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Faramerz Dabhoiwala is a Parsi boy made good — in fact, his new book on sex has very quickly become just about the hottest property in the literary world.
When an online article on The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution appeared in a British national newspaper, Dabhoiwala confides to The Telegraph, “thousands and thousands of people around the world read that and hundreds of people tweeted about it — and some of those tweets are from people in India”.
Teaching surrounded Kobad Bugwadia throughout his life.
His mother, Gool Bugwadia was a teacher in Bombay, India. She ran her own nursery school there while Bugwadia’s father, Aspi worked as an engineer.
“Now I do both,” Bugwadia says with a smile.
Bugwadia followed his mother’s example early on and began tutoring other students at his high school and when he came to the states, he student taught at Rutgers University.
“Math is fascinating,” he says. “It’s not as difficult or complicated as we think.”
Fereshte Sethna was part of the legal team that represented Vodafone Group Plc during its successful appeal in the Indian Supreme Court of a government tax demand. The apex court’s ruling in favor of Vodafone earlier this month spared the British telecommunications giant of having to pay a tax bill of more than $2 billon on the deal it struck in 2007 with Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa to enter India. The decision, which said India doesn’t have authority to tax the deal because it was between offshore entities – a Dutch subsidiary of Vodafone and Cayman Islands subsidiary of Hutch – laid down some important long-term precedents for Indian tax law and provided more clarity for potential foreign investors.
Ms. Sethna answered some questions for India Real Time about the meaning and impact of the verdict:
At a glittering event here Dec. 14, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon awarded the Silver Medal in the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation/UNCA Global Prize to MediaGlobal News, a non-profit media agency based at the United Nations Secretariat, for its reporting on issues related to climate change and its disproportionate impact on the least developed countries and the small island developing states.
Nosh Nalavala, the MediaGlobal News bureau chief, received the award.
The UNCA awards are given annually to honor the best media coverage of the United Nations, and are open to worldwide media. Previous winners of the award include the Associated Press and The Economist.
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Dr. Zareen Karani Araoz is President of Managing Across Cultures, a consulting firm, specializing in developing Senior Executives of MNCs (like SIEMENS, Yahoo, TCS, Cognizant, DuPont and others), who lead global collaborations, build cross-border teams (specially Indo-US teams) and manage cultural transitions—and helping them and their teams excel. She has consulted in 20+ countries, particularly Western Europe, the US and India. She is on the Senior Leadership Coaching Cadre of Dell, Intel, Microsoft, John Deere, American Express and many others. She has pioneered as the founder of a Master’s Program specializing in Cross-cultural Management, and has been the Director of a Management School in India. She was invited to be part of President Obama’s Executive Business Mission to India last year, and has received an NRI Award.
Mr. Russi Patel of WZCC-ME, has been felicitated by the Hon’ble Union Minister Dr. Verappa Moily, Union Minister for Government of India on October 2, 2011 at the 30th Inaugural function of the ICAI (Dubai Chapter).
This is a significant accomplishment that is irrefutably deserving for all his dedication.
Such felicitations and information will greatly inspire our young budding Zoroastrian professionals.
Once again, please accept our heartiest congratulations
Russi has come out with a book for NRIs which is invaluable for those looking for such information.
Document.(RJP -NRI Book revised) pdf
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ushered in a new era for the esteemed 152-year-old institution with the inauguration of its 12th president, cognitive neuroscientist Jamshed Bharucha. The ceremony took place in the historic Great Hall on October 18, 2011.
Drawing inspiration from the genius of founder Peter Cooper, President Bharucha, standing at the lectern where candidate Lincoln spoke in 1860, pointed to “four areas that stand out as academic challenges and opportunities: fostering innovation, promoting access, serving the public good and embracing a global perspective – while maintaining the highest standards.”
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Rustom Mazda, who graduated from National Institute of Design(NID), Ahmedabad, is the first NIDian to join the Italian auto-design firm which caters to auto giants such as Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar and Fiat.
Nariman has bee
n appearing in various constitutional and corporate cases in the Supreme Court and High Courts. He argued for Mukesh Ambani’s RIL along with senior advocate Harish Salve in the dispute over the supply and pricing of gas from KG basin between the Ambani brothers. Nariman was designated as a senior advocate at the age of 37 years in 1993 when the then Chief Justice of India M N Venkatachaliah amended the rules reducing the limit of the minimum age of 45 years for designating a lawyer as a senior advocate. He joined the Bar as an advocate in 1974 after completing his LL.B from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University, where he was among the toppers. He had also gone to Harvard University for further studies.
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http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/rohinton-nariman-to-be-new-solicitor-general/762631.html
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rohinton-nariman-to-be-new-solicitor-general/821282/
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