Vipul Kotecha

Belonging to an affluent Lohana family from Porbandar, Vipul Kotecha, 29, an adventure lover, is taking part in the Rally held on 24th and 25th March by "Racing Automotive Club Of Endurance" Baroda which is an official member under the Racing Club Of India .The Rally is being named as "Tuff Stuff".

Cars have always been his passion, and he has ambitions to participate in the National Level Rallies too. Mr. Bharat Shah, Former Himalayan Rally Winner, is going to grace the function. 

The Tuff Stuff rally has been organized for 2 days, starting on the 24th March at 2 : 30pm.

The route is around 50 Kms, and is sponsored by "Castrol India Ltd."

A successful businessman, Vipul is kept busy running the 3 Petrol Filling Stations he has set up in Porbandar, Jamjodhpur and Dwarka. His family support him. 

We wish him all the luck, LO will cheer for him. 

Ruccess Natwarlal Gokani- Soaring New Heights

unfolds his limbs in air to Para-sail or scale a mountain top and dives straight in to the deep green valley. Recess is no different to the masses of the city. But he moves across the country to spread his mission - `A Mission of Para-Sailing'!

A Commercial Pilot and winner of a Gold Medal for best Pilot in Madhya Pradesh, Recess has been attending numerous NCC camps as a cadet and later joined the Indian Air Force to be a part of the `Hunter' Squadron-Kalaikunda. All this apart from completing 308 hours of flying in Cessna 152, Pushpin, Recess passionately continues to talk about his flying official tenure as a pilot and the numerous hours that he spent in air unofficially. 

But fate did strike this extremely spirited and patriotic person - Colour blindness forced him to drop out of the Air Force and subsequently had to leave flying an aircraft! But the ever-revamped Recess adds "Nothing can stop me soaring the blue skies", yet elevating into air himself and educating thousands of others to take to the sport as he works to launch his project of `Para-Sailing'. 

He terms Para-sailing as a kind of meditation, apart from instilling a spirit of bravery and a drive to explore. Anyone can be trained into Para-sailing provided he or she `dares to do'. A 6-year-old boy and a 60-year-old man figure among the long list of Para-sailors trained by Green Edge Para Sailing (GEPS), an institution thru which he has dared spreading the sport amongst the masses. Most students say that it is not only a physical thrill but also makes them emotionally strong. The initial fear will be is replaced by a newfound confidence. Soaring high altitudes one develops high attitude and with the safest aviation activity there is no gear of getting hurt he adds. The harness jacket ensures that one stays in place even if one loosens the grip. While this is a kind of sheer fun of soaring in the simplest of flying machines with foot/base launched specially designed circular parasail. 

Launching such adventure sport activities and remunerating a spirit of confidence and exploration among the masses this young man has not looked back in a mission to succeed. Initially encouraged and funded by his own father Natwarlal Pranajivan Gokani, Recess is presently working on his own with few other motivated activists who believe that "life's busy working monotony should be broken by indulging into sport activities which will further leave them rejuvenated".

Already exercised in cities like Baroda, Indore, Bhopal, Pune, and Hyderabad in association with Army and Air Force, Recess is presently making projects to expand the GPES cell in other metros like Bangalore, Chennai and Vishakapatnam. For now, parasailing is no longer the exclusive preserve of NCC cadets or those serving in the Armed Forces, if determined anyone can explore under adventure sports cells like GEPS. 

Recess as a person blends more into his living spirit. An electronic engineer from the REC, Indore, he has actually learned flying aircrafts in a civil flying club under a special talent sponsorship and lately is surprisingly into learning Vedic Studies, Sanskrit, apart from being a dabbler of instrumental music both wind blown and also stringed. 

For, Recess believes in unifying the past and the present, all to proceed ahead.

Sageet Amlani

North London Lohanas are proud to have a young man called Sageet Amlani in their midst, because if science were an Olympic sport contest, Sageet would be in the serious medal category.

The 18 year old was named the country's top schoolboy chemist, a formidable achievement that won him the prestigious Schoental Prize as well as place in the four strong British team for the chemistry Olympiad in Canada earlier in July. At this international finals event Sageet and his team came third and won the bronze medal for UK.

At present Sageet is studying Medicine at Oxford University on a 3 year Books Scholarship awarded as a result of his outstanding contribution to his school where he was also a member of his schools tennis team. Staff at his earlier school had also nominated Sageet for his out of classroom achievements such as helping his mother after her lung transfer operation. Said father, Sureshbhai, 'I am very proud-what more could a father want'

Source : Lohana publication, year 1997. edited by CE, lohanaonline.com.

Mr. Prakashkumar M. Suchak

Son of Shree Shantibhai Anandjibhai Suchak, a resident of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, scored distinction in the FY BCA . for the current year. A strong personality and brilliant young man, he worked hard for all of his 76 % and we at lohanaonline.com wish him all the best for his bright future.

Ms. Priyanka S. Suchak

Born in the famous business family of Ahmedabad, Satyam Enterprises, and Miss Priyanka S Suchak, gloried in 85% in the science stream for 10th Higher Secondary Examinations held in March of the current year. She has done her family and community proud. We at lohanaonline.com wish her all the best for her bright future.

Ms. Namita Pravinchandra Khakhaira

Standing first in the lohana community of Jamnagar, Second in the school and Ninth in the Jamnagar region, Ms Namita scored 82.67 % in the common stream of the Higher Secondary Examination of the current year. We wish her best luck for her future.

Ms. Pooja Maheshkumar Hathi, a brilliant student scored a whooping 93% in the S.S.C.E. exams for the current year. Standing first in the Probandar region, she has made the Lohanas very proud. Her father Mr. Maheshkumar Hathi, is a reputed resident of Porbandar. We at lohanaonline.com wish her the best for a bright future.

Smt. Minal Manishkumar Rajdev has secured VIth place in the Merit List of Final L.L.B. Examination conducted by the Nagpur University. Kum. Sapna Rameshbhai Ruparel of Jamnagar secured good percentage in the first Year P.T.C. Examination of March, 2000.

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