Punita Jani, of Huntington, WV, wife of Vijay Bhatt, died Friday February 26, 7:30pm peacefully at her home. She was born January 27, 1951 in Rajkot, India, the daughter of the late Ichhashanker and Kshama Jani. Her survivors include her husband Vijay Bhatt, two step daughters, Radha of Ann Arbor, MI, and Kashi of Dallas, TX; a step son, Ajay and wife, Clemencia, of Washington, DC; a grandson, Gabriel Bhatt; and a sister, Gopa Bhatt and her husband, Ashutosh, and their children Nandita and Bhishma.  Punita Jani hails from a highly cultural family. Mother Kshama Pandya graduated with English Honors in Shakespearean literature from Bombay University. Her Father Ichhashankar Jani was the Manager of Bombay Airport and commercial manager for Indian Airlines. Punita's Maternal grandfather was the founder of Ram Krishna Ashram in Rajkot and Deewan of Rajkot State. Her Paternal grandfather was Deewan of Bilkha state.  Punita was the youngest graduate from Government Law College in Bombay at the age of 21. She worked for Gulf Air for a few years, then went to New York as president of Metro Exports in the 1980's and then began her own company, PJ International and PJ Contracting.  In 1995 she married Vijay Bhatt in Huntington WV.  She was avid fan of Indian music, a very good singer and remembered songs like a juke box. Punita spoke several languages including English, Gujarati, Hindi, and Urdu, was well versed in Marathi, Sindhi and Punjabi. She had an excellent knowledge of the ancient spiritual language of India, Sanskrit.  She was lifelong Sai Baba devotee and member of the Tri-State Sai Seva Group (Huntington City Mission). She was a also member of the Tri-State India Association and a member of local Gita Satsang group.  Funeral services will be conducted with a viewing Sunday at 1pm and a service at 2pm at Chapman's Mortuary with Sri Ashwath officiating.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations may be made to Hospice of Huntington, The Huntington City Mission or Lighthouse, Lincoln County, in her name.