The college will unveil Yasmin Khurshedji Surveyor’s statue and launch a scholarship programme in her name to mark the 100th anniversary of her graduation on August 18 Mumbai: Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics will honour its alumna and the first woman in Asia to earn a commerce degree, Yasmin Khurshedji Surveyor, by unveiling her statue and launching a scholarship
Read moreWe are delighted to share that Tehmina Kaoosji, a respected journalist, communications strategist, and advocate for gender equality, has been named one of Tatler Asia’s Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow 2025. This distinguished honour celebrates 300 of Asia’s most promising young changemakers—leaders whose work is shaping a more just and dynamic future across the region. A Voice for Equity and Accountability Tehmina Kaoosji
Read moreThe US-India alliance is key to securing democracy, innovation, and balance in a shifting global order. Check out more from Hoover Fellow Dinsha Mistree: Listen to the Matters of Policy and Politics podcast “India before it was cool” with Dinsha Mistree here: • India, Before It Was Cool Read “A Panoramic View of India” by Dinsha Mistree here: https://www.hoover.org/research/panor… Read “The Folly of India’s
Read moreWe are very happy to share this good news and great honour bestowed upon our dear Zubin. We congratulate Zubin on yet another opportunity for Service and Leadership through this accolade, and for making all Zoroastrians and his family proud and happy. “Regent’s academic, Professor Dr Zubin Sethna, Professor of Entrepreneurial Marketing & Consumer Behaviour and Director of Business, Finance
Read moreMumbai-born Shawn Wadia, successfully completed the PhD component of the MD-PhD program at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, marking a major milestone in his journey toward becoming a physician-scientist. Wadia’s research explored the interaction between Wnt and MAPK signalling pathways in pancreatic and colorectal cancers. His work sheds new light on how these aggressive tumors grow and respond to treatment, paving
Read moreOnce upon a time, an architect was busy designing buildings with bricks of clay in bustling cities like Bombay and San Francisco. After a solid run, he took a detour to Pondicherry, where he stumbled upon actual clay and had a “this is it!” moment. Architecture was out, and pottery was in. Now, instead of designing with bricks, he designs
Read moreWe are delighted to announce the release of the inaugural session of the Zoroastrian Alliance for Lawyers (ZAL), titled “Dialogues: Faith, Ethics & Law.” This pioneering session features eminent legal professionals, Adv. Rashna Jehani (Founder, Jehani Legal) and Adv. Khusnuma Nagwaswalla (Partner, Agram Legal Consultants, Mumbai), who engage in a compelling conversation on the interplay between faith, ethical values, and
Read moreIn a modest Parsi household in Andheri, where the pagri-clad patriarch passed away last month, there are no portraits of the departed, only ones painted by him. Propped on a narrow cot is a six-decades-old painting of a young girl named Firooza, alongside two landscapes evoking Google Maps: Naval Jijina‘s signature aerial views from the 1960s, conjuring the sensation of
Read morePolymath doctor brings his work to Delhi to inspire junior doctors Dr Farokh Udwadia (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) For years, Dr Farokh Udwadia has sat by the bedside of his patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital, holding hands, listening and talking to them. “That bond often wins battles because it is about the
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