Welcome to October issue of Kashir Khabar
The educational term has started and the first half term is soon upon us! And soon it will be time for our biggest annual event of the year – KPAE ANNUAL DINNER AND DANCE.
In This Issue
- Annual Dinner & Dance
- Movie Screening of Sarvavyapak Bhagwaan Gopinath ji
- Kashmiri Pandits Census
- Accomplishments
- Book Launch
Annual Dinner & Dance
A festive feast like no other – our dinner and dance event brings out the glitz and the glamour, the high heels and the rocking knees!
This year we have a new venue which has been heavily recommended. The food will be A*, the company will be A** and the entertainment – well, we will have our own BGT – Bhatta’s Got Talent!
6th December, 6pm onwards
Honeymoon Banqueting
50 Bell Rd, Hounslow TW3 3PB
Tickets are available on www.kpae.co.uk with early bird pricing open till 15th November.
Movie Screening of Sarvavyapak Bhagwaan Gopinath ji
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On Saturday 4th October 2025 we hosted the first-ever screening of the Sarvavyapak Bhagwaan Gopinath documentary for the Kashmiri Pandit community in the UK.
Our President Dr Sunny Kaul penned his reflections following the event here https://kpae.co.uk/om-shri-gopinaathaay/
Kashmiri Pandit Census
KPAE recently launched a new initiative to record the presence and profile of Kashmiri Pandits in the United Kingdom. As the community continues to grow, it’s important we can establish where we are based geographically, so we can make ourselves more visible to each other.
So far we have had 135 entries, but we know there are more families we need to still contribute. The census takes less than 5 mins and only asks for essential info to help map our geographical spread. Please support this initiative https://kpae.co.uk/kp-in-uk-census/
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Accomplishments
Huge congratulations to Suryavansh Nagpal who successfully completed his degree apprenticeship at EY to not only secure a role at EY but he is also the only apprentice in UK&I to be promoted. He started as Senior Consultant on 1st October. Whoop Whoop!
Congratulations also to Jahnvi Arvika Nagpal who completed the Civil Service Fast Stream and has landed a leadership role at DEFRA (Dept for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). No mean feat, for a young lawyer to be put through the paces and to come out with flying colours. Awesome!
Amazing achievements by the siblings who have both shown amazing dedication, diligence, perseverance and professionalism – congratulations are also due to the proud parents Archana and Vikas ji.
Another young member from our community, Jay Razdan, who many will remember from the beautiful musical performances – has landed an excellent career start with a dream job with the Cadillac Engineering team. Congrats Jay! Sooper well done.
Huge congratulations to Shivina Gogna who got an award from British Army for outstanding service.
Shivina is in Year 8 and plays drums for the Royal Military Academy. Continue being amazing Shivina!
And last but not least, we are proud to celebrate our own Sheetal Raina, whose team was honoured with the prestigious 2024 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. As a core member of her company’s Vaccines clinical development team, Sheetal was instrumental in getting this life saving vaccine through regulatory approvals worldwide. Sheetal recently collected her copy of this distinguished award at her company meeting. “It has been a privilege to contribute to this life-saving work, and I would gladly serve humanity in this capacity again,” reflects Sheetal, whose dedication represents the very best of our community’s contribution to global health and scientific progress.
Book Launch
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