About US
Meet the Teams
Parzor Patrons
Dr. Karan Singh, MP
Mr. Dinshaw Tamboly
Justice Rohinton Nariman
Mr. Tirlochan Singh
Mr. Wajahat Habibullah
Founding Patrons
Dr. Karan Singh, MP
Politician, philanthropist and poet. Youngest Union Cabinet Minister with the Government of India.
Mr Dinshaw Tamboly
Chairman, WZO Trust Funds in India. Honorary Advisor, UN Committee for the Eradication of Global Poverty.
Late Mr. Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej
Businessperson, entrepreneur, and the chairman of Godrej Group.
Late Mr. Fali Nariman
Internationally renowned Indian constitutional jurist, and writer.
Late Mr. Minoo Shroff
Economist, Financial Consultant, Leading Industrialist.
Late Mr. Jamshed Guzder
Philanthropist, eminent industrialist and community veteran.
Late Dr. L.M. Singhvi
Indian jurist, parliamentarian, scholar, writer and diplomat.
Executive Council
Prof. Shernaz Cama
Founder Director, Parzor Foundation. Former Associate Professor, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. Advisor to the Fulbright Educational Programme. Founder of the TISS- PARZOR Academic Programme.
Mr Dadi Pudumjee
Dr (Mrs) Niloufer Shroff
A physicist and photonics specialist, she has worked at Imperial College London, ISRO’s Space Applications Centre, and the Government of India’s Department of Electronics, retiring as Head of the Photonics Division.
Prof. Kavas Kapadia
An Architect-Planner, Head of Department & Dean of Studies, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. Prof. Kapadia has worked internationally in the field of architecture in Nigeria, Iran and Singapore.
Ashdeen Z. Lilaowala
Ashdeen is a contemporary fashion designer who specializes in hand-embroidered creations that are inspired by centuries of Oriental craft and craftsmanship. He joined Parzor in the early 2000s as a young researcher in textile design.
Ms. Lalsawmliani Tochhawng
Lalsawmliani Tochhawng is an arts administrator, film festival and arts curator, formerly Chief of Programmes at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi and as the Secretary, IIC Film Club for 36 years.
Ms. Khursheed Nariman
Sculptor with a Masters (MFA) from the University of the Arts, London. Her work explores human connectivity, wildlife conservation and nature through abstract and figurative sculptures, often using recycled materials.
The Core Team
Prof Shernaz Cama
Founder Director, Parzor
Dr (Mrs) Niloufer Shroff
Ms Sanha Kohli
Ms Freny Daruwalla
Administrative Officer
Dr. Kerman Daruwalla
Project Co-ordinator
Ms Neeru Negi
Secretary
Ms Sandhya Rawat
Mr Gaurav Chauhan
Mr. Tekchand
Programme Assistant
Our Founding President
Lieutenant General Adi Meherji Sethna, PVSM, AVSM was an Indian Army General who served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff.
He guided the Delhi Parsi Anjuman and the Federation of Zoroastrian Anjumans for 20 years, and in 1999 was invited to be the Founder President of Parzor.
Lt. Gen. Adi M. Sethna steered Parzor from the time of its inception and enabled it to grow rapidly and make a mark in a very short time. It was under his dynamic leadership, that Parzor initiated several projects which ranged from making a film on Field Marshal Manekshaw and producing a book on India’s first woman Photojournalist Homai Vyarawala to recording rare Hindustani classical music Tappas.