In a recently released report of ‘2017 Best Indian Brands’ by ‘Interbrand India’, the Tata Group once again topped the chart for the fifth consecutive year. The salt-to-software conglomerate has topped the brand league with its brand valuation at Rs. 73,944 Crores, despite registering a marginal 0.4 decline this year. The table was dominated by […]
Category: Community News
Home In The City
The multifaceted and acclaimed screenwriter, photographer and director, Sooni Taraporevala’s second solo exhibition ‘Home in the City’ was hosted by Chemould Art Gallery at SoBo, till 1st November, 2017. Aptly subtitled ‘Bombay 1977 to Mumbai 2017’, the black-and-white photographs exhibited an eclectic mix of culture and communities, the elite and the populace – roadside barbers […]
Dina Wadia Passes Away
Dina Wadia, mother of industrialist Nusli Wadia and wife of Neville Wadia, passed away in London on Thursday, 2nd November, 2017. The only child of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Ruttie (née Petit), Dina was 98 years old, as quoted by family sources, as per the report of Pakistan’s Express Tribune News. After her marriage to […]
Bharucha Baug Organises ‘Education Awards Nite’
The Bharucha Baug Education Association and Bharucha Baug Residents Welfare Association held an ‘Education Awards’ night at the grounds on 28th October, 2017. The event commenced with compere Hutoxi Aibara welcoming the audience and presenting a floral tribute to Chief Guest and BPP Chairman, Yazdi Desai, wife, Anahita Desai, and BPP Trustee, Kersi Randeria. Committee […]
Community Call: Sanjan Day Centennial Celebrations!
As our Community gears up to celebrate hundred years of the Sanjan Memorial Column on 16th November, 2017, the Trustees of Sanjan Anjuman are putting in every effort to make this historic Sanjan Day one to remember for years to come. Media Partner for the Sanjan Memorial Column Centenary Celebrations, Parsi Times updates our readers […]
Zubin Poonawalla Awarded ‘Upcoming Professional Of The Year’
Consultant to the Tata group of companies for re-engineering and optimising their supply chain in various group companies, Zubin Poonawalla was recently awarded the ‘Indian Cargo Award’ by Durga Das Publications Private Limited, at an event organised in Ahmedabad on 14th October, 2017. Felicitated as the ‘Upcoming Professional of the Year 2017’, Zubin was recognised […]
NIH Honours Neville Sanjana
Neville Sanjana was recently conferred ‘The New Innovator Award’ as the outstanding Indian American Scientist 2017, by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and its Office of Strategic Coordination’s The Common Fund. Neville is among the seven Indian-American scientists selected for National Institute of Health Awards 2017. A core faculty member at the New York […]
Napolitan Wins ‘Best Tour Operator’ Award
Founder of Napolitan Travel Agency Pvt. Ltd, Bahram Pashutanizadeh of Pune won the ‘Best Tour Operator Award’ during the West India Travel Awards ceremony hosted in Ahmedabad, on 15th October 2017. Supported by GOI, the Ministry of Tourism, which is a platform that encourages leaders and innovators in the tourism industry, felicitated Napolitan as an […]
Daman’s Doongerwadi To Get New Bungli
The Daman Vapi Doongerwadi will soon have a new bungli built in its premise for the use of our community. The old bungle, which had been used to carry out the final rites of the deceased, had been in a dilapidated state for a while and hence, the Daman Vapi Parsi Jarthosty Anjuman’s decision to […]
Parsi General Hospital Partners Medanta Group For New Hospital
The BD Petit Parsee General Hospital (PGH) has signed an agreement with the Medanta Group (The Medicity, Gurgaon), on 25th October, 2017, to equip, operate and manage a separate new cosmopolitan hospital, that will be set up in the premises of Parsee General hospital. Medanta will pay an annuity as well as a percentage of […]
WE Holds Life Transforming Workshop
Women Entrepreneurs (WE) Wing of the World Zarathusti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) organised a workshop on ‘Transforming Your Life With Source-Full Intelligence’ on 14th October, 2017, at Indian Merchants’ Chambers (IMC). The event commenced with Chairperson, WE, Homai Mehta delivering a welcome address, followed by Behroze Daruwalla introducing the convener of the World Zoroastrian Congress […]