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…
Mumbai’s fifteen-year old, dynamic go-getter, Er. Shareez Zubin Sidhwa scored a commendable 95.5% in the ICSE Board exams, 2019, making it to the ‘Top 15’ of his school, Vissanji Academy. An all-rounder shining in academics, sports, religion, extra-curricular and even modelling, Shareez has a number of achievements to his credit. Staying faithful to his religion…
Xerxes Khodaiji, from Manekji Cooper Educational Trust, scored a splendid 89.2% in the ICSE Board exams. Sharing wise words of advice, the son of proud parents – Darayus and Meher Khodaiji, Xerxes says, “I always believed through Hard Work, Perseverance and Faith in God, you can live your dreams!” Xerxes plans on pursuing the Commerce…
Fifteen-year-old Ruksheen Madon from Mumbai’s Queen Mary School excelled in her ICSE Board exams with an incredible 94%! Daughter of proud parents Adil and Jasmine Madon, Rukhsheen believes in living life to the fullest with positivity and spirituality. She is an avid animal lover, especially dogs, and one of her aims is to have a shelter…
Doing his parents, family, school and friends very proud by scoring an outstanding 94.33% in the ICSE Board exams, Riyan Karbhari’s success mantra is, “There is no substitute for Hard Work! Never Give Up! Never Stop Believing! Never stop fighting for your dreams!” From Vissanji Academy, Riyan is a very caring boy and is passionate…
On 11th January, 2019, Pune’s 25-year-old Khushnum Neville Motafram was awarded the ‘P H Kothadia’ Gold medal for securing the highest marks in the subject – ‘Code of Civil Procedure and Limitation Act’, as part of the Final Year LLB examination (April 2017), at the Convocation ceremony held at Savitribai Phule Pune University. Khushnum now…
Neomi Rao, who has led the Trump administration’s push to curtail agency regulations as its Deregulatory Leader, will succeed Brett Kavanaugh on the Washington DC Circuit, whose docket is teeming with administrative disputes. Neomi will be nominated to fill the vacancy left by Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the US Court of Appeals for the DC…
Parsi Brigade for 30th June 2018
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times congratulates and celebrates the success of our fab students and young achievers who have done exceedingly well in their academic performances in the Board exams across schools and colleges in India. Kudos to all our bright sparks who make our community proud![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Diligent Delnaz! 18-year-old Delnaz Mehta of Jai Hind…