On 9th December, 2018, the team of Empowering Mobeds organized a heritage walk to highlight various Parsi monuments, institutions and statues around South Mumbai’s Fort area. Attended by children of Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ High School and Dadar Athornan Madressa, the group took its first halt at the Bhikha Behram Well where Er. Hormuz Dadachanji…
The Trustees of Bai Dosibai Kotwal Parsi Boys’ Orphanage, in association with the Trustees of Soraji B. Garda College Trust Parsi Cultural Division, invited Er. Dr. Cyrus Dastoor, affiliated to the MF Cama Athornan Institute Ex-Students’ Foundation, to conduct a four-day workshop for Ervads, Ostas and Behdin Pasbaans. Conducted from 14th to 17th November, 2018,…
Our Community’s most holy, over 300-year-old, Doongerwadi in Mumbai, is in Urgent Need of Renovation and Green Cover Restoration. Immediate Repairs are needed for the Maintenance and upkeep of our Dokhmas; Bunglies; Road Repairs and for the restoration of the Green Cover/Forest area which provides the sense of calm and healing for all. The BPP,…
The Jiyo Parsi Program announced the launch of three new initiatives – ‘Jiyo Parsi Care’, ‘Jiyo Parsi Campaign’s Phase 3’ and the ‘Jiyo Parsi Calendar’, on Thursday 20th December, 2018, at the Sir Ratan Tata Institute in South Bombay. The event was held by the Parzor foundation and Madison BMB, in collaboration with the Bombay…
The Mancherji Joshi Dharmagnan Class at Dadar, organised its annual Prize Distribution ceremony on 2nd December, 2018, at the J B Vachha High School, with Chairman of WZOT, Dinshaw Tamboly; BPP Trustees, Armaity Tirandaz and Zarir Bhathena; Er. Asphandyar Dadachanjee, Er. Dr. Parvez Bajan and Diana Marfatia in attendance. In keeping with their protocol of…
11-year-old, Miron Shroff, recently participated in the ‘Hindustan Times Scholarship Programme 2018’ held on 11th December, at Rangsharda Auditorium, Bandra, and was declared as one of ‘Mumbai’s Brightest Young Minds’. A student of Std. VI at St. Mary’s High School and an active member of XYZ’s Cyrus Superstars, Miron competed with 77,800 students across 207…
The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of India’s dynamic frontrunner and trustee, Yasmin Mistry was conferred a doctorate in ‘Women Entrepreneurship and Welfare’, in recognition of her inexhaustible body of community service and social work, by the National Virtual University for Peace and Education, registered under the Government of India as well as the United Nations Organisation…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Aapro Dr. Mickey Mehta was adjudged the ‘Health and Wellness Icon of India’ by Economic Times earlier this year. He was also awarded as one of the World’s Top 100 Impactful Wellness Leaders at the World Wellness Congress.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] . .
Masina Hospital, in association with Rotary Club of Bombay North, is organizing a Free Health Check-Up Camp on 16th December, 2018 from 9:00 am to 2:00pm at Masina Hospital, Byculla – also providing free consultation with oncologist, ophthalmologist, gynecologist, ENT specialist, cardiologist, pediatrician, dentist and orthopedic surgeon. Tests will include HB test, blood sugar, cancer screening,…
In a glittering ceremony in Abu Dhabi, on 10th December, 2018, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, Founder of Serum Institute of India (SII) and Chairman of Poonawalla Group, was felicitated with the first ever ‘Vaccine Hero’ award by the Vaccine Alliance – Gavi, in recognition of his lifelong commitment and contributions to furthering vaccine coverage in some…
Zerbanoo Gifford, founder and mentor of the ASHA Centre in the UK, has been welcomed into the Honorable Society of the Knights of the Round Table, a three-hundred-year-old organisation set up to follow the chivalry of the knights of old with emphasis on (courtesy, mercy, faith, generosity and hospitality) as their model following in the…