IDCA to honour its founder at award ceremony

The Indian Diamond & Colorstone Association (IDCA) of New York, USA has elected honourees to be awarded at its 24th Annual Tucson Gala Awards. During the ceremony IDCA will pay tribute to its founder-member Haridas Kotahwala, and honour him with the Pioneer Award. Also, the IDCA board has elected Govind Gupta, Chairman & Director of Kagem Mining Limited to receive the Emerald Award at the award function. Kagem Mining is a joint venture with the Government of the Republic of Zambia, and the largest emerald mining company in Africa.

The Award gala is slated to be held during the AGTA Gem Show which will take place at the Marriott University Park Hotel, on February 10, 2008. Also, IDCA has announced its list of new board members for 2008:
Rajesh Bhagat (Kashish Diamonds Inc.) – President
Kailash Jhalani (Prompt Gem Importers Inc.)- Vice-President
Prakash Mehta (Interings, Inc.) – Secretary
Sushil Goyal (Liberty Gems Inc.) – Treasurer
Manish Gandhi (Shinestones, Inc.) – Jt. Secretary
Yatish Dangayach (Green Creations, Inc.)- Director
Nitin Jobanputra (Sanghavi Diamonds, Inc.)- Director
Haridas Kotahwala (Royal India USA, Inc.) – Director
Sanjay Kothari (D.N. Gems, Corp.) – Director
Yogesh Madhvani (Simplexdiam, Inc.) – Director
Rajshekhar Parikh (Renaissance Diamond Corp.)- Director
Shyam Saraf (Trillion Emeralds, Inc.) – Director and
Mehul Shah (Shivani Gems, Inc.) – Director.