Date:28/09/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/28/stories/2005092801291900.htm

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Our Bureau

Chennai , Sept. 27

MR Tushaar Mehta, trustee of Mehta Jewellery and a well-known jeweller in the city, died following a sudden cardiac arrest, early today.

He was 58. He leaves behind his father, Mr Surendra Mehta, a pioneer in the diamond trade, wife and two sons.

According to a press release, Mr Mehta was a postgraduate in Metallurgy from IIT Madras and a graduate in Gemology from GIA, US. He was the President of the Gold Club of Chennai, which worked closely with the World Gold Council in furthering trade in the city.

A man of many facets, he was the Honorary Consul for the Czech Republic in Chennai.

Mr Mehta was a Rotarian, a past National President of the Indian Jaycees and a cricket commentator on AIR.