Category Archives: Professionals

Farida Sohrabji, Neuroscientist, Director of Women’s Health at Texas A&M University

Alzheimer’s Is a Women’s Rights Issue: Panelists at SXSW Featuring Indian American Neuroscientist Farida Sohrabji The diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s is a fundamental women’s rights issue, said panelists at a March 8 South by Southwest Conference event in Austin, Texas on International Women’s Day. The panelists included Indian American neuroscientist Farida Sohrabji, director of the women’s health in neuroscience program at Texas

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Ad Age Rising Stars: Delna Shroff

Delna Shroff, who comes from a family of engineers, was stubborn about the fact that she did not want to be one. She started her journey in advertising five years ago. ‘Dil mein always kuch-kuch hota hai,’ she says, as her eyes reflect her love for advertising. This embarked her transition into the creative world and since then, she has

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Pervin Taleyarkhan, ’13, Received Honor from American Bar Association

IU McKinney alumna Pervin Taleyarkhan has received an award from the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law. She received the honor in “Recognition for Outstanding Leadership Contribution” on April 10 during the section’s annual spring conference. The event took place in Arlington, Virginia. Taleyarkhan is Legal Counsel for Whirlpool Corporation in Benton Harbor, Michigan. She serves on the

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Pallavi Shroff makes it to Bollywood

Pallavi K. Shroff , our 24 year old pakki bawi with an unusual name has made her Bollywood debut in the field of special effects makeup in the Film Saand Ki Aankh . A cinematographer by qualification and a Prosthetics Artist by passion. She worked on a Kannada Film -Sakuchi and a Tamil Telugu Film – Game Over which are

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Celebrated Parsi chef Anahita N Dhondy is today the toast of Asia

Chef Anahita N Dhondy was selected in the ‘Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019’ list for her contribution towards food sustainability and for popularising the Parsi cuisine. Chef Anahita N Dhondy promotes sustainable food. Chef Anahita N Dhondy was at a vegetable market in Hyderabad picking up fresh veggies for her restaurant when the news reached her. She was selected

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Framroze Virjee Named President of California State University, Fullerton

Framroze Virjee has been named the president of California State University at Fullerton. The CSU board of trustees appointed Virjee on March 20. “We can build the best labs, we can get a great reputation, but more importantly, I want the students to have a transformative experience here,” Framroze Virjee told India-West. Indian American lawyer Framroze Virjee has been appointed

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Amplify Austin Texas 4000 Bike Ride for Cancer by Ervad Burzin Balsara

Hello friends: Planet Mobed Burzin Balsara: Ervad Burzin Balsara, Austin, Texas, is an amazing young Zoroastrian from Dallas, TX. His parents Pearl and Prof. Mobed Poras Balsara have been very active in our Dallas, TX, Zoroastrian Association. I was honored to be with them for their Dallas Atash Kadeh Inauguration, performing Vendidad Sadeh and a Baj and participating in their

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Shernaz Engineer nominated: Women who make London great

Dear Well-wishers, To mark the centenary of the first women in the UK winning the right to vote, and to drive forward gender equality across the London today, the Mayor of London and the London Assembly has launched a year-long women’s equality campaign: #BehindEveryGreatCity.The campaign includes a year-long programme of public art by women artists on the London Underground, the

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UK celebrity chef Todiwala becomes MCS ambassador

Celebrity chef and restauranteur Cyrus Todiwala has joined the Marine Conservation Society as an “ocean ambassador”, the charity has announced. Todiwala, chef patron of Cafe Spice Namaste in London and one half of the UK’s BBC series ‘The Incredible Spice Men’, has already been a seafood sustainability campaigner for many years. “I have been involved in the area of marine

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Indian-American Neomi Rao Sworn In As Judge Of DC Court Considered Second Most Powerful After US Supreme Court

Neomi Jehangir Rao. (Wikimedia Commons) Indian-American Neomi Jehangir Rao has been sworn in as US Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, widely considered to be the second most powerful court in the US, next only to the US Supreme Court, reports Press Trust of India (PTI). With this swearing in, she became the second Indian-American after Sri

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