Volume 10-Issue 31

Community News

Truzaar Dordi In 2020’s Class Of ‘Top 30-Under-30 Sustainability Leaders’ In Canada
ByPT Reporter 14 November 202013 November 2020

29-year-old Canadian, Truzaar Dordi, an experienced researcher and doctoral candidate in Sustainability Management at the University of Waterloo – was named as one among the prestigious ‘Top 30-Under-30 Sustainability Leaders of 2020’, by the prominent organisation, Corporate Knights, which recognizes young change-makers and sustainability leaders in Canada for their pathbreaking work and steadfast commitment to their field…

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Community News

Tata Steel Jamshedpur To Employ 500 Employees’ Children
ByPT Reporter 14 November 202013 November 2020

A press meeting by the Tata Workers’ Union (TWU) announced a landmark agreement with the Management of Tata Steel Jamshedpur, which has agreed to enroll 500 registered dependents of retired employees, over a three-year phased manner, starting Feb-March, 2021. This will be the first time in a decade that Tata Steel will be enrolling registered…

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Community News

Nazneen Contractor Makes History As First South-Asian Lead In Hallmark Film: ‘The Christmas Ring’
ByPT Reporter 14 November 202013 November 2020

Indian-born Canadian actor, born to Parsi parents, Nazneen Contractor, known for her roles as ‘Layla Hourani’ in ‘The Border’ and as ‘Kayla Hassan’ in ‘24’, recently made history for being the very first person of Indian and South Asian descent, to play the lead role in a Hallmark movie, namely, ‘The Christmas Ring’ which aired…

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Community News

The IranShah Initiative: Education Through Inspiration Not InDOCTORination
ByNoshir H. Dadrawala 14 November 202013 November 2020

CREATION and REACTION Both Contain The Same 8 Letters. However, Inspiration promotes CREATION, which is POSITIVE InDOCTORination provokes REACTION, which is often NEGATIVE Since Education helps expand and empower human experience, our future generation is more receptive towards Education Through Inspiration rather than InDOCTORination. It is because Inspiration Transforms. But, InDOCTORination often Deforms The Psyche Of Humanity: The pragmatic assumption that our…

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Community News

Farnaz Patel Scores Perfect 10 GPA!
ByPT Reporter 14 November 202013 November 2020

Farnaz Patel, studying in Mumbai University’s, Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute for Financial and Management Studies secured the perfect, 10/10 GPA (with an overall CGPA of 8.97 in Human Resource) in her batch, as on 9th November, 2020. Based in Surat, the daughter of proud parents – Daisy and Shahrukh Patel, Farnaz’s MBA subjects were Project…

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Contests

‘MY BAWA IS BEST’ CONTEST WINNERS
ByPT Reporter 14 November 202013 November 2020

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] It was one crazy difficult task to choose a select few from the innumerable talented and brilliant contest entries we received! We thank all our participants whose entries covered the entire gamut of emotions, honouring their favourite ‘Bawajis’ – ranging from Parsi icons to husbands, to fathers, to son, to sons-in-law, to…

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Finance

This Diwali, Add Divinity To Your Wealth!
ByMarzee Kerawalla 14 November 202013 November 2020

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Marzee Kerawala is a Certified Financial Planner with expertise in Income Tax and Investment products. Managing assets worth over Rs. 4 Billion, his firm ‘NiveshIndia’, designs Tailored Investment Strategy through Customised Financial Planning for individuals and NRIs, and also handles Treasury Management for corporates and SMEs. You can contact him at +91 9987567667 or Email: marzeek@niveshindia.co.in [Website…

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Special

Let There Be Light!
ByNoshir H. Dadrawala 14 November 202013 November 2020

Diwali is the festival of light and it reminds us that the only way to negate darkness is with light and the only way to dispel all negativity is through positive thoughts, words and deeds. Darkness can only be vanquished with light and evil can only be vanquished with goodness. Anger or hatred cannot and…

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Community News

Masina Heart Institute Launches India’s First Portable Advanced Cardiac Care Unit For Heart Patients During Pandemic
ByPT Reporter 14 November 202013 November 2020

Masina Heart Institute, a venture of the century-old Masina Hospital, known for its commitment to provide affordable healthcare, recently installed a pre-fabricated, transportable ICU (Intensive Care Unit) by Philips. Inaugurated by Yashwant Jadhav – Chairman, BMC Standing Committee; Yamini Jadhav – MLA, Byculla and Sonam Jamsutkar – Corporator, this installation will be used as an Advanced…

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Community News

Dr. Zarir Udwadia Recognized Among ‘World’s Top 2% Of Respiratory Medicine Scientists’ As Per Stanford University Report
ByPT Reporter 14 November 202013 November 2020

Parsi Times is delighted to report, that in the field of Respiratory Medicine, from among 5,000 doctors globally, reputed pulmonologist and our community’s much respected Dr. Zarir Udwadia, has been recognized as among the world’s prestigious top 2 per cent, as per the latest Stanford University report, which ranks scientists and doctors amongst the top…

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