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DINSHAW TAMBOLY

Trustee, World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust, WZO Trust for
Women and Children and WZO Trust Funds

Spend a couple of hours with Dinshaw        he advises leading Indian corporations    garnered support for three important
    Tamboly and you will soon become        in promoting exports to markets in        projects: Bringing Zoroastrian farmers
very familiar with his personal mantra:     North America and Europe and provides     in Gujarat back into the mainstream
‘the process is the product.’               counselling services to foreign brands    where they have touched the lives of
                                            entering Indian markets.                  469 Zoroastrian agrarian families in
“Don’t be fooled by the suit and tie I am                                             184 villages, expending in excess of
wearing”, the Zoroastrian born, Managing    He served on the International Board      Rs.60,000,000 for rehabilitating them;
Director of Kaikisons and Trustee of the    of WZO London from 1983-2004 and as       providing financial support to 871
World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust        Trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet     aspiring entrepreneurs through the Self-
told us recently. “Most of my time, I have  from November 1996 to September 2008.     Employment Project by extending interest
my working boots on and my helmet by                                                  free financial support (Rs.130,000,000) up
my side.”                                   Dinshaw Tamboly has been involved         to a maximum limit of Rs.300,000, and the
                                            in public service for the last 27 years,  beneficiaries returning the amount given
After acquiring a Masters Degree in Sales   with focus on the World Zoroastrian       to them through 40 equated monthly
Management from Berks, UK, Dinshaw          Organisation Trust, WZO Trust for         installments; setting up of two Senior
Tamboly started his journey by working      Women & Children and WZO Trust            Citizens Centres at Navsari, where the
in senior positions with multinational      Funds, where he and his wife Bachi are    elderly of the community live with dignity
companies such as Bombay Dyeing, Tata       among the founder Trustees.               under professional supervision and care
Textiles and the Reliance Industries. In                                              and a beautiful sanatorium at Sanjan.
1987, he started his own firm, Kaikisons.   The husband and wife team is a shining
Under its aegis as a corporate counsellor,  example of what commitment to a cause
                                            can achieve. Their tireless efforts have

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