On 26th November, 2019, our Community’s and India’s leading performer and activist, Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal and her son, Kaizaad Kotwal, were felicitated with the prestigious ‘Karmaveer Puruskar Maharatna Award’ in New Delhi, as part of a Rex and UN initiative. They received this honour for their great contribution to women’s empowerment in combatting violence against women and girls. With…
Nine-year-old Speed-skating champ, Frehan Edulji, did everyone proud having won one Silver and two Bronze medals in the ‘Speed Skating State Championships’, were held from the 14th to 18th November, 2019. The son of proud parents – Shezrin and Phiroze Edulji, and grandson of beaming granny – Armin Dutia Motashaw, Frehan will go on to…
The XYZ Leadership Camp 2019 was held from 31st August to 2nd September, 2019. 42 office bearers along with volunteers went to the Novotel Imagica (Khopoli) for a fun, adventurous and educative weekend. This camp is specifically for the Presidents, President-elects and the President – nominees of all the 8 XYZ groups, all across the…
On 24th July, 2019, Nazneen Engineer was conferred with a PhD from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, London), as a “Postdoctoral Researcher at the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies.” Her interest in Zoroastrian Studies grew after she attended the December 2007 World Zoroastrian Youth Congress in Australia, inspiring her to pursue…
Mumbai’s foremost youth hockey coach, 69-yar-old Merzban Patel (popularly known as ‘Bawa’), who is revered to have shaped and nurtured hockey talent in Mumbai – many of them Olympians and World Cuppers – has been recommended by the Selection Committee for the National Sports Awards (2019), to be felicitated with India’s most prestigious award in…
Aryan Patel, from GN Khalsa College (Matunga), scored 89.53% in the HSC Board exams in the Commerce stream. The son of delighted parents, Navil and Hufriz Patel, Aryan secured a fantastic 99% in Accountancy and 94% in OCM. Crediting his success to my parents, “they stood by me like my pillar of strength,” says Aryan….
18-year old Nekzad Yezdi Bajan, from Mumbai’s HR College of Commerce and Economics, brandished a brilliant 93.08% in the HSC Board Examination, scoring 99% in Mathematics, 97% in Accountancy and 96% in Economics. “I owe my success to my parents, Yezdi and Firuza Bajan and my brother, Delzad for always believing in me and my capabilities. I…
Nasha M. Pooniwala, from Mulund College of Commerce (MCC), scored a fab 90.15% in the HSC Exams, securing an outstanding 98% each, in Math and Accountancy. Doing her parents very proud, she plans to pursue Chartered Accountancy as a career. Here’s wishing her the very best!
Twins Karissa and Kohana Bardolivala from Mumbai’s J B Petit High School, doubled the delight, scoring 98% (Karissa) and 97.8% (Kohana) in the ICSE Board exams. Both girls worked diligently and have excelled in academics through their school tenure. Karissa was chosen from the school for the ‘Times Group Student of the Year Award’ in 2018 for…
On 28th May, 2019, Ahmedabad’s Khushnum Avari was awarded the ‘Times Power Women Of the Year Award’ in the field of Education and Professional Training, by the Vice Chancellor of Gujarat University, actor Jimmy Shergil and Shilpa Phugalia, Director – BMW Gujarat. Originally from Mumbai, Khushnum settled in Ahmedabad after her marriage. An ex-Jet Airways…
Friyana Kaizad Kasad from RA Podar College of Commerce and Economics (Commerce stream) secured a super 89.23% in her HSC exams, to the absolute delight of her parents – Jasmine and Kaizad Kasad. Here’s wishing her the very best in all her future endeavours!