Padma Shri Dr. Keki Hormusji Gharda, the pride of the community and the nation’s eminent chemical engineer, chemist, philanthropist and visionary entrepreneur, passed away on 30th September, 2024, at the age of 95. Born on September 25, 1929, Dr. Gharda was the Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director of Gharda Chemicals Limited, a research-driven company specializing […]
The great Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, revered as the ‘Father of Indian Industry’, and the Founder of India’s largest and most reputed conglomerate – the Tata Group, is also esteemed as the greatest philanthropist of the century, worldwide. 3rd March, 2024 marks the 185th birth anniversary of this visionary Indian pioneer industrialist whose trailblazing efforts contributed […]
Doyen of Indian industry and noted philanthropists, Darius M Forbes passed away in the early hours of 11th August, 2023, at age 97. He was one of my mentors and instrumental in helping me carve out a successful and fulfilling carrier in the philanthropic sector. I was in my mid-twenties when he interviewed me for […]
The Indian Association of Secretaries and Administrative Professionals (IASAP) held a special meeting on 8th July, 2023 in Mumbai, to celebrate Women Empowerment. IASAP President Kashmira Gamadia gave the welcome note and addressed the members. The elegant and dynamic industrialist, philanthropist, beauty queen and community service stalwart – Yasmin Jal Mistry, who was crowned Mrs. […]
3rd July, 2020, marked the passing of one of our community’s leading personalities – Muncherji Nusserwanji Cama. Much respected philanthropist, former Trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet and Director at the Mumbai Samachar, the nation’s oldest print newspaper, Muncherji succumbed to a brief illness in his 60s. He lived in South Mumbai and is survived […]
. On 14th July 1783, one of the greatest Parsis that our Community was blessed with, was born in a humble little place at Yatha Vario Mohalla (somewhere near the present-day Crawford market). Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy was a man of humble beginnings but went to became a pioneer in organised philanthropy and one of the greatest […]