Manipal:

Dinu D, a second year student of Manipal Institute of Jewellery Management (MIJM), Manipal University won the best design/idea award in MIA ‘My Expression’, a national-level design contest conducted by Tanishq.

The contest started in January 2012 and continued for five months till May. Of the 3,000-odd designs submitted online by professionals and students from well-known design institutes of India, Dinu’s design ‘Honey Comb’ was awarded the best design/idea in the final round.

His achievement entitled him to Tanishq Certificate and cash prize of Rs 1-lakh presented at a function in the Titan corporate office in Bangalore. He also has the opportunity to co-create designs for MIA collections with Tanishq design team. Since MIA is a recent collection introduced by Tanishq , this contest was held for the first time.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Mangalore / by Jaideep Shenoy, TNN / June 29th, 2012