Dr. Coomi Vevaina, PhD, the Founder-Director of the Global Tipping Point Summit (GTPS) was honoured with the prestigious designation of ‘Professor Emeritus’, by Christ University, Pune, in recognition of her meritorious contributions to scholarship and her distinguished career. This esteemed rank is awarded to very select professors on retirement and they retain this honorary title…
At least 178 community members have passed away since onset of the coronavirus pandemic (March 2020) in India. Parsiana compiled the death statistics from 11 major Indian locations where significant Parsi populations exist. 105 deaths have been registered in Bombay, obtained from Worli Prayer Hall, where a large number of Covid-19 victims are cremated, though…
The World Zarthusti Chamber of Commerce, Pune (WZCC) held its 15th AGM in Pune on, 14th September, 2019, at Hotel Shree Pachratna. The meeting was chaired by Tehmasp Bharucha, Chapter Chair, WZCC-Pune, and attended by good number of members from Pune and Mumbai. The Guest of Honour, Capt. Percy Master, Regional Director and Chairperson, WZCC-India…
At a meeting held on 20th July, 2019, the Pune chapter of the World Zarathushti Chambers of Commerce (WZCC), established its very own ‘Youth’ and ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ Wings, under the able leadership of Tehmasp K. Bharucha, Chapter Chair, WZCC, Pune. The membership of WZCC consists of various categories of members belonging to different age groups,…
On 21st June,2019, Pune’s chapter of the World Zarthusti Chamber Of Commerce (WZCC) held a Members’ Nite as part of its regular networking meetings, attended by over fifty members and guests, at Hotel Shree Panchratna. Tehmasp Bharucha, Chapter Chair, Pune, and Director, WZCC-India, gave a warm welcome to all and spoke about the WZCC Global…
With a firm belief in the adage, ‘Happiness to those who help others’, every year, the committee members of ‘Young Rathestars’ of Dadar, Mumbai, reach out to provide help and support to poor Zarthosti families living the hinterland of Gujarat for decades, in the talukas of Mandvi and Mangrol of the Surat District as well…
The Pune chapter of WZCC held its Quarterly Members’ Night on 16th February, 2019, at Hotel Panchratna. Packed to capacity, the evening began with Chairman Tehmasp Bharucha welcoming the members and guests. The RBL Bank, who partly sponsored the evening’s program, shared a well-received promotional presentation. Mahrukh Bharucha, the Immediate Past Chairperson, introduced the keynote…
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…
Christmas Day in December 2018 indeed brought in tidings of joy and celebrations at Pune’s Dadgah, ‘Asha Vahishta – The Zoroastrian Center’, as it marked the completion of a fruitful year filled with success, blessings and smiles. Over two hundred Zoroastrians attended the 1st Anniversary celebrations at the majestic Dadgah, which is gaining increasingly in…
Forty members of Xtremely Young Zoroastrian’s (XYZ) Behram’s Battalion organized an educational trip to the ‘GO Cheese Factory and Pride of Cows Milk Farm’ near Pune, on 8th December, 2018. The trip included a tour of the farms and various factory units, where milk was pasteurized, chunks of curd were churned and block and slice…
Pune Parsi Sports Club (PPSC), under the leadership of Captain Adi Mistry, organised a friendly cricket match at Sir J N Petit School grounds, on 16th December, 2018, in a 25-overs-a-side match. Held annually for 25 years, Chief Administrators, Zubin Lakka and Mistry prepped the ground and provided the necessary cricketing gear for the participants….