DVN GROUP: Luxury Jewellery Manufacturing & Diversified Enterprise.
A family-owned Indian business house, bootstrapped across four generations — manufacturing jewellery for the world, and building in technology, trade, property, education and media.
Explore the groupEight decades at the bench.
What began as one man buying and making jewellery in Mumbai is now a manufacturing house whose standards were set by hand, long before they were written down.
Made at scale, finished by hand.
Volume production that never gave up the finishing standard — the reason the same house supplies both a retail chain and a single bespoke commission.
Our own software runs our own floor.
The technology division was built to solve the factory's problems first. Everything it sells has already been proven against a live manufacturing operation.
Exporting worldwide from Mumbai.
Eight decades of serving the global jewellery trade, shipping from one city to buyers who have never needed to see the floor to trust what leaves it.
Measured by the lives we uplift.
True success is measured not by what we earn, but by the lives we uplift. Six verticals, one balance sheet, and a standard that has had eighty years to settle.
Our legacyEight decades, six verticals
A single house operating manufacturing, trade, technology, property, education and media.
- Four generations, family owned
- 100% bootstrapped
- Worldwide export
- Carbon neutral certified
- 100% renewable energy
- 100% women office staff
- Zero child labour
- German & Japanese machinery
Six verticals, one group
Manufacturing, trade, technology, real estate, education and media — held together by shared systems, shared standards and a single balance sheet.
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Luxury Jewellery ManufacturingDVNJEWELRY®
A complete jewellery manufacturing ecosystem — nine units across 268,000 sq. ft. in suburban Mumbai, 5,800+ people in jewellery production, and an annual capacity of 98 million pieces.
Explore division - 02International Trade
DVNTRADERS®
Import, export and distribution, with the logistics and supply-chain infrastructure to move goods across borders reliably.
Explore division - 03Technology & Artificial Intelligence
DVN IT SOLUTIONS®
Enterprise software, AI and SaaS — built first for the group’s own manufacturing, then shipped to clients. Home of Transfer Infinite.
Explore division - 04Real Estate & Infrastructure
DVNREALTY®
Real estate development and project finance — over 16 construction projects backed, alongside residential, commercial and industrial development.
Explore division - 05Education & Skilling
DVN EDUCATION®
Schools, colleges and skilling — including Mumbai High World School and M. J. College, led by an educator with 24 years at the front of a classroom.
Explore division - 06Branding & Media
DVN INFOMEDIA®
Brand strategy, digital marketing, photography and film — the studio that makes the group's products and its clients' products legible to a market.
Explore division
True success is measured not by what we earn, but by the lives we uplift.
Eight decades, recorded
The milestones that shaped the group, from its founding to the present.
- 1944
The trade begins
Kathad Bappa starts buying and making jewellery in Mumbai — an unlicensed trade run on skill and word of mouth, and the beginning of the family’s life in the business.
- 1963
Dinesh Choksi takes charge, aged twelve
On his grandfather’s passing, Dinesh Choksi assumes the business as a child and begins turning an informal trade into a manufacturing company — new designs, new processes, and the intent to operate on the record.
- 1970
Founded, officially
On 23 March 1970 Dinesh Choksi registers the business as a jewellery factory under the Gold Act, the 123rd person in India to be officially recognised as a jewellery manufacturer. He is the founder of DVN as a licensed manufacturing company.
- 1980
ORO-Z established
A dedicated CNC bangle brand is founded, pairing computer-controlled precision with traditional bangle craft for export markets.
- 2004
The next generation takes operational control
Deven, Vishal and Niraj Choksi step into leadership of the group, expanding beyond jewellery into education, technology, property and finance.
- 2006
Alibaba India brand ambassadorship
Niraj Choksi is appointed Brand Ambassador for Alibaba India, beginning nearly two decades of promoting Indian jewellery and apparel on global digital marketplaces.
- 2013
Education formalised
Deven Choksi takes charge of M. J. Junior College and School, and the group's education vertical takes institutional shape.
- 2021
Certified sustainable
The Jewelry Manufacturers Council certifies DVN as a Sustainable Jewelry Manufacturing Company, alongside carbon neutrality, renewable energy and recycling certification. Transfer Infinite ships from DVN IT SOLUTIONS®, developed by an all-women team.
- Today
Six verticals, one house
Nine manufacturing units across 268,000 sq. ft. in suburban Mumbai with 5,800+ people in jewellery production, a separate technology team of over 1,000 at DVN IT SOLUTIONS®, and an annual capacity of 98 million pieces — with trade, property, education and media built around it.
What eighty years buys you
Not sentiment — a manufacturing ecosystem, in-house technology and a standard that has had eight decades to settle.
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Eight decades in the trade
Founded 1944 and family-run through four generations. Longevity in jewellery manufacturing is itself the quality signal — the trade has no shortage of firms that lasted one cycle.
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The complete ecosystem
Hand sketch, CAD, master CAM, production, findings, accessories, packaging, photography and export — all in-house across nine units and 268,000 sq. ft.
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Capacity that holds
An annual manufacturing capacity of 98 million pieces, 5,800+ people in jewellery production and contract partner factories for peak demand — so a programme scales without a change of supplier.
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Materials without compromise
100% nickel-free, cadmium-free and lead-free across every product, in solid gold, platinum, sterling silver, gold filled, vermeil and plated — to international standards.
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Certified sustainable
Carbon neutrality, 100% renewable energy, recycling and sustainable manufacturing certification, with a zero child-labour policy applied without exception.
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Built by women
100% women office staff and more than 70% women across jewellery production, supported by flexible hours, a crèche facility and funded professional development.
Standards we hold ourselves to
Manufacturing capability, environmental practice, technology, quality and community — stated as operating conditions rather than aspirations.
The floor decides the product
Nine units across 268,000 square feet in suburban Mumbai, running machinery imported from Germany and Japan. CAD/CAM, master CAM and CNC sit alongside master jewellers working by hand — neither replaces the other, and both are held to the same tolerance.
- 9 manufacturing units
- 268,000 sq. ft.
- 98 million pieces annual capacity
- German machinery
- Japanese machinery
- CAD/CAM & master CAM
- CNC
- Hand & machine-made
Conditions of doing business
Independently certified rather than asserted: carbon neutrality, 100% renewable energy, recycling and sustainable manufacturing. The zero child-labour policy applies without exception, and 100% of office staff and over 70% of the production workforce are women.
- Carbon Neutrality certified
- 100% Renewable Energy certified
- Recycling certified
- Sustainable Manufacturing (JMC)
- Ethical sourcing
- 100% women office staff
- 70%+ women in production
- Zero child-labour policy
Technology as the operating default
Technology is developed in-house by DVN IT SOLUTIONS® and deployed across the group before it is offered to clients — ERP on the manufacturing floor, automation in production, and shipped product such as Transfer Infinite, built by an all-women engineering team.
- Artificial intelligence
- Smart manufacturing
- Automation
- Digital transformation
- In-house ERP & CRM
- Transfer Infinite (SaaS)
Awarded, and dated
Recognitions carried by the group and its directors, with the year each was conferred.
- 1970
123rd registered jewellery manufacturer
Dinesh Choksi registered on 23 March 1970 under the Gold Act — the 123rd person in India to be officially recognised as a jewellery manufacturer.
- 2009
Innovative E-Businessman Award
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
- 2012
International Star Award for Quality — Gold Category
BID International, Geneva.
- 2014
Asia Best Practice Competition
Alibaba.
- 2018
International Euro Award for Excellence & Quality
European quality recognition.
- 2021
Certified Sustainable Jewelry Manufacturing Company
Jewelry Manufacturers Council (JMC), 2021 onwards.
- 2022
Most Innovative Software Development Company
GEA 2022, for DVN IT SOLUTIONS®.
Independently verified
Environmental and manufacturing claims on this site are backed by certificates, each viewable in full.
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