News for the month of October Obituary for the month of October Anuj Shah wins twin awards at UCLA Anuj Shah has won twin awards in the final year of his M.Arch from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), bagging the prizes for 'Graduating with Distinction' from Gehry Studio 2014 and for 'AIA LA 2x8' exhibition 2014. Seema Mehta profiled in The Hindu Leading Chennai-headquartered daily newspaper The Hindu recently featured Seema Mehta, who is the Creative Director of Kirtilal Kalidas Jewellers Pvt. Ltd. Seema is the daughter of Purnima and Kaushik K Mehta and granddaughter of Kirtilal Kalidas Mehta founder of Kirtilals. Shree Vyaj Mehta Parivar Holds Get Together Shree Vyaj Mehta Parivar organised its 3rd get together at Garware Club House on October 12, 2014 where plans for the construction of a new temple of Sachhai Mataji at Palanpur were discussed. "I firmly believe that being an entrepreneur runs in our blood" - Priti Mehta Recently Priti Mehta was in the news when the company she founded, Omved, won the award for the "Most Admired Retailer of the Year" in the "Health & Wellness category" at the 11th annual Images Retail Awards (IRA) in Mumbai. Forbes India profiles Nirav Modi Leading business magazine Forbes India featured jeweller Nirav Modi in its issue of October 16, 2014. We reproduce the article below for the benefit of our readers. Chetan Kothari felicitated by film stars Well known RTI activist and former diamantaire Chetan Rameshbhai Kothari was felicitated by film stars Anupam Kher, Neha Dhupia, Aditi Sharma and others at a function held in Mumbai on October 2 to coincide with the release of 'Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami'. Tapascharya by community members during Paryushan List of all members who performed Tapascharya of 8 days or more during Paryushan Students from Vidyamandir, Palanpur secure admission to IIT, other professional courses Four students of Vidyamandir successfully passed JEE Advance and secured entry to engineering courses at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2014 becoming the first ever students from North Gujarat to qualify for an under graduate engineering course at IIT. Smt Subhadraben Navnitbhai Mehta (age 86) passed away Mumbai on 16 Oct 2014 Smt Ranjanben Bhogilalbhai Shah (age 75) passed away Mumbai on 15 Oct 2014 Smt Vasumatiben Mansukhlalbhai Shah (age 83) passed away Palanpur on 12 Oct 2014 Shri Jayantilalbhai Mansukhlalbhai Mehta (age 87) passed away Mumbai on 11 Oct 2014 Shri Surajmalbhai Jekabhai Gandhi (age 89) passed away Mumbai on 10 Oct 2014 Shri Indravadanbhai Shantilalbhai Mehta (age 70) passed away Mumbai on 08 Oct 2014 Shri Rameshchandrabhai Bhogilalbhai Parikh (age 76) passed away Mumbai on 06 Oct 2014 Smt Prabhaben Mafatlalbhai Mody (Tharad) passed away Mumbai on 03 Oct 2014 a Vidyamandir Trust, Palanpur initiative 11 Kala Bhavan, 3 Mathew Road, Opera House, Mumbai 400 004, India Tel: +91-22-2368 5344 Fax: +91-22-2368 5458 Email: info@palanpuronline.com Website: www.palanpuronline.com