PT’s Parsi Pride Brigade celebrates the academic performances of our young achievers who have triumphed in the Board exams, across schools and colleges. We are delighted to feature our bright sparks who make our community proud! We invite you to celebrate your success too with our community and feature in PT’s Parsi Pride Brigade! Mail us […]
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Parsi Pride Brigade
PT’s Parsi Pride Brigade celebrates the academic performances of our young achievers who have triumphed in the Board exams, across schools and colleges. We are delighted to feature our bright sparks who make our community proud! We invite you to celebrate your success too with our community and feature in PT’s Parsi Pride Brigade! Mail us […]
Editorial
The Biggest Teacher Of All! Dear Readers, Undoubtedly, education is the cornerstone of a civilised society, a conscientious nation and a progressive world. Educators, are therefore, deservedly cherished and revered as the crucial architects of ongoing generations, which will harbour a peaceful present and a thriving future. We owe much more than we know to […]
Navsari’s Sorabji Barjorji Garda College Enters 78th Year
Sorabji Barjorjo Garda College, based in Navsari and one of the oldest educational institutions of the South Gujarat region, was established in 1945, when Parsi philanthropist – Sorabji Burjorji Garda, donated a generous sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- with the objective of imparting education to all students, without any distinction of caste or creed or nationality, […]
Parsi Pride Brigade
Peachy Pearl! Pearl Arzan Singpurwalla, from Bombay Scottish School, secured 97.16% in the ICSE examination, scoring 100% score in Math, Biology, History and Physical Education. Pearl has won the Audrey D’silva prize for essay writing and stood second at the DSO Throwball Championships representing her school. She is fond of dancing and has won various prizes […]
HEF Felicitates Dr. Malcolm Homavazir
On Teachers’ day, 5th September, 2019, 29-year-old Dr. Malcolm Firdosh Homavazir, was awarded ‘The Best Evolving Teacher in Management Education’ by Higher Education Forum (HEF), a prestigious body that manages issues and challenges in the landscape of Higher Education in India, with the aim of developing a world-class Higher Education system. The youngest recipient of […]
WZOTF In Navsari: Mobed Felicitation, 16th Annual Prize Distribution And Updated Directory Launch
Recognising three aspects for the future of our community – a proud past, a progressive present and a promising future, the Navsari Local Committee of The WZO Trust Funds organised a function at Sirvai Party Plot, Bai Dosibai Kotwal Parsi Orphanage on 20th January, 2019, which included the felicitation of our Mobeds, the 16th Annual […]
Parsis And Education In India – Part II
The Early Seeds of Modern Education The modernization process among the Parsis was accelerated by travels by sea to England. For the Hindus at that time it was a taboo to travel by sea. Since the first Parsi had visited England in 1723, the number of Parsis who studied or transacted business in England grew […]
Education Awards 2018 Ceremony By BBRWA
Bharucha Baug Residents’ Welfare Association (BBRWA), organised ‘Education Awards’ on 1st December, 2018, to encourage young students and felicitate teachers for their contribution towards this noble profession. The event witnessed fifty students from Bharucha Baug and fifteen teachers felicitated with certificates, medals, cash prizes and trophies. Attended by Chief Guest, Yazdi Desai and wife, Anahita Desai; […]
Adventure Education Tours – Even The Sky Is Not The Limit!
. Specialists in Education Tourism, Adventure Education Tours organised a unique, twelve-day tour for 150 Indian school students, from various Indian schools, to numerous prestigious institutions across the United States of America, from the 1st to 13th May, 2018. This once-in-a-lifetime tour covered some of the most coveted destinations and activities including The Kennedy Space […]
Gamadia Girls High School Holds Fund Raiser
An exuberant musical and proficiency-acknowledging fund-raiser event was organized by the Bai MN. Gamadia Girls High School at the Marathi Sahitya Sangh, Charni Road, on 11th November 2017. Dynamic Principal Zarin Behram Rabadi and her faculty of efficient teachers got together to reward hard working students who excelled in various subjects and other pursuits encouraged […]