The diamond industry had discovered a rare gem in Mr. Kirtilal Manilal Mehta. A dynamic industrialist and an outstanding promoter of the jewelry industry, Mr. Mehta was widely known in the trade as a powerful motivating force. He began his career in 1918 in Burma and went on to establish one of the most reputed diamond manufacturing and export houses, known as the Gembel Group of Companies, which today has offices across the world.