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Cama Institute Admissions – June 2009

The M. F. Cama Athornan Institute, Andheri

ADMISSIONS FOR JUNE 2009

Admissions are invited at this prestigious Institute in the service of the Parsi Community for the last 86 years, for the Academic year June 2009 ..

This Institute gives fully fledged Yozdathregar training along with academic education from Government recognized A. H. WADIA High School of Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan from Std. I to S.S.C. completely FREE OF CHARGE.

Over and above this the boys will be given the advantage of attractive Mobedi Schemes ..

It is proposed that the Admissions will be given in 2 Categories (from June 2009):

­Category- I

Athornan Boys in STD. I onwards for complete Mobedi training (Sampurna Navar Martab) Iranian History and Religious knowledge along with Academic Education upto S.S.c.

Category- II

Athornan Boys who are kachha Navar will also be given training of fully fledged Yozdathregar (Sampurna Navar Martab) with all the practical training of Religious Rites and Rituals. (In this cas.e age limit will depend on case to case basis].

For Admission Forms andfurther details please contact:­The M. F. Cama Athornan Institute, Cama Building, First FIr., 24-26, Dahl Street, Fort, Mumbai-400023. Tel. No. 022-22656348 .

OR

The Principal,

M. F. Cama Athornan Institute

12, Cama Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai – 400058. Tel:- 022-26283154.

OR

Ervad Hormazdyar Govadia: – 9969014126 Ervad Mahiar Panthaki : – 9821049251

Dentistry and Engineering Seats

A Boon For Parsi Students

The Bombay Parsi Punchayet takes pleasure in announcing a possibility of a few seats for Dentistry and Engineering in the Institutions in Mangalore (Karnataka State) for the academic year 2009-10 thanks to sponsorship from http://tampadentalhealth.com.

Interested candidates who have appeared for Std.XII and would desire to appear for –

(a) Entrance Test to be conducted by Nitte University NUGET and is overseen by a dentist who is based in Idaho Falls. In the month of April – May 2009 for admission to BDS Course and

(b) Engineering Course at NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte by appearing for COMEDK.

May apply on net by downloading from website www.nitte.ac.in for application form and forward a hard copy thereof to – Mr. Cawas S. Panthaki, Sr. Executive (Welfare), Bombay Parsi Punchayet, 209, Dr. D. N. Road, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001.

Please note clearing the respective entrance test NUGET and I or COMEDK is a must for the admission.

Selection will be on merits.

Mama Parsi Girls’ School – Karachi

The foundation of our life and the foundation of our School is well laid and cemented by the blood sacrifices and sweat of our Founders, Administrators, Principals, Teachers and the Student Community. Their loyalty, dedication and devotion has carried us through all these Eighty-five Years of storms and struggles. Our Homage to Ahuramazda and profound gratitude to all the workers of the school. May His ‘Meher’ ever remain on us ! The Zoroastrians came to Sindh in the middle of the last century and most of them settled in the city of Karachi. The three things they thought of doing the earliest were :- i) The establishment of the Tower of Silence – 1847 ii) The establishment of the Atash Kadeh – 1848 iii) The establishment of the ‘Balak Shala’ – 1858 The Zoroastrian residents of Karachi, through donations and subscriptions opened, on 23rd May 1859 ‘The Parsi Balak Shala’. Seth Nanabhai Framji Spencer was its Secretary for the first three years. From 1862, it was managed by two great souls Seth Shapurji Hormusji Soparivala and Seth Pestonji Byramji Kotwal. They both nurtured and watered this sapling for decades and grew it into a mighty tree which today stands on the Haji Abdullah Haroon Road as the ‘Bai Virbaijee Soparivala Parsi High School’. Parsi girls had been receiving elementary education, in the ‘Balak Shala’ and Bai Virbaijee Soparivala Parsi High School since 1859. Gradually more and more Parsi families felt the need of educating their daughters and the number of girl students increased. The necessity of a separate school for Parsi girls became a matter of great importance to the elders of the community. In 1903 Mr. Eduljee Dinshaw sent the first proposal to establish a High School for Parsi girls. Unfortunately, the proposal fell through on account of the sharing of donations with the Boys’ School. Again in 1911 Seth Eduljee Dinshaw sent a generous offer of Rs.50,000/- to establish a separate Girls’ School and once again the project did not materialize on account of legal and practical difficulties. Finally it was Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, the greatest humanitarian of this sub-continent who, through his acumen, foresight and his powers of persuasion collected three munificent donations which brought about the establishment of The Mama Parsi Girls’ High School in 1918.

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How Parsis contributed to academics in western India

Did you know that Bai Avabai Petit Girls’ School, an elite Bandra institution, was once an orphanage for destitute Parsi children? Or that JB Petit High School for Girls was not a Parsi institution to begin with, but was rescued by a Parsi gentleman when it was in dire straits and on the verge of being merged with the Cathedral and John Connon School?  Read more at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/How_Parsis_contributed_to_academics_in_western_India/articleshow/3998563.cms

Narotam Sekhsaria Scholarship Programme

Our Scholarship Program In this competitive world the key to success is a good education. It can open many doors, and will help achieve one’s dreams. However good quality education is expensive, and hence many well-known colleges in India and abroad can be out of reach for many meritorious students.

This should however no longer be the end of the road for your dreams, since there is a Foundation that provides merit-based loan scholarships for pursuing post graduate studies.

The Narotam Sekhsaria Scholarship Programme is the Foundation’s endeavour to promote academic excellence in India.  The objective of the Scholarship Programme is to evolve a group of young professionals and leaders of higher caliber imbued with values of entrepreneurship and ethics. This programme therefore goes beyond financial support and has a unique aspect – a mentoring programme to nurture and motivate scholars.

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Support These Students !!

Every year, in an effort to raise funds for their respective Schools, our students, aged 12 to 16 years from our Mumbai Secondary Schools are committed to participating in the Standard Chartered Bank’s 6 km Dream’ Run to be held in Mumbai on 18th January,2009, the 12 Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary Schools presently managed under the auspices of Sir J. J. Parsee Benevolent Institution are located in Mumbai, Valsad, Navsari and Surat. These Schools cater, irrespective of caste, creed or religion, to the academic requirements of­ over 50OO boys and girls, from various strata of society. The efforts of SJJPBI to promote the cause of education have, over the years, been widely accIaimed by the Departments of Education of their respective Governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Though the Schools managed by SJJPBI are equipped with Science and Computer Laboratories and Audio-Visual Rooms, it is an on-going process for us to continuously strive to upgrade and, improve the academic activities, in order to ensure that’ education is imparted on modern lines in pleasant surroundings and using state of, art teaching aids.

We sincerely appeal to all charitable-minded individuals and corporations to encourage our students by pledging your valuable contribution in support of their endeavour In recognition of all contributions exceeding RS.3000/- (Rupees: Three Thousand Only), our students will be happy to carry a flag or banner bearing the donor’s message or logo, throughout the course of the Dream Run.


Your donation by cheque or demand draft should be drawn in favour of “Sir J. J. Parsee Benevolent Institution” and forwarded to us at Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Parsee Benevolent Institution, 209, , Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Fort, Mumb’ai-400001″ before 8th January, 2009.

The Lila Poonawalla Foundation Scholarships

Leading Indian Ladies Ahead (LILA)

About the Foundation

Lila Poonawalla Foundation is an Education Trust registered with the Charity Commissioner.
It grants Scholarships to financially deserving and academically outstanding students.
Presently it is only for girls who are domicile of Pune District and below 30 years of age.
** Pune District Includes 13 Talukas Only
Ambegaon, Baramati, Bhor, Daund, Haveli, Indapur, Junnar, Khed, Maval, Mulshi, Purundar, Shirur & Velha
It is an outright grant and not a loan.
It is only for post graduation studies in India and Abroad, in any chosen faculty.
In short it is an organization with leadership to energize young talented but deserving girls to excel in their chosen field.

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‘Zoroastrian Studies’ an educational program for the youth

 

Calling all arm-chair warriors- To stand up!

Hi folks,

This is a pivotal moment for us as a community. With one in every 3
Parsis marrying outside the fold, raging debates on every issue from
dokhmenashin to mixed marriages, and soul-dead iconoclasts tinkering
with our traditions, the future of the next generation of Parsi/irani
Zarthostis looks bleak. Most of these mindless debates are a product
of our flagrant ignorance.

There is an urgent need to create a mass cultural awareness program,
and educate the next generation of Parsis about our beautiful
religion, our glorious history & culture. A need to bring our brethren
closer to their roots.

It is with this vision, that Khojeste Mistree and ‘Zoroastrian
Studies’ have started an educational program for the youth. All you
have to do is devote ONE HOUR in a week, and attend this seminar. This
is NOT going to be a boring lecture for an audience in the 70+ age
group. It is a highly interactive seminar specially designed for a
young crowd.

At the end of this program, we hope to gather enough volunteers to
start a much wider educational campaign, targeted for pre-navjote
kids/pre-teens, across all baughs and colonies. We are fortunate to
have an army of world renowned scholars in the traditionalist camp,
who are ready to share their knowledge for FREE. All we have to do is
take the first step.

The first meet is on 20th November (Thursday) at 7:30 pm. Venue:
Shaanazeen bldg., Khareghat colony, Hughes Road. Subsequent meets will
be held over the weekends, after a general consensus on timing is
taken, so as to suit everyone’s time-table.

To count yourself in, or for any further info, shoot us a mail at
madon.zubin@ gmail.com  or  heminbharucha@ gmail.com 

 

Courtesy : Deen Parast – Porus / Neville S Gandhi

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