The 7th Smt. Rukshmaniben Deepchand Gardi Vidyavaridh BEST JAIN JOURNALIST AWARD for the year 2007 was handed out by SHRI MUMBAI JAIN PATRAKAR SANGH at a function held on the 16th of December 2008 at Hotel Samrat –Churchgate, Mumbai.
For the 2nd Consecutive Year the First Best Journalist Award was bagged by Mrs. Raksha J. Shah - Freelance Journalist and Spiritual columnist - Mumbai Samachar, editor - Jain Prakash. The second recipient was Mrs. Parul Gandhi, while the third winner was Mr. Prabhudas Pujari.
The President, Mr. Bhupendra Mehta introduced the guests and read the Report of the Institution in the presence of dignitaries like the Shri Dipchand Gardi, Mukesh Doshi, Champalal Vardhan, Jawaharlal shah and Vinod Doshi. Rajesh Thavani of Mid-day and Kishore Dave of Mumbai Samachar were special guests present at the occasion.
Two Consolation prizes sponsored by Bhupendra Mehta were allotted to Indravadan Zaveri and Dr. Utpala Mody.