R E E N A A H L U W A L I A
2010 - Best in Show, ‘Best Design Collaboration’ by JCK Magazine - JCK Las Vegas Show 2010.
2008-2010 - ‘Antverpia 2010’ postage stamp released by the Belgian Postal Service to celebrate Antwerp as a world’s diamond capital. It features Reena Ahluwalia’s diamond necklace. Antwerp, Belgium
2008-2009 - Reena Ahluwalia designs historic setting for Ontario’s first mined diamonds. Ahluwalia was invited by the Ontario Legislature and De Beers Canada to design a diamond-setting to mount Ontario’s first diamonds in the historic Legislative Mace of Ontario. Toronto, Canada
2006-2008 - Recognized as top 25 influential professors at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada
2008 - Guest Speaker / Royal Ontario Museum, Nature of Diamonds exhibition - Film Series ‘Icons & Ice’. Toronto, Canada
2008 - Contributing writer for Modern Jeweller Magazine, USA
2007-2008 - First prize winner - North America / Necklace category, Tahitian Pearl Trophy – 5th Edition, New York, USA
2007-2008 - Second prize winner - North America / Bracelet category, Tahitian Pearl Trophy – 5th Edition, New York, USA
2007-2008 - Second prize winner - North America / Brooch category, Tahitian Pearl Trophy – 5th Edition, New York, USA
2007-2008 - ‘Bel Canto - A Homage to Maria Callas’ diamond necklace embarks on world tour and is exhibited at the Diamond Museum of Province of Antwerp (Diamantmuseum Provincie Antwerpen). Belgium / World Tour
2007 - HRD Awards 2007. ‘Bel Canto - A Homage to Maria Callas’ necklace featured 101.0 carats of white diamonds. Contemporary diamond jewellery design awards by HRD & Antwerp World Diamonds Center (AWDC). Antwerp, Belgium
2006 - 11th Samshin International Diamond Jewellery Design Awards. Seoul, Korea
2001-2003 - Tiaras for the ‘Femina Miss India’ beauty pageant, supported by Mont Blanc and the Times Group, India
2000 - Design Consultant, Platinum Guild International (PGI) for platinum introduction to the Indian Market, India
2000 - Diamond necklace featured by late fashion icon Alexander McQueen in Spring/Summer 2000 collection debut in New York, USA
1999-2000 - De Beers Diamonds - International Awards 2000. Necklace features 2,409 diamonds weighing 196.56 carats. Paris, France
2000 - Gold Virtuosi International Awards, World Gold Council, India & Italy
1999 - Jury Advisor and Adjudicator, ‘Swarnanjali National Awards’, World Gold Council, India
1998-1999 - Designer / Consultant, World Gold Council Trend book, India
1998 - Winner, Swarnanjali National Awards by World Gold Council, India
1997 - Scholarship / Sponsored by the World Gold Council, UK & Italy
1996 - Overall Excellence in Design, Swarnanjali National Awards by World Gold Council, India
1994 - Agata Award for Design and Overall Excellence, Italy
EDUCATOR
Part Time Professor / Jewellery & Gemmology Department / George Brown College, Toronto, Canada
Vice Principal, Professor / Jewellery Design & Technology Institute (JDTI), India
Visiting Professor / Jewellery Design & Technology Institute (JDTI), India
Visiting Professor / National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), India
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