems. With our innovations of Robotic Technology, we are exceeding the needs of the diamond industry and will continue to do so."

In the past, STPL has been honoured with prestigious global awards such as 'Good Design' and 'Vision System Design' and 'India Design Mark Award' from Japan and America for its world class Innovation, Design and Automation Excellence.

Pic Cap: Rahul Gaywala, CEO of STPL (right) seen receiving the award from Hon'ble Minister of MSME, Government of India, Shri Nitin Gadkari (left)