FEZANA Academic Scholarships, 2020-2021

The 2020-21 FEZANA Academic Scholarships have been announced and recipients have been notified. Congratulations to all the recipients!

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

BANOOBAI AND MANECKSHAW KAPADIA ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Farnaz Behdinan (Business Administration; University of Southern California )

CELESTE And JERRY KHERADI 30th ANNIVERSARY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Rohina Gandhi  (Business Administration; Fraser International College, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver)

MORVARID GUIV ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Parsa Zeinabad   (Microbiology; University of California – Santa Barbara)

PAVRI-TATA ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Dario Dharsi (South Asian Languages and Culture; University of British Columbia)

PURVEZ AND ABAN RUSTOMJI ENDOWEDSCHOLARSHIP 
Niayesh Namdarmehdiabadi (Engineering; University of Toronto)

SOONU AND JAL BIRDY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Porus Karwa (Psychobiology; University of California – Los Angeles)

DOWLET MINOCHER VESUNA WZO CANADA ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP 
Varun Shroff (Engineering; University of Waterloo, Ontario) [Scholarship funded by WZO Canada]

SHEROO D KOLSAWALA WZO CANADA ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Shahvir Sarkary (Psychology Major, Business Minor; Simon Fraser University, Vancouver)  [Scholarship funded by WZO Canada]

VILLY AND HOMI GANDHI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP 
Avakhshia Pourbemani  (Honors Specializing Biology; Western University)

FEZANA ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP
Navroze Antia (Honors Computer Sc; Co-op University of Waterloo, Ontario)

FEZANA ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Afriti Chinoy (Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism, Pre-Dentistry; Case Western Reserve University)
Fravash Chothia  (Business Management, Global Management; Ryerson University ,Ontario)
Jenifer Sidhwa (Biochemistry; University of New Hampshire)

GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

MEHRABAN AND MORVORID KHERADI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP – THE FEZANA SCHOLAR
Zenia Patel  (Master of Business Management; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto)

CELESTE AND JERRY KHERADI 30th ANNIVERSARY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Cyrus Karai (Masters of Business Administration; The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

MORVARID GUIV ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Navaz Shroff (Doctor of Medicine; St. George’s University)

SOONU AND JAL BIRDY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Havovi Desai (Masters of Arts in Music Therapy; New York University)

DR. MINOCHER RUSTOM VESUNA WZO CANADA ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP 
Nadia Jam (Integrated Counselling Psychology; California Institute of Integral Studies) [Scholarship funded by WZO Canada]

FEZANA 25th ANNIVERSARY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Tarana Kaovasia (Masters of Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering; Johns Hopkins University)

FEZANA 30th ANNIVERSARY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Delnaaz Kharadi (Masters of Architecture; Illinois School of Architecture, University of Illinois)

FEZANA ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATE STUDIES
Ramin Akhavijou  (Doctorate in Music Composition and Theory; University of Pittsburgh)
Shezan Mirzan  (Master in Computer Science; University of Massachusetts)
Robin Asgari  (Juris Doctor (Law); Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia)

[Look for full write-ups on all the scholarship recipients in the Spring 2021 issue of the FEZANA Journal ]  

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FEZANA represents a diverse and growing Zarathushti community in North America.

Guided by the blessings of AHURA MAZDA and the teachings of our Prophet Zarathushtra; the Federation was founded in 1987 It serves as the coordinating body for 26 Zoroastrian Associations and 14 Corresponding Groups in the United States and Canada.

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