[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]LCB (Lions Club of Byculla) brings the Community a gala eve of pure fun and enjoyment, aptly titled ‘THAT’Z ENTERTAINMENT’, as a noble Fund Raising initiative for their numerous projects dedicated to serving the needy sections of society. Media Partner for the event, Parsi Times, catches up with Mr. Feroze Katrak, the first…
Actor Boman Irani will play the role of our Community’s living legend, Ratan Tata, in the upcoming biopic on Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Boman Irani has been shooting in Ahmedabad for the film since the 17th of this month. Directed by the National Award winner Omung Kumar and produced by Sandip Ssingh and Suresh Oberoi, who’s…
The Tata Housing Sports Club (THSC) organised a Treasure Hunt on 2nd September, 2018, with 5 teams comprising 5 participants each. Commencing at 8:00 a.m, the hunt included seven stages within the periphery of Mahim to Colaba, finally concluding at Tata Housing Society at 1:00 pm. Organised by THSC volunteers, the event included a ‘Scavenger…
When industri-alist Ratan Tata chanced on a series of pictures by photojournalist Sudharak Olwe, portraying Mumbai’s sanitation workers who spend their lives navigating the city’s waste, Tata initiated an ambitious project, Tata Trusts’ ‘Mission Garima’ (dignity) to aid the lives of 40,000 odd workers of the city who dive into sewers, sweep the streets and work in…
The Tata Group is the only Indian company to feature in the top five ‘Most Trusted Brands of India’, as per The Trust Research Advisory’s ‘Brand Trust Report India 2018 Study’ released on 18 April, 2018. Making it to the fourth place, the TATA Group moved up a slot from last year, while South Korean…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#d09c2c”] The contribution of Parsis to the socio-economic development and welfare of the country is too wide and varied for justice in a short treatise. The Wadias have built schools, colleges and hospitals, the Petits too have built schools, hospitals, sanatoriums and dharamshalas. Whenever and wherever wealth has been generated by Parsis,…
In an exemplary gesture of philanthropy, The Tata Trusts in 2016, gifted $70 million to the University of California (UC), San Diego (SD), USA, to set up an institute for Genetics and Society. On 12th September, 2017, the University declared that the new building for the divisions of biological and physical sciences has been named…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]The concept of Organ Donation in our Community is as controversial as it is noble, and the past few weeks has seen a resurgence of debates and discussions about this topic. Noshir Dadrawala helps clear the air and do away with related confusions.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] With respect to everyone’s beliefs, and with the main aim…
The 150-year old giant business conglomerate, House of Tatas, has retained its position as India’s number one brand in valuation firm, Brand Finance’s, annual study of India’s top 100 names. This is inspite of the four per cent fall in the Group’s brand value from $13.7 billion in 2016 to $13.1 billion in 2017, which…
Nataraja Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) since 2009, was named the new Chairman of Tata Sons on 12th January, 2017. Chandrasekaran’s appointment as Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the $103 billion Tata Group, comes after the ouster of Cyrus Mistry on October 24th 2016. Rajesh Gopinathan has been…