The
2011
The Cathedral & John Connon Alumni Magazine
SPOTLIGHT
Malavika Sarukkai
David Sopher
THE BIG BOOK
An Undefiled Heritage
ALUMNI EVENTS
Celebrating Together
THE BIG IDEA
Medical Benefit Scheme
CLASS NOTES • REUNIONS • IN MEMORIAM • TEACHER UPDATES
Contents
4
Presidents’ Messages 2
School Update 4
Celebrating 150 Years 8
The Big Idea
10
The Big Book
12
Spotlight
David Sopher
15
Malavika Sarukkai 17
Pioneers
8
Fleur Ezekiel 19
Changing Tracks
Rajeev Samant
21
Off the Shelf
19
Ashwin Sanghi
23
Teacher Updates 25
In Memoriam 28
Reunions 32
Class Notes 34
Editorial Team
12
Miel Sahgal (ISC 1989)
Udita Jhunjhunwala (ICSE 1984)
Shyla Boga Patel (ISC 1969)
Mukeeta Jhaveri (ISC 1983)
Mitali Anand Kalra (ISC 1989)
Business
Rohita Chaganlal Doshi (ISC 1975)
Design and Printing
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Cover picture: History is captured through the lens of Raja Deen Dayal, circa 1901.
The girls of the new Cathedral Girls School are congregated outside the school
building with the Sisters of the All Saints Community who ‘superintended’ from
1883. Photograph from ‘An Undefiled Heritage’
Presidents’ Messages
Dear Alumni,
A
s Co-Presidents, we have had the privilege to
head this Association at a memorable time. The
150th year meant different things to different
people, but what came shining through was the amazing
camaraderie and affection that this institution has
instilled in all of us. We came from Tokyo and Toronto,
Nairobi and Nagpur; alumni and teachers, bonded
like never before. Generations of Cathedralites came
together; grandchildren stood next to grandparents and
sang the School song. The Cathedral spirit has left us
overwhelmed. And we believe it will never die.
We have had many events during this year: we
started off on November 14, 2009, with a huge crowd
and a wonderful dinner at Blue Sea. The night had
all the ingredients of a bash of this kind; noise, some
mayhem, great music and food, and many excited peals of
“youuuuuuuuuu, I can’t believe it”. Of course, you can’t,
I’m 40 years older!
That evening we also felicitated 20 retired teachers,
who had taught in the School for 25 years or more by
presenting them with a salver. We believe this gesture
was really appreciated and it gave us a feeling that
apart from the camaraderie generated that night by the
alumni, many wonderful teachers felt recognised for their
dedication, and the love we had received from them.
In keeping with this sentiment we decided to focus on
something lasting and enduring to commemorate 150
years: we launched a Retired Teachers’ and Staff Medical
Benefit Scheme (see page 10). Our aim was to collect
R150 lakhs (one lakh for each year of the School).
Towards this Scheme, we had a fund-raiser: a very
elegant and extremely well-attended evening, at the
To my fellow alumni,
Crystal Room, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, with our most
eloquent alumnus, Fareed Zakaria, as speaker. We are
very grateful to Fareed for being with us and helping us to
swell our coffers for this cause.
We also had a really great evening at Olive, Mahalaxmi,
Mumbai where spirits were high and the music sublime.
It was such fun! Thank you A.D.
We had a day-night cricket match against the School
team, which they won; but our day will come! This was
followed by the golf tournament and then the big evening
at the Turf Club which over 1,500 alumni attended on
November 13, 2010.
The 150th year celebrations ended on November 14,
2010, with a truly moving and magical evening Church
Service, followed by high tea at the Senior School.
We are especially deeply grateful to Chitra, Rohita,
Miel, Bibhash and Rama for their warmth and unstinting
hard work and also to the entire Executive Committee for
working so harmoniously and propping us up whenever
needed, making our tenure as Co-Presidents a pleasure.
We sincerely hope that more and more young alumni
will join us and take the Association to a new high. This
Association is but an extension of the finest day-school
in the country, and needs new blood to make it the finest
Alumni Association in India.
We have indeed been fortunate in having received the
warmth and appreciation of all those alumni who have
touched our lives over the decades.
Thank you.
- Shyla Boga Patel and Viral Doshi
Co-Presidents (2008 - 2010)
Executive Committee Members 2011, from left to right: Viral Doshi, Bibhash Asar, Miel Sahgal, Prakash Thadani, Shyla Boga Patel, Vikram Kothari, Mukeeta Jhaveri,
Gautam Shewakramani, Udita Jhunjhunwala. Missing from the picture are Committee Members Rohita Chaganlal Doshi, Chitra Rajkumar, Amit Advani and Pragni Kapadia
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M
ay I begin by introducing myself: Mukeeta Jhaveri nee Kataria,
Savageite and Head Girl (ISC ’83), married to Pramit Jhaveri
(HSC ’81). Our kids, Nynika (Standard 11) and Prithvir
(Standard 9) keep us connected with our alma mater.
The great thing about Cathedral is the more it changes the more it stays
the same. I get a ringside seat of how the School respects history, tradition
and values. Speech Day and Founders’ Day always bring back tears of pride
and nostalgia. Yet the School recognises the benefits of a contemporary
global learning experience. Cathedralites today have access to science
camps in NUS Singapore, Model UN Programs at Harvard, MIT, Chicago
and Beijing, Summer School at Stanford and Cambridge and scuba diving
in Lakshadweep, among others.
Catalumni supports the Annual Cathedral Summer School at Manori.
The 10th edition this year saw record participation with 50 children from
the Middle School engaging with 25 children from Manori village over
a week. Activities included astronomy, pottery, robotics, music, dance,
football, kite-making, art and farming with top-quality resources including
The Shiamak Davar Dance Academy and Anish Andheria from Sanctuary
magazine, amongst a host of others. The camp provides extraordinary
reciprocal learning opportunities for both sets of kids. While the
Association subsidises the participation of the island children, it is really
the untiring enthusiasm and meticulous planning by Shyla for over a
decade that has made the Summer School an eagerly anticipated event on
the school calendar.
The coffee morning for retired teachers was well attended as they
welcomed the pilot Retired Teachers’ Medical Benefit Scheme and the
opportunity of reconnecting with colleagues.
We had a fun get-together at Olive over cocktails on September 14 when
alumni enjoyed A.D. Singh’s unique brand of generous hospitality to the
fullest. After a hiatus of a year, the annual Alumni bash was held at Blue
Sea on Sunday, November 13 over Brunch.
Last year was an action-packed, event-filled year as we marked the
150th year celebrations. This year we would like to consolidate and build
our network by creating vibrant chapters around the world, based on your
registrations on the catalumni.com website. Suggestions and volunteers for
chapter champions are very welcome.
You can also look forward to a new upgraded website where you can
network better with fellow alums. We are optimistic that we can establish
a payment gateway to enable those of you who are still Indian citizens to
donate generously with the click of a button.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Viral and Shyla for
their stewardship and look forward to their continued mentorship. In
establishing the Teachers’ Medical Benefit Scheme at extraordinary effort,
Shyla and Bibhash have provided us with an avenue to repay, in a small
way, the huge debt of gratitude we owe our teachers. As for the rest of the
committee, a zealous band of committed folks, I have great expectations
from you in scaling up the scope and functioning of Catalumni.
Mukeeta Jhaveri
President (2010-11)
Executive Committee
2010 - 2011
Office Bearers
President
Mukeeta Jhaveri
(ISC 1983, Savage)
Vice-Presidents
Rohita Chaganlal Doshi
(ISC 1975, Wilson)
Miel Sahgal
(ISC 1989, Palmer)
Treasurer
Chitra Rajkumar
(1956, Savage)
Secretary
Udita Jhunjhunwala
(ICSE 1984, Barham)
Committee Members (ex-officio)
Principal
Mrs. Meera Isaacs
Shyla Boga Patel
(ISC 1969, Savage)
Viral Doshi
(ISC 1975, Palmer)
Committee Members
Amit Advani
(ISC 1994, Palmer)
Bibhash Asar
(ICSE 1986, Palmer)
Gautam Shewakramani
(ISC 2001, Savage)
Pragni Kapadia
(ISC 1994, Palmer)
Prakash Thadani
(ISC 1969, Savage)
Vikram Kothari
(ISC 1974, Palmer)
The Executive Committee looks forward to
your active involvement with the Association.
Please do contact us on the Cathedral Alumni
Helpline (99305 77120) or through our website
www.catalumni.com
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School Update
School Update
Looking Back
Mrs. Meera Isaacs, Principal, shares the highlights of Cathedral’s 150th year
W
e are in the process of
recovering from the year’s
whirlwind celebrations and
are finally able to draw a collective
breath of relief. The past year has
truly been a blitzkrieg of events —
month after exciting month. Apart
from the parents, teachers and
students who contributed in every
way possible, the group of people who
deserve our unstinted appreciation
and gratitude is our Board of
Governors — each member a stalwart
in his field, under the able leadership
of our Chairman, Mr. T. Thomas. The
School has been able to retain its
impeccable reputation largely because
of their wisdom and vision.
The fact that Cathedral is an
enriching and happy place, is borne
out by the fact that a good number of
its teaching faculty choose to retire
from the School rather than search
for supposedly greener pastures.
This year, we bade farewell to five
such committed members of staff.
Our Senior School Headmistress —
Mrs. Rekha Khanduri retired after
a 21-year stint, the gracious Mrs.
Ketaki Mazumdar, the Pre-Primary
Headmistress and President’s
awardee was with us for 24 years,
Mrs. Monica Sarin, teacher of the
Infant School, worked for 28 years,
and Mrs. Neeta Kumar and Mrs.
Sudha Chopra of the Middle School
put in 21 and 18 years respectively.
All these dedicated ladies gave
themselves wholeheartedly to their
calling.
I also take this opportunity
to welcome, among others, our
two Vice-Principals, Mrs. Jyotsna
Mayadas and Mrs. Nalini Samuel who
The President of India, Shrimati Pratibha Patil, releasing a commemorative postage stamp of the school
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have joined us from other schools.
Both have impeccable credentials and
have already begun to feel at home in
their new environment; while Mrs.
Rekha Talpade who is a Cathedral
veteran of 13 years’ standing was
groomed by Mrs. Mazumdar to be
her worthy successor.
Over the past year four former
faculty members passed away — Mrs.
Cabral who was Head Mistress of the
Girls’ School in the mid-60s, Mrs.
Dev and Mrs. Vasantha Subramanian
— both Headmistresses of the
Middle School and Mr. Pande –
Housemaster of Palmer House. Mr.
Anand our photographer for almost
half a century also succumbed to
failing health. With their passing
another page in the history of our
School has been turned.
Each section of the School, from
the Pre-Primary and Infant through
the Junior and Middle School,
works towards the final Cathedral
School ‘product’ — if one may
label it so! Each has its own flavour
and colour, each contributes with
verve and panache to the greater
Cathedral experience: whether
it be the relatively mundane but
essential 3Rs, or the more exciting
espousal of drama, dance, music, art,
environmental studies, educational
trips and camps, science and maths
Olympiads or community service
programmes. The efforts of each
section especially this year, have been
phenomenal.
At the ICSE 2010-2011
Examinations, we sent up 146
candidates of whom 76 placed in the
90+ category, 51 in the 80s, 14 in the
70s and five in the 60s. Raahil Shah
won the coveted honour of being the
highest scoring candidate with the
unbelievable score of 98.63 per cent.
At the ISC 2010-11 Examination
of the 106 candidates, 53 placed
in the 90s, 45 in the 80s and the
remaining eight in the 70s. After
School hours, a number of students
take the Advanced Placement
Programme which has a separate
cachet for US universities, the figures
for which have grown to 102 this
year, from the 2010 number of 80.
Out of a batch of 106 students, 70
school leavers applied to institutions
of higher education overseas. As
usual, the US is the lodestar, with the
UK, Canada and Singapore taking
second place. At the College Board
our students have continued to
maintain high scores with a mean
SAT Reasoning score of 2,000 out of
a maximum of 2,400, as compared to
the world-wide score of approximate
1,500.
A hundred and six bright-eyed
youngsters stand on the threshold of
new and exciting challenges. They are
part of India’s golden brigade; I trust
they will return to their homeland
as leaders in their respective fields
to become agents of
major social change and
to give back to society
some measure of what
they received in such
abundance.
Despite the time
spent on the 150th
year celebrations, the
children gave an excellent
account of themselves in
practising and playing
hard and bagging a
variety of trophies
along the way in the
sports arena..
Incidentally, in
a Frontline survey, the
Cathedral School at
Lonavala which is in its
infancy, was adjudged
one of the three best
residential schools in
Ms. Vaz, Mrs. Ganguly, Mrs. Isaacs, Mrs. Khanduri and Mrs. Shroff with Homi Khushrukhan,
alumnus and Governor on the Board
the country and the Number One
boarding school in the western
region.
The first Fulbright Teacher Exchange
was well appreciated by both schools.
Mr. Jason Cervenec from the
Worthington School, Ohio was like a
breath of fresh air with his innovative
Mrs. Isaacs releasing the
landmark book on the history of
the school at the gala dinner at
the Turf Club
teaching methods, while our teacher,
Mrs. Vatsala Kaul awed her American
counterparts into sending her
back with the prestigious Impact
Award from the Board of Education,
Worthington Schools, Ohio.
A fortnight in August was
earmarked for students of
Standard 11 to attend the ‘Reach
Cambridge’ Summer School
programme conducted at Cambridge
University. The Sunburst Youth
Camp in Singapore continues to be
inspirational for our students of
Standard 11. Nineteen of our 21
student entries from Standards 9
and 10 were selected by Warwick
to participate in the Warwick
International Gateway for Gifted
Youth – the highest number of
representatives from one school
from international participants. A
diversity of imaginative courses were
on offer — ‘Philosophical Problems
in Law’, and ‘Medical Sciences and
Shakespeare’ being just two examples.
The Eumind (Europe meets India)
programme got off to a fabulous
start. Over the year, six Standard 11
students worked through E-Journals
with their counterparts in a school in
Brussels which culminated in a threeweek visit to the Netherlands during
the summer.
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School Update
Dinesh Vazirani at the fund-raising art auction
At the prestigious London
International Youth Science Forum
2010, Arzav Jain and Vivek Merchant
of Standard 12 were the only two
representing India from among 300
participants from 46 countries.
Despite the heavy pressures on the
School year, we simply could not pass
up the chance to send our students
and an accompanying teacher for a
week to the Andaman Islands to study
the diverse and unique eco-systems,
to undergo a rigorous scuba-diving
course and successfully complete their
practical and theoretical assessments
to qualify as internationally-certified
one-star divers.
Another new venture was to send
a group to Cape Canaveral, USA to
experience the thrill of space flight
through motion-based simulators,
multimedia shows and numerous
hands-on displays.
The Cathedral Model United
Nations, an entirely student-run
affair and the oldest conference of
its kind in the Indian subcontinent
came of age, as it were, in its 14th
year. About 400 students from
both national and international
schools participated. A few months
later, a Cathedral delegation of 21
students and two teachers made
its annual journey to Harvard for
the Harvard Model United Nations
where our team was adjudged the
Best International Delegation.
Another group of students had the
opportunity to attend one more
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School Update
‘Gifted’, the school play showcasing school life through song and dance
MUN in the States, this time the one
at MIT. They too returned in triumph
with 14 awards.
December 2010 saw the
culmination of student enthusiasm
at the annual music concert, ‘Encore’.
The event, organized and hosted
entirely by the students of Standard
11, gives the School’s aspiring
musicians, singers and dancers a
chance to showcase their talents while
notching up their all-too evident selfconfidence. Traditionally, the concert
raises funds for two NGOs that the
School supports — VOICE and YUVA,
the latter which had its genesis in the
Mumbai floods of 2003 and continues
to be largely run by young ex-students
of the School. This year was no
different. R 11 lakhs raised solely by
student effort was divided between
the two organisations.
I must mention four highlights
of the year’s festivities. First, we
were privileged as an institution
of learning to have no less than
the Hon’ble President of India,
Shrimati Pratibha Patil release a
commemorative postage stamp
of the School designed by Mrs.
Ayesha Soonawalla, in the presence
of political luminaries, a galaxy
of Cathedral well-wishers and
stakeholders. Secondly, Dinesh
Vazirani - Head Boy of 1985 and his
team from Saffron Art curated an
art auction at The Taj Mahal Hotel.
Months of planning culminated in a
scintillating evening where parents,
alumni and friends of the School
outdid themselves in lightening their
pockets for a new school building.
Third, I would like to make special
mention of the Founders’ Week and
the School Play which brought under
the arclights talent that had been
hidden under the proverbial bushel.
Written and directed by Roshan
Abbas — the play, ‘Gifted’ showcased
in song and dance, the essence of
School life. Our current Standard 12
students, deserve plaudits for their
passion, commitment and loyalty to
the School. I congratulate them on
upholding the standards of Cathedral
by living the credo of the School song
‘School first… self last’. And fourthly,
the official History of the School,
‘An Undefiled Heritage’ written by
former students Mridula Maluste –
Class of ’73 and Viral Doshi – Class of
’75, designed by Gita Simoes – Class
of ’59 and released in the presence of
over 2,000 well-wishers of the School
at a gala dinner at the Turf Club on
November 13, 2010. The tome is a
marvel of meticulous and painstaking
research and documentation. We
congratulate them on transforming a
labour of love into reality and giving
the School a collector’s item. While
the majority of us were at the Turf
Club, our Headmistress, Mrs. K.
Mazumdar was in Delhi to accept the
four Education World-C Fore Awards
that the School won for the year 2010
– The Best Day School, Best Faculty,
Best Management and Best Alumni.
She flew back in time to be part of the
Founders’ Day Service on the 14th.
With the Founders’ Day Service,
the firework display and the
illuminated splendour of the five
school buildings, the curtain finally
came down on the festivities but the
afterglow still remains, incandescent
and magical.
It is my privilege and immense
honour to express on behalf of
the School, deep appreciation
and gratitude for the way you all
supported with enthusiasm and élan
the 150th year celebrations. The
mammoth scale of the festivities
would have been impossible if so
many spirited and caring people had
not contributed generously from a
spectrum of resources.
I must pay tribute to our teachers
and administrators, who give so
much of themselves to our children
and to this great institution. The
year was particularly gruelling, but
the camaraderie and whole-hearted
giving of their time and energy,
emphasised again why I feel so truly
blest to have the opportunity to work
with colleagues of this calibre.
As for our parent body, I cannot
say enough! Our PTA was absolutely
sterling. If it weren’t for their
invaluable talent, grace and emotional
strength, the various mega-events of
the year would have been impossible.
I wish to mention Rangita Bhatnagar,
parent and alumna and Chairperson
of the Steering Committee for
the 150th year who worked like a
veritable Trojan.
The Alumni Association came up
trumps as usual. Apart from the
many ways in which they have always
supported their alma mater, their
regard for their teachers has taken
the form of a Medical Policy for all
retired faculty members.
‘Celebrating the Spirit of
Excellence’ was the over-arching
theme of the 150th year. Excellence
has always been the hallmark of
the School. I quote Srikant Datar
’69, a tenured professor at Harvard
Business School. He says of his years
at Cathedral:
“The teaching was superb,
the education outstanding,
the friendships deep and the
opportunities immense. We were
challenged to do more, think
differently, play harder and go the
extra mile. The school educated me
at three levels. The first, knowledge
– humanities, mathematics and
science. This was the foundation. The
second was thinking skills: how to
think critically, communicate clearly,
and be imaginative, creative and
independent. The third was leadership
and teamwork – how to listen,
influence others, contribute to a
common goal and do the right thing.
We developed these skills in class, on
playing fields and in interactions with
our peers and our amazing teachers.
I learnt at Cathedral, and through
the words ‘school first, house next,
self last’ that in the ultimate analysis,
the true measure of a life well-led is
what we do for others, not what we
do for ourselves.”
He has aptly summarised what
is even today, the essence of the
Cathedral experience.
An excerpt from the Principal’s speech at the
Annual Prize Distribution ceremony
Looking Forward
Q&A with Mrs. Isaacs
Looking forward, what are the most
significant changes in store for the
School?
As most of you know, we want to upgrade
the Infant School building, and also start
an international curriculum apart from the
Advanced Placements that are available at
the moment. God willing, all this will come to
pass. It will be my pleasure to share the good
news with our alumni and parents as and
when I can give some definite answer.
Which new educational programmes
are being introduced, and how would
that affect the teaching philosophy and
learning styles?
Would like to introduce the IGCSE and IB as
options to the ICSE and ISC. There would be
a shift in learning styles.
Which classes will have the IB
progamme? Will the ISC be retained?
What about the lower classes?
We are looking at the Diploma Programme
at the moment i.e. for Standards 11 and 12.
Yes, ISC would be retained unless it becomes
unviable. We already have an extremely rich
curriculum for the lower classes. We would
continue with it.
Will this be different from the
experience that most of us (who went
through the ISC/ICSE system) had at
school?
I don’t envisage any difference. The extracurricular life is extremely rich and varied
and it would continue to be so.
What changes can we expect to see in
the existing school buildings and will
there be any new premises?
The Infant School is in need of a thorough
facelift – The Middle School will have
a floor-and-a-half added in order to use up all
the FSI that is available. I am also
scouting around for new premises.
Viral Doshi and Shyla Boga Patel, then
Presidents of the Alumni Assocation,
representing ex-students at the 150th Founders’
Day Church Service
Would most students move on to
colleges overseas, or would there be
a seamless integration into Indian
colleges as well?
I can’t imagine any change in the usual
migration to colleges overseas unless of
course Indian colleges can offer more than
they do now.
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insured teachers at a tea held at the School on
August 6, 2011
C
athedralites are all over the
globe, and many of us at the
top of our chosen professions:
doctors, lawyers, bankers, writers,
actors, all giving off our best. We
are sought-after in universities,
hospitals, MNCs, banks, just about
everywhere.
Let’s spare a moment to retrospect
on how we got there.
It was the education we received.
And, another moment for those who
gave it to us: our teachers.
So it only seemed befitting that in
the 150th year of this outstanding
institution we endeavour to give
back to them.
Therein was sowed the seed for
our focus for this historic year.
We wanted to start something
meaningful and enduring; something
that would stay long after we are
gone. We also wanted to have a plan
where donors could contribute to a
centralised fund. These contributions
will be channelised and used in an
equitable and dignified manner.
These sentiments took shape in the
form of the Retired Teachers’ and
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The Lala sisters with Mrs. Khullar and
Mrs. Saldanha
Retired teachers listening intently to details of
the scheme
Staff Medical Benefit Scheme.
Firstly, the funds collected will
form a corpus, the interest from
which will pay the premium to
give the staff individual medical
insurance policies. Of course, this
corpus will have to be topped up
on a continuing basis. However,
this is not about ‘asking’ but about
‘thanking’.
Secondly, we also have a medical
emergency fund for those staff who
may not fall within the purview
of the insurance, or might need
urgent aid. Each application will
be individually scrutinised by the
committee along with Dr. Sharukh
Golwalla and/or Dr. Anand Gokani,
and assistance provided on the basis
of certain criteria being fulfilled.
Thirdly, we have a group of
over 80 alumni/parent doctors
who constitute our doctors’ panel
which will give free or partially-free
treatment to eligible retired staff. We
are indeed grateful to them.
We are deeply indebted to so many
of you for helping us to not only
reach our target of R150 lakhs, but
are delighted to inform you that we
have exceeded it! But we will not rest
on our laurels.
Thank you all for your
overwhelming support. On April 1,
2011, 44 teachers and staff received
an insurance cover of R3 lakhs
each. The first year of this insurance
scheme will be a ‘pilot project’.
We have already covered Mr. D.
Mazumdar’s expenses of R2,93,000
for his cardiac surgery.
A governance plan has been set in
place and the fund is monitored and
managed by a separate committee
consisting of Chitra Rajkumar, Shyla
Boga Patel, Viral Doshi, Bibhash Asar
and Pranay Shah.
The scheme is up and running and
our dream for the 150th year fulfilled.
Lest we forget…
Behram Badhniwalla (Wilson,
1957) had also mooted a similar
scheme. Sadly, he passed away on
April 13, 2007 before he could see it
become a reality.
- Shyla Boga Patel (1969)
Co-Chairperson,
Medical Benefit Scheme
List of Donors
ABD
Adhyanthaya, Surekha
Advani, Dinesh
Advani, Meena
Advani, Moleen Parsram
Advani, Prathibha
Khandelwal
Agarwala, Sanjay &
Nisheeta
Aggarwal, Rishi
Ajmera, Dhaval
Anand, Jyotsna Nevatia
Anonymous (2)
Arora, Nikhil
Ashokkumar, Chitra
Assomull, Anita
Bahadur, Indira
Bamboat, Sheri
Batheja, Vanita
Mansukhani
Batliwalla, Zarine
Bendre, Ratnakar &
Sanjeev
Bharucha, Hoshang,
Homi & Nargesh
Bhat, Rahul
Bhatia, Sundeep
Bhimbhat, Namit
Bhogilal, Nirmal
Bieri, Freyan Crishna
Billimoria, Jimmy
Bulchandani, Shonali
Chacko, Anna Thomas
Chainani, Kiran
Chand, Shivani
Chatterjee, Pamela
Chatterjee, Pria
Chawla, Divesh
Chinai, Darshana Ogale
Chinoy, Shonar Lala
Chowdhury, Martina
Esberger
Chyla, Joanna
Class of 1984
Cooper, Daryush
Crishna, Nyrika
Currimjee, Saeeda
D’Lima, David
Dadachanji, Behram
Daftary, Bharat Vinod
Daftary, Manu
Damani, Rakesh
Dastur, Kavsy D., Dara D.
Phiroze D.
Dastur, Shahin Adi
Davar, Sorab D.
Dempo, Nita
Deshpande, Deepak
Desiraju, Keshav
Dhanak, Mira Sagar
Dhanak, Sanjiv
Dinshaw, Kate &
Kaikhushru
Doshi, Rohita & Maitreya
Doshi, Suketu
Dubash, Arvind
Dubash, Jehangir Phiroz
Dubash, Simone
Dubash, Tanya
Dujodwalla, Vivek
Fazulabhoy, Mehlam
Gannon Dunkerley & Co.
Ghose, Ragini
Godrej, Burgis, Nadir,
Sohrab & Hormuzd
Godrej, Jamshyd
Godrej, Navroze
Godrej, Nisa
Godrej, Pheroza
Godrej, Pirojsha
Godrej, Raika
Goel, Mahesh
Gokuldas, Dilip
Goyal, Rakhee
Grewal, Alekh
Gupta, Aditya
Gupta, Atul
Gupta, Ravi
Haidery, Niloufer Kurwa
Harendra, Sandhya
Hemchand, Kuber
Inoue, Michiyo
Jacob, Rohan
Jaggia, Ritu
Jain, Girish & Aditi
Jain, Indu
Jain, Mudit
Jain, Renuka Calil
Jain, Tarang
Jaisingh, Indira
Jassawalla, Cyrus
Jejeebhoy, Jehangir R.
Jejeebhoy, Rustom J.
Jha, Rohan
Jhangiani, Namrita
Jhaveri, Anand
Jhaveri, Nikunj
Jhaveri, Saloni
Jog, Sunita Rajwade
Jolly, Arjun
Kachwala, Shiraz
Kahlon, Gurtaj Singh
Kaka, Porus
Kalpataru Trust
Kalra, Pankaj & Mitali
Anand
Kapadia, Capt. Sohrab S.
Kapadia, Ketan
Kapadia, Pragni
Kapadia, Rajesh
Kapadia, Rajesh M.
Kapadia, Surin
Kapur, Rajiv
Kar, Pradeep
Karanjavala, Shireen
Karodkar, Atish
Kataria, Tarun
Katgara Family
Kavi, Jyotika Row
Kazi, Dr. Khurshid Parkar
Kewalram Chanrai
Foundation Trust
Khan, Akbar
Khanna, Anupam Anand
Khosla, Shantanu
Khullar, Shalini
Khumana, Rustam
Kochar, Anjani
Kochar, Mrinalini
Kothapa, Vinod Kumar
Kothari, Monisha
Kothari, Suneet
Kothari, Vikram
Kumar, Anjolie
Kunjur, Sandhya
Lalkaka, Ratan
Lamba, Dev & Pareena
Lamba, Sanjeet
Lalvani, Mohit
Lamech, Mariam
Latif, Zahra
M.K. Tata Trust
Mahadevia, Nisha Khattau
Mahindra, Anand Gopal
Mahindra, Anuradha
Malkani, Falguni
Mansukhani, Anjula K.
Mathew, Amrita
Mehra, Manoj
Mehra, Sunit
Mehta, Russa F.
Mehta, Tina
Menon, Madhavani
Menon, Radha
Merchant, Aditya
Mirchandani, Anjali
Mirchandani, Deepak
Mirchandaney, Harish A.
(Harry)
Mirza, Imran
Mistry, Cyrus
Mistry, Dinshaw
Mistry, Hormuzd
Mitra, Achinta
Mody, Feroza J.
Mody, Mohammed Iqbal
Mohinder, Madhuri
Moochhala, Sophie
Mukhi, Vaidehi
Mulla, Jeroo
Murarka, Manoj
Nanavati, Ajay Vipin
Nanavati, Anil
Naoroji, Nadish
Narielwala, Jimmy
Nayak, Sujir Ananth
Nayyar, Vivek
Pandole, Farokh
Pardiwala, Dinshaw
Parekh, Siddharth Deepak
Parikh, Rajul
Parsram, Jagdeep
Patel, Geeta
Patel, Naushad
Patel, Sanjay
Patel, Shyla Boga
Patel, Sunil
Phatak, Vinit
Piparaiya, Rishi
Pohoomul, Gauri
Prakash, Kavita Mitter
Press, Rashna
Puri, Rajnish
Rai, Sanjay
Ramalingam, Harsha
Ravindra
Rohatgi, Rajeev
Sabnis, Rashmi
Kharbanda
Sahgal, Miel
Sahney, Rajiv & Jasjiv
Sahni, Sunil
Sanghrajka, Darshana
Sampat, Swaroop Raval
Sanghvi, Chetna
Thanawala
Saran, Aarti
Sarin, Ramesh Chander
Screwvala, Ronnie
Shah, Ajay
Shah, Amita
Shah, Bhowli
Shah, Sudha
Shahani, Neel Moti
Sheth, Ghanshyam
Sheth, Hemant
Shetty, Behroze Oomrigar
Shivdasani, Anushka
Shivdasani, Moina
Shivdasani, Pramila
Shroff, Cyrus
Shroff, Kunal K.
Singh, Sanjiv Paul
Singhania, Nawaz Modi
Sinha, Neel
Sopher, Simone Hillman
Srinivasan, Venkatraman
Subrahmanyam, Anila
Suri, Radhika
Tafti, Pheroza
Talwar Kapur, Priya
Talwar, Gaurav
Taneja, Priya
Taneja, Gayatri
Thadani, Vinay C.
Thirani, A.K.
Thakker,Sonali
Thomas, Sheba
Tolani, Rohet N.
Unvala, Farokh
Uttamsingh, Vikram
Vaidya, Laxman Deepak
Vakil, Firoze A.
Vakil, Dr. Farokh J.
Vakil, Dr. Meher J.
Vakil, Pheroza J.
Vandrevala, Jerxis &
Shireen
Vaswani, Ashok
Venkatrao, Anil
Venkatrao, Rishma
Wadhwa, Vivek
Waney, Arjun
Yoddha, Jyoti
Our very special thanks to the Mathrani family
for their contribution in memory of Rajesh Mathrani
2011 The X-Cathedralite 11
The Big Book
The Big Book
Authors Mridula Sood Maluste and Viral Doshi and art
director Gita Simoes speak with fervour, fond nostalgia
and even sheer relief as they reflect on the mammoth
task of producing the first exhaustive documentation of
the school’s history
S
ifting through the 350 pages
of ‘An Undefiled Heritage’
is like sifting through the
history of Mumbai, seen through
the lens of the institution that is the
Cathedral & John Connon School
and those who have learned, taught
and grown there. As the team talks
about the making of the book, their
deep personal connection with the
subject is apparent. The exhilarating
and sometimes arduous journey
has taken them through high teas
engaged in lively conversations with
alumni, trudging through school
archives, brisk afternoons huddled
together in the British Library in
London and many nights burning
the proverbial midnight oil.
It all started off quite by chance.
“The accidental discovery of Thomas
Arthur Savage’s logbook during the
Senior School renovations proved
to be the seed,” says education
consultant Viral Doshi (ISC 1975).
Viral accepted the book from
Mr. Shaw for safekeeping with no
idea that this would lead to a tome
arguably more extensive than those
on other world-famous prestigious
schools. He did, however, express
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his dream of writing a history of the
school someday.
This dream was supported by
Mrs. Isaacs, who put him in touch
with writer Mridula Sood Maluste
(ISC 1973), co-author of the book.
Predictably, the tide of personal and
professional commitments swept
them along for several years while
the project went into cold storage,
until Mrs. Isaacs revived it in time
for the 150th year celebrations.
She introduced them to art director
Gita Simoes (1959), and the team
was complete. With an excellent
support crew including several
from the Cathedral family — editor
Mandira Banerji, Niyati Mehta and
Nishita Mehta (ISC 2000) — the
painstakingly put together treasure
took four years to complete.
Mridula describes Viral as a
repository of information on the
school, adding, “He’s actually a
historian.” The authors, with their
distinctive and complementary
approaches to the process, were
both in school in the ’60s and early
’70s — a vantage point in time
straddling several generations. Early
in the project they noticed that
Photo: Vikram Kothari
An Undefiled
HERITAGE
Gita, Mridula and Viral
the culture, focus and ethos of the
school shifted with each individual
at the helm, and segregated
chapters by Principals’ tenures.
Mridula calls the book “almost a
fictional biography”, sharing how
they “decided to make it a human
story, with players and actors taking
centre-stage and the authors sitting
apart a little, watching from the
periphery as the plot developed.”
As they eked out the story, detailed
discussions and dialogues ensued
over every facet of the book,
between themselves as well as with
veterans from each period.
Gita noticed how the story kept
evolving as threads from one person’s
narrative were picked up and joined
with others to weave the final tale.
She says, “It was wonderful to actually
meet the people, putting faces to
pictures, names and anecdotes.”
The book snowballed, picking up
bits of dusted-off journals, faded
photographs and hidden memories
along the way. It became a larger
project than originally envisioned,
a self-propelled blending of archival
historical data with personal stories
and school legends.
Gita’s real joy came from
collecting beautiful images and
Viral highlights her role in one of
the more meaningful outcomes
of the book. “Our place in history
has been captured by the famous
photographer Raja Deen Dayal
and it was Gita who, through his
daughter, sourced two previously
unseen photographs of Cathedral.”
Viral expresses gratitude that
everyone was so forthcoming.
Mrs. Isaacs, who set them off on
the journey, gave them complete
freedom besides being “very
supportive and involved, even
sitting through eight or nine hours
of interviews. The support from
alumni was amazing, from Jehangir
Sabavala sharing his photographs
and Salman Rushdie responding to
us in 30 minutes to the scores of
alumni who took time out of their
busy schedules to reminisce with us.”
He adds, “The Board of Governors
granted us access to all the minutes
of meetings dating as far back as
the 1920s — including sensitive
information about each Principal and
reviews of teachers’ misbehaviour!”
The clearly collaborative process
involved countless hours of
meticulous research and as Gita
succinctly puts it, “From all over the
world, it came together.”
Coming off the four-year
rollercoaster ride, the trio behind the
book seems calmly satiated with the
joy of a job well done. As for the rest
of us, as we shut the book (whether
skimmed, read cover to cover, or
something in between) we should be
deeply grateful to them for bringing
alive our shared history.
- Miel Sahgal
(ISC 1989)
Snapshots from HISTORY
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
I Headmaster TA Savage and the winning Old Boys’ Hockey Team in front of the newly-opened boys’ school
building on Outram Road, photographed by Raja Deen Dayal in 1901.
IIThe Macdonald Medal for Leadership (Boys), instituted in memory of James Macdonald, Headmaster of the
Scottish Schools from 1867 to 1902.
III Artist Jehangir Sabavala (back row, second from left) with his peers on ‘Poppy Day’, 1936.
IV Headmaster James Macdonald (2nd from left), with Sir Jacob Sassoon (2nd from right), and one of the early
recipients of the Jardine Medal, Hannah Nissim, in 1899.
V Old Boys’ fund-raising dinners were formal, black-tie affairs.
VI During the Second World War, The Borderer magazine was published annually. Due to a shortage of paper,
limited type-written copies with hand painted covers were distributed.
Photographs from ‘An Undefiled Heritage’ .
2011 The X-Cathedralite 13
Spotlight
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His earliest memories
I was in the first standard and before
the end of every day our teacher
would give a sweet to the boy who
was outstanding on that day. The boy
either behaved well or tried hard so
it was not always the brightest boy.
We all looked forward to this.
His time at Cathedral
I enjoyed my time at Cathedral.
Colonel Hammond was generally
kindly. His successor, Headmaster
Major Bruce, however, never
hesitated to use the cane in his office
or slap one in class. No one dared
complain. Assistant Head Nix-James
was an excellent and knowledgeable
teacher. He never had to raise his
voice. We had a lot of ‘temps’ as most
of the masters went to the Forces
during World War II. I think this
must have affected our enthusiasm
for study. Although we had an
annual inter-house gala and water
polo and swimming tournament, we
never had any other school sessions.
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In 1952, the biggest news was that the Soviets were
coming. After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the
USSR had not competed in the Olympics until the
Helsinki Games. It was a big year for Cathedral too as
alumnus Dr. David Sopher (Barham, 1944) represented
India in water polo
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David Sopher
Isaac Mansoor (left) and David Sopher were
together in school and also represented India in
the 1952 Olympics
We had a regular evening swimming
session at the Maccabi Club, which
is where we got the incentive to play
water polo.
Special friends and mentors
Isaac Mansoor and I were together
at Cathedral, in Barham, in Grant
Medical College, in JJ Hospital and
left for the UK at about the same
time. Isaac was my inspiration and
he was, till he passed away two years
ago, always ahead of me in water
polo, swimming and also in studies.
Sunday mornings we played matches
in leagues and tournaments on
the same teams — Golwalla Baths
(Parsis), Mafatlal Baths (Hindus),
Maccabi (Jews) and Breach Candy
(Europeans).
The Olympic experience
In 1950 we went to the Maccabi
Games in Israel and then to the
Asian Games in Delhi. In 1952, we
were both chosen for the Olympic
Games in Helsinki. The Italians and
Russians trounced us, as we were
puny in comparison. Water polo was
(perhaps it still is) a dirty game — a
lot of it under the surface — and
those big guys did not change their
game against us little folk. As a
contingent, India did not do much
(except in hockey). For us it was a
great social event. A feature reported
in the Indian papers (one does
remember odd things!) said that the
swimming changing room was open
plan and one’s clothes had to be
handed to a young girl in the middle
of the room. Some of the Indian
team memberes, who had never as
much as exposed themselves even
to other men, found it disconcerting
at first, but had to get used to it.
Overall the experience was good.
And we did win against Mexico!
Doing swimmingly well
At the age of 62, still thinking I was a
strong swimmer, I had to be rescued
from a rough sea off Long Island and
realised that I had been neglecting
my fitness. When I returned to
London, I joined a training club and
later took part in the World Medical
Games, in the 55-65 age group. I won
seven gold medals. I induced Isaac to
join the following year. He had kept
up his training after having a mild
heart attack and he swept the board
with seven golds.
The present
At 82, now retired from my practice
of medicine, I live in Central London
and still swim four times a week, do
a bit of wood-turning and travel to
meet family.
- As told to Mukeeta Jhaveri
(ISC 1983)
2011 The X-Cathedralite 15
Spotlight
Malavika Sarukkai
Alumna Malavika Sarukkai is a world-renowned, award-winning Bharata Natyam
dancer and teacher who has performed at major arts festivals from Khajuraho
to Edinburgh
gained much by way of
relationships (she’s still in
touch with school friend
Yasmine Stafford and often
meets her other school
friends at dance concerts
and school reunions).
She remembers herself as
being an “average student”
whose mind “was not
contoured by academic
studies, but rather by the
world outside.” Yet, she
doesn’t recall feeling like
a misfit in the classroom.
“There were always students
who were competitive,
but one didn’t feel the
pressure too much… it was
possible to be left alone.”
But if, say, a geography
or science lesson got too
dull, this Savageite wasn’t
above taking some liberties.
“Sometimes, on the pretext
of going to drink water, one
left the classroom. It gave
one a sense of ‘bunking’ a bit
of class!” she confesses.
She has come a long way since her
Standard 2 days when she would
“wait for the silver bus, which would
pick me up at Nepean Sea Road to
take me to school on Malabar Hill.”
So who was her favourite teacher
at Cathedral? “I remember Mr.
Wagh who so painstakingly taught
us Hindi. He was patient and tried
very hard to ensure that we passed
the exams.”
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“A
s a performer,
Sarukkai is
phenomenally precise…
As an actress, she is a
chameleon… She is also
a master of coordinating
movement and music,”
raved Pamela Squires in
The Washington Post
after watching Malavika
Sarukkai, (ISC 1974)
perform at the Kennedy
Center earlier this year.
Sarukkai, perhaps the
most celebrated Bharata
Natyam exponent in
the country today, and
the recipient of several
awards — including
the Padmashree
in 2003 — has
delivered inspirational
performances across
the globe, from London
to Japan, France, Brazil
and Spain.
Over the years,
Sarukkai’s body of work
has included exciting collaborations
with a range of artists, musicians,
writers and painters. Her dance
interpretation of S.H. Raza’s painting
‘Bindu’, in particular, was acclaimed
by critics and audiences alike. When
we caught up with the ex-Cathedralite
she said that her mother had
influenced her decision to take up
dancing. “She was instrumental in
sending me to Chennai to further
study the art of dance… By the time
I was 16, I knew the thing I loved to
do most was dance… It has been a
splendid journey with great moments
of achievement, ecstasy and also
introspection.”
And while Sarukkai, who started
dancing at the age of seven, doesn’t
remember performing in school,
she learnt a number of important
lessons during her time there. “The
Indian classical arts of dance and
music were not emphasised by the
school. I guess the emphasis was
on a more western outlook. In life,
one needs to find people with whom
one can relate and be comfortable.
Status, power and money are not
the defining attributes in making
friends,” she says. Sarukkai has
- Shikha Sethi
(Standard 9, 1998)
2011 The X-Cathedralite 17
Pioneers
Crowning GLORY
At the age of 18, Miss India, Fleur Ezekiel became the first Indian to compete
in the Miss World beauty pageant
I
(Above) Fleur Ezekiel in 1959 when she won the
Miss India crown. (Right) Fleur Madnani still
has her winner’s trophy at her home in Pune
n 1959 another ex-Cathedralite
created history. Fleur Ezekiel
(1957) became the first Miss
India to represent her country on the
Miss World stage. Unlike the heavily
sponsored, ticket-to-Bollywood
events these beauty pageants are
today, in those days, Miss India was
a fledgling endeavour.
After leaving Cathedral School,
Fleur became a part-time model and
full-time secretary at an advertising
agency. It was then that Eve’s
Weekly, the organisers
of Miss India, came to
a show in which she
was participating. “At
that time we modelled
for fun as there was
virtually no payment; you
might just be given the
clothes you modelled,”
recalls Fleur who is now
Fleur Madnani and lives
in Pune. “When I won the Miss
India title the crown was made of
cardboard.” The crown may have been
cardboard, but the cup endures and is
displayed in her bedroom in Pune.
Fleur had never left Mumbai, let
alone India, when she was required
to fly to London and compete
against the most beautiful women
from around the world. “I had never
left my city and here I was going to
London. I had to look after myself
and even wore many of my own
clothes. We were staying at the
Savoy. It was cold and rainy and I
was so green I didn’t even know
that you cannot wear trousers to
certain restaurants. I was nervous,
but I just accepted it,” says the
Barhamite whose mother, Sophia
Ezekiel, taught French at Cathedral.
Her brother Noel, also an alumnus,
joined the Royal Air Force and lives
in the USA.
When she returned from the
contest, Fleur slipped back into
her job as secretary and model.
In 1998, she retired as Manager
- Administration at a pharma
company and moved to Pune some
years ago. Fleur’s two daughters did
not go to Cathedral, something, she
says, “They hold against me.”
Looking back at her
time in school, she feels
the general knowledge,
education and sports
exposure made her more
confident and helped her
on a public platform. “I
was shy in school, but can
now talk 19 to a dozen. I
became more confident
after school. I now
look forward to our reunions and
especially enjoyed our 50th reunion
in 2007.”
Interestingly, whenever Fleur
applied for jobs, she omitted
mention of Miss India or Miss World
from her resume. She says, “Often
the employers found out and would
ask why I didn’t mention it. I would
say why should I? How is it relevant?
If I had said so, you might have
thought I was a floozy!”
And how does she feel when she
thinks back to that momentous year
now? “It’s like a dream. Sometimes I
wonder did it really happen, but then
the cup is there to remind me.”
- Udita Jhunjhunwala
(ICSE 1984)
2011 The X-Cathedralite 19
Changing Tracks
Grape
Expectations
Rajeev Samant, gave up a finance job in Silicon Valley to
lead a more balanced life and to be closer to nature
R
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fond memories of his time in school.
Boxing was his favourite sport till
he had his nose knocked out and his
competitive edge is revealed when
he recalls the thrill of being in the
ring with three floors of students
shouting down and cheering him on.
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rural India.
Very simply, he
says, he realised
that the job was not
what he was meant
to do with his life.
“Though it was great
for so many reasons,
including the money,
it was, at the end of
the day, a bit boring.”
His guiding
influences during
his college years had
been the musings
of philosophers
Leo Tolstoy, Henry
David Thoreau
and Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi,
all of whom said
that in order to
ensure a fulfilling
and balanced life,
one’s time should be
divided equally between the city and
nature.
He came to a personal realisation
that it was time to go back to
India, develop the family’s farming
interests, and allow himself to
be more aligned towards these
philosophies.
The thought eventually manifested
as the creation of Sula Wines, now a
household name for wine-drinking
Indians and for some years now, a
globally-recognised winery.
Today, he gets lauded for being
a visionary entrepreneur. To him,
these decisions are part of a series
of choices made by a process of
elimination and fortunate timing.
“In 1993, when I returned to India,
most of the traffic was going in the
other direction. Maybe it was easier
to do something different then, than
it would be now, because there were
less of us and no one knew what to
expect out of it.”
Recollecting his time in school
he says, “I was a very good student
academically and I loved all the
extra-curricular activities.” He
represented the school in tennis
and badminton, and took a stab at
inter-school chess. He was Music
Secretary, loved Debates, squirmed
over Elocution but accredits it with
giving him the valuable opportunity
of overcoming the fear of public
speaking and leaving him with a lifelong skill.
He reminisces about being editor
of his class magazine and finding
pieces of writing by Salman Rushdie
in the school archives. It was the first
time Samant realised that the awardwinning writer is an alumnus. “I
don’t feel that students are exposed
enough to the school’s heritage
whilst they are in it,” he says, “and
that’s a very important part of
the institution.”
- Aliya Curmally
(ISC 1998)
2011 The X-Cathedralite 21
Off the Shelf
Off the SHELF
Businessman Ashwin Sanghi (ICSE 1985) embarked on a parallel career as a writer
when his first novel, The Rozabal Line, reached bestseller lists. His second novel,
Chanakya’s Chant, will soon be made into a film
What have you been doing since
you graduated from Cathedral?
After completing my ICSE I went on
to St. Xavier’s College to get a BA in
Economics followed by an MBA from
Yale. I then joined my family business
— in automobiles, engineering, real
estate and manufacturing — where I
continue to work full time. I also got
married and I have an eight-year-old
son Raghuvir, who goes to Cathedral.
Were there any teachers or other
specific people during your
Cathedral years that influenced
your interest in writing?
My primary interest in reading was
from my grandfather who would
give me a book each week to read.
However, in Senior School Mr. David
Elisha, an incredibly fine human
being, was my English teacher.
He pulled me up for “sprinkling
commas like salt and pepper!” Ms.
Hallegua taught me Mathematics,
but she was the only teacher who
corrected my spelling mistakes in my
Algebra answers. Finally, there was
Dr. Krishnan. He had a chance to
read the manuscript of my first novel
before it was published and predicted
that it would do well.
How did you embark upon your
writing career?
During my MBA at Yale, I wrote a
column for our newspaper. Many
readers came up to me and told me
that they liked my style of writing
— short, crisp sentences devoid of
big words; self-deprecating humour;
sarcastic but witty observations and
sincere insincerity.
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persona and am entirely businessoriented. Evenings are mostly centred
around family. I work Monday
through Friday, but Saturdays are
reserved entirely for my writing. I
am also completing a PhD. in creative
writing.
When I returned to
Mumbai, I continued to
contribute a few articles
to newspapers and
magazines but I realised
that it wasn’t exciting me
anymore. Between 2003
and 2005 I read over 30
books in order to research Rozabal
and in 2006 I ended up writing
The Rozabal Line. I couldn’t find a
publisher for over 18 months but
when Tata-Westland published it in
2008, it became a national bestseller.
At that moment, I knew I was hooked
to my parallel career as a writer.
Does your career have a rhythm of
alternating between writing and
running your family business? Or
is there an overlap?
I have constructed Chinese walls
between my entrepreneurial life and
my literary one. I usually write early
in the mornings. By the time I get
into work, I’ve discarded the author
What triggered an interest in
UTV purchasing the rights to your
second book?
When I wrote Chanakya’s
Chant I didn’t realise that
the fast-paced story was
ideally suited to developing
a screenplay. The novel
was released in January
2011 and by April it had
reached #1 on India Today’s
bestseller list. From May
onwards I began to receive
enquiries for the film
rights. Siddharth Roy
Kapur, the CEO of UTV
Software Communications, gave me
confidence that UTV would do justice
to the story. Inking an agreement was
quick and painless given the fact that
both parties to the agreement wanted
the very same thing.
What is your next novel about?
Although I can’t share details of the
subject, what I can say is that my
third novel shall be a thriller with
liberal doses of my usual ingredients
— history, mystery, mythology,
conspiracy and theology. I hope
that this book will be available by
mid-2012.
- Reenita Malhotra Hora
(ISC 1989)
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Teacher Updates
From the STAFF ROOM
Mrs. Chitre
Mrs. Chitre
taught Hindi
and Marathi
in the Middle
School for 15
years until
retiring in 2002.
She spends
her retirement pursuing hobbies
such as making cloth handbags and
cushion covers and visiting the USA
to look after her grandchildren. In
the evenings, she teaches almost all
subjects including Maths, which is
her first love, to the underprivileged
children at the YWCA. Does she
find it different teaching children
at the YWCA versus Cathedralites?
Mrs. Chitre’s answer is a resounding
‘no’ — children are children and
very affectionate whatever their
circumstances. Warm as ever, she
sends her love to all her ex-students.
Mrs. Nina Dandekar
“Yamuna, Ganga, Gomti, Ghagra,
Gandak, Kosi, Som, and JCRS to
the power of B!” Generations of
Cathedralites learned the rivers of
India with the help of the elegant
Mrs. Dandekar’s rhymes and
acronyms. Mrs Dandekar, Head of
Geography and Economics at the
Senior School, retired in June 2003.
She has four grandchildren from
her two children. Mrs. Dandekar
still gives some lucky children
group tuitions. She looks back on
her teaching years very fondly and
considers Cathedral to be her second
home, a place of warmth and love.
Her greatest happiness in life is to
meet her ex-students.
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Mrs. S. Kapoor
Mrs. Kapoor, who was also the
Barham House Mistress, taught
Geography for 20 years at Cathedral,
first from 1973 to 1980, and then
again seven years later, until she
retired in 2000. In between, she was
the first, and only, female teacher
at La Martiniere Boys’ College,
Lucknow. After Cathedral, Mrs.
Kapoor taught at Marble Arch, an
ICSE school in Andheri, and also
coached children in Geography.
This year is her first year of full
retirement. She has two sons and a
daughter. She no longer plays the
tabla due to her arthritis, but still
manages to beat the building kids at
table tennis every once in a while!
Ms. Ashwina Mullan
Ms. Mullan
taught at
Cathedral for
three years.
She was the
Standard 5 class
teacher for the
first year and
then taught English, History and
Geography to her Standard 7 class.
In 1985, she moved to Pune to
become Mrs. Madraswala. In Pune,
she soon joined Primrose Nursery
School. Today, Mrs. Madraswala is
Principal of Primrose. An athlete and
swimmer in her youth, she has no
time for much else, except reading,
which she still does with a passion.
Mr. P. X. Swami
Mr. Swami taught Hindi and
Geography in the Senior School
for close to two decades, retiring
in 1991. In his post-retirement
avatar, he’s an author, lyricist and
translator. Author of two books (one
on Mother Teresa and the other
about a man from Vasai who ended
up at Nagasaki), translator of nine
books and a writer of bhakti songs,
several of which have been released
on CD, Mr. Swami lives in Thane.
An ex-student called Jerry, who
Mr. Swami had encouraged to take
up the tabla, went on to become an
assistant to a music director in the
USA. He helped Mr. Swami release
his first LP ‘Atma ki Awaaz’. Mr
Swami’s books and CDs can be found
at the Examiner Press, a shop behind
the Share Bazaar, Fort.
Mrs. Vilma Heredia
Mr. and Mrs. Heredia in Baltimore, Maryland
Mrs. Heredia dedicated 32 years
of her life to teaching in the
Middle School, retiring in 1996.
Mrs. Heredia lives in Andheri but
commutes almost every day to Worli
where her son, Nigel (a Commander
in the Indian Navy) lives, to look
after her grandchildren. Every other
year, she travels to the US to visit
her daughter Rael who is married
to a professor from Johns Hopkins
University. Mrs. Heredia is enjoying
life as much as she enjoyed teaching.
- Compiled by Shonar Lala
(ISC 1990)
2011 The X-Cathedralite 25
In Memoriam
Mrs. Jean Cabral
A
cting Principal and Headmistress
passed away on December 27,
2010 in Newcastle, UK aged 81 years.
I was sad to read about the demise
of our beloved Headmistress Mrs.
Jean Cabral, a great favourite of
mine. A soft-spoken but strict lady,
who knew every child in school,
always lent a ear and tried to help
in any way she could. Fair, just and
caring, with a heart of gold.
I will always remember the days
of the strikes in Mumbai. We were
in the Standard 1 classroom when
during one strike several men
rushed in. Mrs. Downey closed the
doors and asked us to be quiet and
sit under the desks. We peeped
through the slatted doors when we
heard Mrs. Cabral’s soft but stern
Mr. J. N. Pande
W
hen I joined school in January
1960 in Standard 3, Mr. J.N.
Pande who hailed from Dharwar,
Karnataka, was a teacher in the
lower classes for Hindi and Marathi.
Therefore, I had the opportunity
of being taught by him. He had an
excellent physique in those days and
used to be our coach for Hockey and
Football. The school’s performance in
Hockey was the best in Mumbai. As
students went to higher classes, Mr.
Pande’s career also rose. Later, he
became the Head of the Department
of Hindi. In those days, the School
used to have one English play
performed by the students and this
encouraged Mr. Pande to start Hindi
and Marathi plays.
Mr. Pande later became Palmer
House Master and his students loved
him because of his friendly nature.
He lived in an apartment allotted
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In Memoriam
voice as she told the men, “Get out
you hooligans and leave my school
children alone.” She stood with her
arms held out wide against the door
with Mrs. Downey by her side. No
other teacher came out to help. They
stayed put in the staff room.
The men left as she walked
towards them, pushing them back
till they left our school. We were so
proud of her. Mrs. Downey and Mrs.
Cabral came into the classroom and
spoke to each of us, calming us. They
gave us all a small hug or a squeeze
on the shoulder and told us never be
afraid, stand up tall, do your best,
keep alert and no one will touch you.
After that we had a gate put at the
inner entrance of our school.
Another time, owing to an
appendix operation I was not allowed
to use the stairs and had to be in
class all alone during the breaks.
Mrs. Cabral would regularly come to
see if I was okay.
Many years later, I was at the
airport going to Udaipur for my
honeymoon when I heard a voice
saying, ‘Gooloo Chothia.’ I looked
around to see Jean Cabral giving me
a big smile and then a hug, asking
about my family, classmates and
what I was up to. She was down from
the UK and was on her way to Goa to
meet her late husband’s family. That
was the last time I saw her, 36 years
ago.
In our time, she was the best
Headmistress we had. May her soul
rest in eternal peace and happiness
wherever she is.
by the School, in what is now the
Middle School, and therefore he
was easily accessible to students
who wanted extra help in Hindi and
Marathi.
His wife Jaya used to always
accompany him to School and
Alumni Association functions.
Born in July 1930 in Mumbai,
he passed away on November 20,
2010 at the age of 80. He was a very
friendly and sporting teacher. He
had two sons, Sanjay and Sangam,
both of whom had graduated
from the Cathedral School and
then got admission into American
universities, after which they never
returned to India.
When Mr. Pande retired from
school, his sons sponsored their
parents, who then migrated to the
United States. Mr. Pande used to
visit India once a year to take care of
his ancestral properties in Dharwar
and other assets. He was never
dependent on his sons and even in
America he used to teach yoga to
sustain himself.
I am proud to have been his
student and the credit for what I
know in Hindi, Marathi, Hockey and
Football goes to him alone. During
the last six months of his life, he was
hospitalised and taken good care
of by Dr. Anand Gokani of Bombay
Hospital, who was also an exstudent. His end came on November
20, 2010. But before his death, his
younger son Sangam had passed
away in America. Sanjay his elder
son, completed the funeral rites of
his father on November 22, 2010.
Mr. Pande will surely be
remembered with gratitude by
all his students for his support
and guidance.
May his soul rest in peace.
- Ambika Morarka (ISC 1968)
- Gooloo Khambatta (ISC 1968)
Christopher Charles Velu
(1920 – 2004)
A Tribute to an Inspiring Teacher
he doorbell rang one hot and
sultry Mumbai afternoon in
1958. I was 11 and in Standard 6.
Standing in the hallway was Mr.
Velu, the Cathedral choir master,
organist and the school’s head
of music. My life was changed
forever. As an Anglican, a student
at Cathedral School and a boy, I was
in along with my brother with no
audition.
Poor Velu had the almost
impossible task of forging a choir
which produced beautiful music
on Sundays, high days, weddings,
recitals and other celebrations
with limited raw material. The
perfectionist would want to squeeze
the best out of us while we just
wanted to get through the list of
hymns, psalms and anthems as
quickly as we could. One could sense
a collective but silent groan when he
said, “Once more from the top”.
Eventually, there was a growing
T
Joan Dev
(1930 – 2011)
Middle School Head Mistress
orn Joan Margaret Parkinson in
Lancaster England, the young
lady who was School Prefect, Hockey
Captain, House Captain and an
accomplished seamstress to boot,
had an early calling to the teaching
profession. From playing ‘school’ in
her backyard to Teacher Training
College in Leeds she always knew
what she wanted.
Unable to resist the dashing
Punjabi charms of Dharam Dev
Khattar who she met while he was at
Leeds University, she married him at
the young age of 21 and sailed off to
India. The clan not only embraced her
very quickly but encouraged her to
hold school and homework sessions
B
appreciation of what we were doing
and the heights Mr. Velu was trying
to get us to scale. This appreciation
of choral music, grudging at first,
helped develop an interest in more
complex forms other than the
popular and bland Bernadine of Pat
Boone. Bach, Shankar, Ellington,
Hendrix, Haydn, The Stones or The
Steve Miller Band are all the same to
me: good music is good music and I
owe my catholic tastes to the door he
opened for me.
He had a tough job made tougher
by the standards he had set himself
and us, but I never ever saw him
lose his temper or resort to violence
in a time when both corporal and
capital punishment were the norm
at school. His restraint, when
compared to the behaviour of some
other teachers, was remarkable.
Yes, he was a gentleman, but also a
gentle man.
As head of music for both
schools Mr. Velu was also a keen
and competitive choir master with
his eyes set on winning the Victor
Paranjoti Cup which we did win a
couple of times. No insignificant
bauble this, but the equivalent of
the Olympics or the World Cup. Mr.
Velu’s love of music was shared by
his son Romesh who sang in several
choirs in the UK, including Ex
Cathedra, which I would recommend
to anyone interested in beautiful
choral music. Unfortunately, Romesh
passed away tragically a few years
ago and our lives lost the joy he
brought to them.
For good teachers such as Mr.
Velu, it was not a job but a vocation.
They generously shared their
knowledge and experience, hoping
that their charges would fly higher
than they could and rejoiced in that
thought. They are the true heroes
and their worth is priceless to any
society.
This is written in gratitude for all
his unflinching efforts to turn this
sow’s ear into a silk purse. It is also
written in memory of his son, our
friend, Romesh Velu (1950 - 2006).
- Owen Berkeley-Hill (1963)
on their veranda in Delhi making her
the first working woman in the family.
Her career in Mumbai took off
immediately upon arrival when Mrs.
Adcock, the Principal of a private
school hired her unseen. This school
was to later become Walsingham.
The Angrez lady from Leeds had no
trouble commuting from Andheri
by train, bus and taxi to reach her
Malabar Hill school often wading
through floods.
When she went to see Mrs. Jean
Cabral of the even then famous
‘Cathedral & John Connon School’
for the admission of five-year-old
Vijay not only was he admitted but
she too was hired on the spot as a
Standard 5 teacher.
She worked at Cathedral School
for over 30 years and became Head
Mistress. By her own admission “I
enjoyed my teaching profession and
continued to stay engaged even after
retirement by giving private tuitions”.
She received the MBE Medal
(Member of the British Empire) from
Queen Elizabeth II in 1961 for her
contribution to the field of education
and social work in India.
Post-retirement and the loss of
her husband, Mrs. Dev moved to
Canada via Texas and Singapore
where she continued to teach
English. Mrs. Dev (pronounced
as ‘dev’ as in devil and not as in
‘thav’) will always be remembered
by Middlers in the ’70s for her
firm hand, her supreme English
efficiency, her love for her adopted
home and her memorable accent.
- Mukeeta Jhaveri (ISC 1983)
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In Memoriam
Mrs. Ammon
M
rs. Ammon joined Cathedral in
June 1980. She is remembered
fondly by the teachers with whom she
shared hours on ‘The Verandah.’ She
taught Home Science and Cookery,
as a sixth subject, for the ICSE till it
was no longer offered, after which she
taught Hindi.
She was a perfectionist and strict
disciplinarian in most aspects of
her life and always sought to raise
the bar of her students’ work. Her
brutal honesty resulted in her coming
across as a bit harsh. “She had a good
heart and meant well,” says Mrs.
Neena Dandekar who joined the
Mr. Anand
W
ho doesn’t remember
Mr. Anand, the school
photographer, a familiar face at
every sporting meet and event from
the time we joined school till the
time we passed out? That’s right;
Mr. Anand was associated with
the Cathedral School for over 50
years. You can still see Mr. Anand’s
familiar stamp, even today after all
these years. And strangely, while
we may think of Mr. Anand as
our own - as the Cathedral School
photographer, the one entrusted
with capturing so many of our
memories, my wife points out that
he was the photographer for her
school as well.
So it’s really saddening to know
Hemant Watsa
Class of ’70, Barham
emant was diagnosed with a
terminal disease in March 2011
and passed away on April 17, 2011.
He is survived by his wife Glenda and
daughter Yaamini and mother and
brothers Uday and Rohit. Hemant
lived in Australia for many years and
came to India four years ago.
His life is one to celebrate. We
know this both from the way he lived,
and his thoughts about others who
had left this world.
H
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In Memoriam
Cathedral family on the same day as
her and shared scrumptious lunches
with her for the 18 - 20 years they
spent teaching at school. Bhagwan,
apart from his peon’s duties, ensured
that their lunch was heated in the
Home Science lab oven and laid out
on a tablecloth. That stopped when
he retired but Mrs. Ammon would
personally warm up everyone’s
lunch in the oven so that they could
continue to enjoy their meals in
five-star fashion. Friends and family
unanimously declared her ‘the perfect
hostess.’ Her recipes were legendary.
Even the lazy boys were able to
produce edible brownies and fried rice.
The death of her son, Donald,
in April due to jaundice was a
tremendous source of shock and grief
to her which many of her friends
believe was the cause of her sudden
death in early August.
Mrs. Ammon’s Home Science class
was the highlight of my week. I still
use her recipes and they formed the
backbone of my culinary talent. I
just wish I hadn’t taken almost 20
years to tell her that she was one
of my inspirations for my Hotel
Management degree, as she passed
away a few days before I was to meet
her at the tea for the retired teachers.
that Mr. Anand is no more. But he
will be remembered by generations
through his photographs, every time
we pull them out to show them to
our friends and our children.
He named Simran Mulchandani,
Ashutosh Phatak and Rohan Sippy,
“The Three Idiots.” He flirted and
proposed marriage to Tina Kapur,
Sangeeta Gokhale and myself. He
spent hours questioning the entire
batch why the three most beautiful
girls of their batch were still single
in their late 30s. We promised
him that if we’d been older or him
younger he’d be married to one
of us.
He was the official school
photographer for many South
Mumbai schools and had an archive
of photographs at home that we
must not lose. For with him and
his work would die memories of
thousands of students.
- Mehboob Quasim (ISC 1989)
Mr. Anand fascinated me the first
time I met him when he took our
5A class photograph. I got to know
him well after I tracked him down to
record our batch’s 20-year reunion
at Blue Frog in Mumbai in January
2010. We became extremely close.
He was a wonderful person, a gifted
photographer and had a joie de vivre
that I shall never forget.
He was the life of our reunion
and had most of us in splits with his
wisecracks and jokes last January.
We knew Hemant as full of life
with positive energy and everyone
he met, however fleetingly, thought
of him as jovial. He was generous,
thoughtful and always had an open
house. He had more depth than was
apparent, and an important part
of his life was as an activist with a
constant effort to help those that
were less privileged.
He was a gourmet cook and
had even dreamt about starting a
restaurant!
Hemant wrote the following
- Maleeka Rafiq Lala (ISC 1989)
- Maleeka Rafiq Lala (ISC 1989)
when a Cathedralite, a year older,
passed away. It sheds light on who
Hemant was. “It came as a shock to
hear of his passing away. No doubt
he is pursuing a higher academia
and wondering what the hell we are
all feeling so morose about. I have
just poured a glass of outstanding
Aussie red wine in his memory. I
toast his success and his reaching a
higher level than any of us have yet
achieved, but no doubt we all will
sooner or later. Enjoy!”
By Class of 1970 friends of Hemant
Jehangir Sabavala
J
ehangir Sabavala, a great artist,
friend and supporter, was a man of
impeccable taste and comportment,
of etiquette and letters. Sabavala
will be remembered not only for his
art, but also for his uncompromising
commitment to beauty, and the
dignity, integrity and generosity of
spirit that he always stood for.
Cutting an elegant figure, Sabavala
touched several lives during the
course of his own, both within and
beyond Mumbai’s art fraternity,
of which he was an integral part.
Apart from mentoring young artists,
encouraging gallerists and supporting
several charities, Sabavala always had
Tribute to Mrs.
Subramanian from her 4M
(1980-81) students
Rohit Poddar: Mrs. Subramanian
was a big influence in my life as my
class teacher in 4M. Incidentally,
she was also my mother’s teacher in
high school in Calcutta whom she
also influenced greatly. When we
moved from Bangalore to Mumbai
mid-term I struggled initially. Mrs.
Subramanian was the one who
imparted a high level of confidence in
me during this transition that helped
me not just in Cathedral but also
in life. She remained a tremendous
support through the years. I take
note of her comparatively early
demise with a great sense of sadness.
Her husband, I believe held a senior
position with TIFR and the Atomic
Research Institute and her brilliant
sons Ajay and Arvind have made
successes of themselves too. God
bless their family.
Shima Mehta-Dholakia: She was
the best teacher I ever had and was
more of a mother figure than a
teacher! She was extremely warm,
loving and approachable and I so
looked forward to going to school in
4M. I was thrilled when she was there
time to lend his ear and offer a few
words of advice to anyone who sought
them, making it a point to nurture
every relationship he was a part of,
whether personal or professional.
Born into a well-known Parsi
philanthropic family in 1922, Sabavala
attended Cathedral (1939) before
joining the Sir J.J. School of Art in
Mumbai, and then studying at the
best schools and ateliers in London
and Paris. Over the course of his
artistic career, which spanned more
than 60 years, Sabavala never paused
to survey the past, but always pushed
forward, constantly challenging
himself and his boundaries of his
unique modern idiom. Since his first solo exhibition
held in a hired room of the Taj
Mahal Hotel, the artist’s work has
been featured in over 30 solo shows
held across India and several other
countries. Sabavala was honoured
with the Padmashree by the
Government of India in 1977, and the
Lalit Kala Ratna by the President of
India in 2007. Jehangir Sabavala’s passing
marks the loss of a true gentleman,
a respected mentor and one of the
most important pioneers of Indian
modernism. He will be missed deeply
and remembered with great fondness
by all of us.
to bless us on our wedding day. That
was the last time we met but I can
never forget her influence on my life.
Tina Kapur: She was a happy,
jolly soul with her big red bindi, a
ready smile and those impeccable
sarees. She was a huge source of
encouragement and inspiration
to me. Having been an Honours
student, I remember when my grades
started slacking, no doubt thanks
to the sudden discovery that boys
existed and weren’t as bad as we’d
thought, she took me aside and had
a frank heart to heart with me about
her belief in me and how much she
would not like me to let down this
faith. That resonated with me and I
did indeed pull up my socks! Thank
you, Mrs. Subramanian. May you rest
in peace.
to cycle in the long passages of her
building, Kenilworth on Peddar Road,
or that I was the class ‘fish tank’
monitor.
She was plain fond of me and
looked out for me in class. I always
listened to her and loved her. Why so
I do not know, it just was that way.
Shivas Nath: All through a child’s
school life there are very few teachers
that leave an indelible mark. You
remember them your entire life.
Mrs. Subramanian most certainly
did. It was not because she made me
the ‘king’ in our class play, or that I
raised my game and almost bagged
the ‘progress’ prize; neither was it
because her sons Ajay and Arvind
were my friends, or that I learnt how
- Dinesh Vazirani (ISC 1985)
Maleeka Rafiq Lala: Her large
heartedness, love, joyfulness and
genuine warmth towards every one
of us made my move from Dubai to
Mumbai almost easy. I was one of
five who she privately tutored after
school to get us up to speed and I
built a bond with her that helped me
be the confident and loving person I
am today. She taught me how to love
unconditionally, built my self-esteem
and was truly a second mother to
me, as my parents were still away. I’ll
never forget her beautiful sarees and
how she helped me befriend those
who today are my closest friends.
God bless you ‘Mummy’ and may you
find joy and peace wherever you’ve
moved on to and I hope our paths
cross again sometime as I never, in
recent years, had a chance to thank
you for your love, encouragement
and support.
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Reunions
Class of '59
W
Reunions
the Class of ’59 was unveiled by Annikki Matthan —
each copy signed by all the classmates present!
The midpoint of our reunion was the Founders’
Day Church Service at St. Thomas’ Cathedral. The
service was followed by the Alumni Dinner Dance at
Blue Sea, Worli and an opportunity to meet 700 other
schoolmates and (perhaps) old flames!
ork on our reunion began two years earlier,
given the time-consuming task of locating
classmates, many who had not been seen for
almost 50 years. Cathedral provided sketchy records;
however our popular blog, ‘Seventh Heaven’, named
after a newsletter from our Standard 7, helped. The
The next day we headed to Alibaug for an overnight
energy Jacob Matthan put in was amazing — seeking
trip. Cocktails and brunch were hosted at the
out our teachers and classmates the world over. By
‘Kapur Bungalow’ perched atop a hill. Planned and
mid-2009, we had 73 confirmed as attending —
commissioned by our late classmate, Ashok Kapur,
coming from as far as the US, UK, Israel, Mauritius,
it was completed just in time for our reunion. The
Malaysia and Canada and of course, those in India.
evening was spent at the regal Ruia House where hosts
Our next task was to plan the events for our sevenAshok and Anil had
day bash. Having agreed
a band playing ’60s
that the reunion would
music, dancing, party
straddle Founders’
games and an amazing
Day, the events were
48 mouth-watering
meticulously planned
dishes, each named
— all unique for
after one of us!
their generous hosts,
The class of ’59
locations, menus and
rested
on day six and
Left
to
right:
Husnain
Chinwala,
Shivi,
Jacob,
Bill
Shiri,
Ramesh
Mirchandani,
Viney
Sethi
(at
back),
other ‘bandobasts’. These
Noel Ezekiel (front), Ooky Elias and David.
on
day
seven Piloo Tata
included a ‘Breaking
The ladies: Gita Simoes, Anjula Mansukhani, Asha Agarwal, Harmo Malik, Sheryn Mulla, Parvin Surti,
and
Armeane
Choksey
the Ice’ ceremony held
Seeta Nayyar, Saroj Malkani.
The
men
behind
the
ladies:
Anil
Ruia,
Vikram
Savara,
Naubir
Mohindar,
Peter
Miovic,
Adi
Cooper,
brought the curtain
at Middle School over
Arvind Thadhani, Atul Kapadia, Venkat, Ratan, Khurshed Balsara, Vinay Dabholkar, Robert Tyabji,
down with a lavish
‘samosas and chai’
Arun Sethi and Jangoo Moos.
dinner at Piloo’s Breach
followed by a curtainCandy
home.
The
sit-down
Parsi
feast was a fitting
raiser at cocktails and dinner hosted jointly by Elijah
finale to the Mother of Reunions.
(Ooky) Elias and Viney Sethi at the Bombay Gymkhana.
A DVD and a CD of photographs were prepared by
On day two we had an‘Elvis Evening’ dinner and
Gita
Simoes and Husnain Chinwala respectively, to
dance hosted by Vijay Nayar at his penthouse at
help
recall those wonderful moments, moments that
Marine Drive, while on day three the ‘Findian Evening’
took our breath away!
was hosted by our Finnish settler, Jacob Matthan.
Dinner was a traditional, delectable South Indian feast
- Vijay Shivdasani
and during the evening an elegant coffee-table book on
Class of '84
T
hey came from USA, Hyderabad, Delhi, New
Zealand, Chennai, UK, Holland etc, reuniting
after 25 years to celebrate the Class of ’84. Blue
Frog in Mumbai had pulled out all stops to make sure
the reunion was unforgettable. Given the number of
empty bottles, loud laughter, squeals of delight, photo
sessions and unabashed dancing that followed, we
suspect Blue Frog won’t forget that night in a hurry
either. It was a wonderful evening shared not just
with long-lost classmates but also with several of their
spouses or significant others. As the night wound up,
we parted ways with a promise to do this again for our
30th reunion (which is not far now guys!).
- Udita Jhunjhunwala
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Class of '60
P
lanning for this event began a year earlier,
not because we were disorganised but because
we were so excited and to give classmates
from around the world enough lead time to firm up
their travel plans. So it was decided that a week of
celebrations, with a trip to Mahabaleshwar thrown in,
would give everyone adequate time to catch up and go
home with a host of happy memories.
Our festivities began with an evening reception
hosted by Meher Amersey and Rashida Anees for
almost 90 people. It was set in Rashida’s beautiful
house. It was an enchanting evening where old ties
were renewed, gentle handshakes and warm hugs were
accompanied by loud ‘oohhs’ and ‘ahhs’ as we looked
at each other in awe and amazement! Some of us had
not met for 50 years while others were reliving earlier
get-togethers. Schoolgirl tunics and boys’ shorts had
given way to exquisite saris, high-fashioned pants and
immaculate suits; some heads were without locks, and
just a few displayed the effects of the ‘good life.’
The celebrations continued as we left for the
Mahabaleshwar Club early the next morning. During
the bus journey we recounted stories and sang songs.
The Secretary of the Club, together with his staff,
Class of '85
T
he night of January 2, 2010 was simply magical!
The Class of 1985 met for its 25th reunion, in a
celebration that lasted almost 12 hours. Cyrus
Mistry and his wife Rohiqa most graciously hosted this
get-together at their home and this will remain one of
the most memorable evenings in all our lives.
arranged delicious meals and even set up a gala dinner
in the garden for the final evening of the three days
that we spent there. During the day, we went around
some local sights. There were walks and shopping,
and lots of bridge, billiards and table tennis. The final
evening was outstanding as the Secretary, a wizard on
his guitar, belted out all the popular songs of the ’60s
and we sang along with him. Aching muscles and stiff
joints were ignored as we jived and became kids again!
We returned to Mumbai to an elegant dinner at Tote
hosted by the Four Musketeers — Ajit Mehra, David
Keidan, Meraj Manal and Pratap Gidvani. Everyone
was touched by their generous hospitality and warm
affection which allowed us to renew our friendships
in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. The weekend
began with a successful class Golf tournament but
clearly, it was the Founders’ Day Celebrations that
brought back emotion-loaded nostalgia, particularly
the Church Service which allowed us to relive an
important event of each schoolday.
Our final bash was a sumptuous dinner at Ross
Deas’ home. Many ballads were sung, the goodbyes
were tearful and promises were made to remain
connected electronically. It was a fitting finale to a
week of renewals, reflections and remembrances.
- Jyotsna Singh
Almost 100 ex-students and six teachers participated
in this evening. In addition to the Mumbai crowd,
classmates from Dubai, the US, London, Delhi and
Panchgani attended. Given that some still resembled
how they looked whilst in school and some, very
different, someone put it very well when they said, “It
was surreal and awesome to meet familiar strangers.”
It was a real pleasure to have Ms. Hallegua, Mrs.
Mahableshwarwala, Mr. and Mrs. Kochar and Mr. Swami
join us that evening. Talking to them brought back
wonderful memories from school and even though 25
years had flown by, it seemed like just yesterday.
We sang the School Song and cheered for our School
Houses, as if we were still in school. At about 3 a.m.,
when some of us were losing steam, we were joined
by our friends from the Class of 1984 who also had
their 25th reunion the same evening and we partied
on. Thank you Cyrus, Neel and Anand for your help in
arranging such a memorable reunion.
I left at 4 a.m., thinking of all the good times school
represented for us, and how even though we have come
a long way, our school bonds will never leave us.
- Priya Khubchandani Lambah
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Class Notes
Class of 1947
Ratan Lalkaka (Palmer) did his
graduation from Wilson College and
then joined Air India for one year.
Then moved to Burmah Shell, where
he worked for 35 years. After retiring,
joined the Petit Trust as their CEO for
10 years and is now involved in trust
work after his retirement from there.
Married to Perveen Gazdar (also from
Cathedral), and he lives in Mumbai with
his two children and two grandchildren.
Alyque Padamsee (Savage) Ad-guru,
actor, playwright, producer and director.
Was the Chief Executive Officer of Lintas
and is still very active in the theatre
world.
Jangoo Dubash (Wilson) former
owner of Rogers and Co. Retired, he lives
with his family in Mumbai.
Habib Datoobhoy (Wilson) joined
the legal profession and used to
represent the Aga Khan’s interests in
Mumbai.
Farokh Bharucha (Savage) living in
Miami, worked for the US Coast Guard.
Ian Brown (Savage) was a Captain
in India Steamships, he is now living in
Toronto, Canada.
Bobby Jones (Barham) was an
excellent athlete, now living in Australia.
Fali Kumana (Barham) joined his
family business after school, now living
in Pune.
Farrokh Mehta (Wilson) formerly
in advertising, now an avid producer of
plays. He is married to Vijaya Mehta who
is very active in Marathi Theatre.
Foy Nissen (Palmer) anthropologist,
worked and retired from the British
Council. Is living in Mumbai.
Robin Omer is living in London.
And those who are, sadly, no longer
with us:
Solu Batliboi (Wilson); Soli Dastur
Coover Guzdar (Palmer); Jal
Jalnawalla (Savage); Zal Lalkaka
(Wilson); Trevor Miller (Palmer);
Jimmy Khatau (Savage) and Nari
Malani (Wilson).
- By Ratan Lalkaka as told to
Mitali Anand Kalra (ISC ’89)
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Class Notes
Class of 1956
Pradeep Anand (Wilson) after
school, graduated in Engineering and
later did his Management Studies.
Worked with large corporates such as
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,
Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.,Videocon
Group etc., in diverse assignments and
locations in India — though was mainly
based in Mumbai. Now retired, settled
in New Delhi. His interests are playing
bridge, reading and travelling.
Ruma Pal, nee Ghosh (Palmer)
finished her schooling from St. Mary’s
Convent, Nainital, graduated with
honours in Philosophy from Visva
Bharati University, got a law degree
from the University College of Law,
Nagpur, and a post graduate degree
in Law from Oxford. Married to
Samaraditya Pal, a Barrister, in 1971,
she practised as a lawyer for 22 years in
various courts in India particularly the
Calcutta High Court. Became a High
Court Judge in Calcutta in 1990 and
a Supreme Court Judge in 2000 from
where she retired in 2006. At present
she is on the Committee of Experts on
the Application of Conventions and
Recommendations (CEACR) of the
ILO and on the Executive Council of
various NGOs.
Thrity Saraf, nee Vazifdar
(Savage) is looking forward to becoming
a grandmother second time around
and helping her daughter Sabrina after
her delivery. She left for Maine in July
after experiencing the squelching heat
in decades, which made her think of
her friends in Mumbai who cope with it
every year! She met Rima in New York
last month and happily chatted away.
One of the topics discussed was her visit
to China a couple of weeks earlier. Had
the pleasure of talking to Dina via the
phone from California. She sends her
best wishes to the Class of ’56.
Suguna Ramanathan, nee Iyer
(Savage) takes care of her husband
who is bedridden and seldom leaves
Ahmedabad. Does a little freelance
editing and delivers the occasional
lecture when invited. Life is very quiet.
Rishad Talyarkhan (Savage) lives
in London though he does try to visit
Mumbai every year. Now retired, is
recovering from a by-pass operation and
is on dialysis for renal failure which does
not sound like fun, but still believes
that life is most agreeable. Set up QISS
– Quality International Software and
Services – an IT consultancy after taking
the ‘leaden handshake’ following 27
years in End User software with IBM.
Those living in Mumbai - Michael
Tahseen, Jimmy Tata, Pheroza Lally,
Zarir Adajania (Barham), Navroz
Badhniwala (Wilson), Sohrab Kapadia
(Palmer), Silloo Captain (Barham),
Rajni Anand (Savage), Patsy Mistry
(Palmer), Koshu Jain (Palmer), Khadija
Ismail (Wilson), Iqbal Chaiwala
(Wilson), H.S. Uberoi (Savage), Dina
Davar (Wilson), Chitra Ashok Kumar
(Savage), Meena Bhat (Palmer) - all
now lead very active ‘retired’ lives
mostly giving of themselves to education
and the community. Muku Hamied
(Barham) still has a very active and busy
working life.
Those living in Delhi and Chandigarh
- Primla Madhok (Savage), Ruby
Bhagwagar (Savage), Razia Grover
(Palmer) edits books, Amarjit Kulwant
Singh (Palmer) and Sheela Mathrani
(Wilson) is an active journalist. The
others work with NGOs and give of
their time to helping others.
Those living in Chennai/ Bangalore Ranjit Matthan (Savage) is very active
in his rubber chemical consultancy,
travels the world almost unceasingly,
yet finds time to work for Leprosy
patients’ rehabilitation. Nirmala
Sundaram (Wilson) is now planning to
divide her time between Mumbai and
the US where her daughters live. Rima
Kashyap (Palmer) continues to run an
NGO magazine, is an inveterate traveller
and is now relocating from Mumbai to
Bangalore.
Those living in Goa - Habiba
Miranda (Wilson) lives in a beautiful
Portuguese built villa and enjoys
the beauty of the surroundings in
the company of her husband, Mario
Miranda.
Those living in Dubai - Deena
Motiwala (Barham) is impossible
to move out of Dubai where she has
made her name as the finest support
for any charity to do with those less
advantaged.
Those living in England - Alaknanda
Samarth Duriaud (Barham) continues
her association with the theatre.
Joan Densham (Barham), Jane
Bigg (Palmer) are active in music and
intellectual pursuits respectively. Both
are now retired and more active than
ever. Yvonne Gill (Wilson) and Joan
Austen (Wilson) keep in close touch
with the class.
Those living in the US/Canada Waseem Brelvi (Savage) works for
the community in his retirement.
Ernest Haskell (Barham) retired from
Pfizer. Doreen Heimlich (Barham)
retired from Clemson University.
Padma Abichandani lives a retired
life on the East Coast as does Jaya
Narayanmurthi (Palmer). Aneeta
Masand (Wilson) more recognisable
as Nirmala Moolchand shuttles
between Gurgaon and the US. Paulette
Harte (Savage) is an active interior
entrepreneur in British Columbia,
Canada.
Those living in Australia - Sherna
Kotwal (Palmer) has made a profession
of her hobby, painting and still holds
regular exhibitions of her work.
Mary Henery (Savage) retired from
nursing and is an active lawn bowling
enthusiast.
Those living in Israel – Isaac Hyam
And those who are, sadly, no
longer with us: Amin Jaffer, Shyam
Chainani and Ravi Varma Dandekar.
- Compiled by Meena Bhat
Class of 1959
Elijah (Ooky) Elias (Bahram) has
recently successfully concluded the sale
of the company he promoted, APW
President to Schneider Electric. We
suspect he will be doing a little more
than occupying that rocking chair which
he has recently purchased!
Viney (Vins) Sethi (Palmer) has sold
his palatial Mango House at Alibaug. The
grapevine reports having last seen him
in his hammock at Malibu Beach!
Ashok Ruia (Barham) is the
promoter of Phoenix Mills. After
opening The Palladium in Mumbai
with son Atul, he has recently opened
a new mall, Phoenix Market City at
Vimannagar, Pune and has big plans to
open malls and develop properties in a
number of cities in India.
List of girls of Class of ’59 Sigrun Warmuth - Germany;
Zenobia Masani - Mumbai; Najma
Khalid; Mithili Acharya; Asha Gupta
- Mumbai; Anne Sopher; Parvin Surti
- NY and Mumbai; Gita Vaswani Mumbai; Nergish Karim - Italy; Delbar
Munsiff - Mumbai; Annie Pailamatan;
Zarine Taraporewala - Mumbai;
Jaishree Kirpalani - Mumbai; Renuka
Dhanrajgir - Mumbai; Gayatri
Dasgupta; Anjula Lakhani - Pune/
Mumbai; Narsys Irani - Toronto; Kitty
Kapadia - Mumbai; Farhana Kably Pune; Saroj Kimatrai - Miami; Kamal
Batliboi - RIP; Piloo Dastur - Mumbai;
Sita Singh - Mumbai; Renu Singh HK/Mumbai; Veena Singh - Delhi/
Mumbai; Matilda Moses - NY; Shirin
Mulla - Mumbai; Harmohina Uberoi
- Delhi; Jill Bedwell; Pamela Shellim;
Armaity Daruwala – Mumbai.
- Compiled by Vijay Shivdasani
Class of 1971
Joey Cohen (Barham) is married and
has a daughter, Melissa who is 14 years
old. Lives in London and works for a
French Bank as an Accountant.
Sarojini Linda Nambiar mother
of Arjun and Mrinalini Nair, both
in the U.S. Manufactures electronic
components, thermisters, temperature
‘sensing’ diodes in three factories in
Electronic City, Bangalore and exports
them to GE etc.
Fernando Menezes works for JWT
in Mumbai as a System Manager. He
has specialized in Information Security
and has Certifications of Practice as
an Information System Auditor, an
ISO27001 Lead Implementer and an
ISO27001 Lead Auditor. Is the proud
father of two delightful twin girls, Lia
and Raquel, who also passed out of
Cathedral.
Shaila Khubchandani, nee Gokhale
is a Consultant Histopathologist
at the Jaslok, Bhatia and Parsee
General Hospitals in Mumbai. Has a
special interest in Renal, GI and CNS
Pathology. Husband, Raju, is a Pediatric
Rhematologist. Proud mother of
Namrata — going back to HBS after six
years of working with Goldman Sachs
and Sotheby’s — and Rohan — studying
in Denmark to be a Wind Engineer.
Radha Matthai (Barham) studied,
lives and works in Mumbai since leaving
school, and has been working with the
Indo-German Chamber of Commerce
since 1982. Plays golf and bridge.
Mehra Dalton, nee Cambata
(Palmer) is the Managing Director of
Greaves Travel, UK and a Co-founder
and Chairman of Jaisalmer in Jeopardy,
a UK based charity that raises funds for
architectural conservation in Jaisalmer.
Married and living in London, she is the
proud mother of two daughters.
Raksha Mehta a Physiotherapist,
settled in Chennai, she loves to play
bridge.
Jaimala (Dimpi) Singh (Barham)
lives in Mumbai and volunteers in
Natural Hygiene with The Health
Awareness Centre. Loves travelling and
helping people with their health through
natural means.
Priya Sarukkai Chabria poet
and novelist. Recipient of the Senior
Fellowship to Outstanding Artists for
Literature from the Indian government,
she edits the Talking Poetry website and
has collaborated with artists on several
productions. Her work is published
in India, Europe and the US, is on
numerous websites and she participated
in Worlds 2009: The Creative Writer held
at the Writers’ Centre, U.K. She is at
www.priyawriting. com.
Dinaz Cooper (Palmer) did her BSc
from St. Xavier’s College. Worked with a
software consultant firm till 1989 when
she left to become a full-time mom. Now
lives in Pune.
Koserali Najmuddin (Barham)
chemical engineer from the Cairo
University. At present, living in
Mombasa, Kenya. Married to Yakuta, he
has three kids and five grandchildren. The
beard is still there — though grey now.
Cyrus Taraporewala (Savage)
settled in Hyderabad since 1983. Is the
Managing Director of Zensoft Solutions
Ltd., and a Director of Atlas Builders
Ltd., Liberty Travels Pvt. Ltd. and Atlas
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Class Notes
Constructions Ltd. At present, is leading a
retired life and doing honorary work with
an Aids Foundation. A happy bachelor!
Adi Bilimoria (Wilson) started
his career with IBM in Sales and
Marketing and, later established and
developed an auto service franchise.
Currently invests in rental real estate and
trade derivatives and futures. Is married
with two children and lives in the USA.
Rajesh Desai is a Director of Desai
Consulting Pvt. Ltd., in Hyderabad,
whose activities include Investment
Banking, Private Equity Funding and
Proprietary Investments. Can be reached
at rgdesai05@yahoo.com.
Arvind Somany (Wilson) is the
Managing Director of Soma Textiles &
Industries Ltd., Ahmedabad. Would love
to retire in a few years and travel the
world.
Bipin Gopalkrishnan entered the
Indian Police Service in 1982. Has held
various senior positions in Karnataka
State. At present, he is the Additional
Director General of Police and heads the
Prisons Department. Can be reached at
gkbipin@msn.com.
Sudhir Kulkarni is a chemical
engineer and has oscillated between
working in the USA and India. Currently,
lives near Philadelphia. His e-mail is
sudhir19810@yahoo.com.
Rajen N. Parikh went on to a BSc in
Mathematics from Mumbai University,
an MA in Economics from Cambridge
University and finally Chartered
Accountancy from India. His academic
excursions having been completed, he
now runs a proprietary accountancy
practice in Mumbai, R.N. Parikh & Co.
Harsh Nevatia after passing through
IIT and IIM, Harsh Nevatia was involved
in chemical manufacturing. He now
writes content for online casino websites.
Navneet Rungta, completed a BSc at
St. Xavier’s, Mumbai and is, at present,
associated with the steel processing
industry. Contact details: 022-32579396.
E-mail id: bbmc@vsnl.com.
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Class Notes
Kiran Rane after completing a BSc at
St. Xavier’s, Mumbai, he went on to do
Management Studies in the UK. He was
involved in the chemical manufacturing
industry. Front row seated next to Mr. Jacob: Head Girl - Shirin Ghasvala
Second row standing left to right: Pauline Vieyra, Rita Arora, Radha Matthai, Carmen Dorcic, Vijaylaxmi Jannah,
Rhea Jefferies, Mehra Cambata, Czaee Daftary, Khushnam Bhavnagiri, Shabera Kachwala and Pervin Kavarana
Third row standing left to right: Hilla Katgara, Kunti Andhare, Madhavi Tongaonkar, Aditi Merchant, Radhika
Swaminathan, Sakina Tyebjee, Roxanne Ardeshir, Rishma Venkatrao, Tina Mehta, Sherna Chothia and Mehroo Nargolvala
Third row standing left to right: Husain Chaiwala, Jaidev Merchant, Slobodan Popovic, Ripujit Lal and Homi Bhabha.
Teachers in Standard 11B photo are as followsL - R: Mr. Patki - Biology, Ms. Hallegua - English, Mrs. Cherian - Biology, Mr. Sharma - Chemistry, Mr. Kuruvila Jacob Principal, Mrs. Gupta, Mrs. Patruni and Mr.Lobo - Physics.
L - R: Top row Ravi Patil, Fernando Menezes, Rakseh Bhansali, Jameel Tyabjee, Mohan Bangera, Pryam Jhaveri, Jal
Medora and Rajesh Jhaveri.
Mid-row: Rashmi Jamdhar, Minoo Antia, Jimmy Meher-Homji, Aun Fazalbhoy, Rajesh Chinoy, Ajay Bhushan,
Meherangiz Karanjia and Shaila Gokhale.
First row: Meena Shah, Shernaz Dadyburjor, Raksha Mehta, Sunita Pophale, Sanjog Batra, Durriyah Dawoodbhoy,
Vasima Adenwala, Sarojini Nambiar, Priya Sarukkai, Gita Philip and Vinita Bhavani
Standard 11C: Last row left to right: Koserali Najmuddin, Navneet Rugta, Gautam Thor,
Cyrus Taraporewala, Adi Bilimoria and Raman Kaicker
Middle row left to right: Manmohan Melville, Tushar Mehta, Nalin Parikh, Mohijit Saha, Rajesh Desai, Arvind
Somany, Bipin Gopalkrishnan, Kiran Rane and Rajiv Krishnan
Bottom row left to right: Sanjay Rai, Sudhir Kulkarni, Arvind Ruia, Rajan Parikh, Dinaz Cooper, Anita Gore, Harsh
Nevatia, Anil Maroo, Rajesh Anand, Rajiv Godiwala and Sanjay Shah
Seated: Arup Basu
Anil Maroo moved to Dubai for six
years and traded with China, which
was, in those times, less frequented
by Indians. Then moved to the UK. At
present, is based in London and involved
in trading activities. Mobile number in
the UK is 0044-75540 24999.
Rajesh Anand heads a firm which
is a processor, packer and exporter of
walnuts, kernels, dried morels and also
manufactures medically recommended
‘posture perfect’ chairs and seating
systems, under the name Krishna
Produce Exports in Jammu. Mobile
number 09419192903, phone and fax:
(0191) 2480483, 2480662.
Rajiv Godiwala studied Accounting
and Law, worked the corporate scene,
ducked out and is now a long time
freelance deal-maker. A hardcore
Mumbaiite (when not travelling).
Married, he has two boys, both Cathedral
School alumni. His e-mail id is godiwala@
gmail.com
Arup Basu (Wilson) has been
living in Ahmedabad since 1982. Is
the Managing Director of a specialty
polymers company. Married to Manisha,
has two sons, Arnab and Abhik.
Sanjay Shah (Savage) is the
Executive Director of Garden Silk Mills
which is currently engaged in design
and management of woven fabrics
manufacture. Married to Shyama, they
have two children Parthiv and Ragini.
Dog crazy and into music, he enjoys
gardening and partying.
Gautam Thor received his ‘higher’
education after he passed out of
Cathedral, IIT and then TIFR in
Mumbai and eventually settled in the
late 1980s in San Diego. His major
goal consists of trying to ‘wake up’ in
a manner that his namesake Gautama
preached and he maintains professional
interests pertaining to the study of
vision, neurodiagnostics and a recent
foray in a start-up security company.
Manmohan Melville did his MBBS
from Nair Hospital, Mumbai and then
worked in rural areas in North India, till
he returned to Mumbai city and his first
love — writing.
Raman Kaicker an avid golfer, he
is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in the UK and is presently
practicing as a Business Consultant.
Rajiv Krishnan after doing his BSc
from Elphinstone College and CA from
the UK, Rajiv travelled and worked with
Unilever and Citibank in Asia and Latin
America. He now lives with his wife and
two daughters in Miami, USA.
Sanjay Rai studied at IIT, Mumbai
and then at the Jamnalal Bajaj
Institute of Management. At present,
he is associated with the Oil and Gas
industry.
E-mail: sanjayrai55@yahoo.com
Rakesh Bhansali (Barham)
graduated from Jai Hind College and did
his Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery at
Seth GS Medical College (KEM Hospital,
Mumbai) and his Speciality Training in
England ending with a MCh.Orth. degree
at Liverpool, UK in 1986. Currently an
Orthopaedic Surgeon at Hurkissandas
Hospital and Children’s Orthopaedic
Hospital in Mumbai. Wife, Sheeraz is
an anaesthetist; they have a daughter
Aditi and a son Varun. Photography is a
passion; also loves travelling regularly.
And those who are, sadly, no longer with
us...
Mohijit Saha did his higher studies
in the US.
Tushar Mehta was a brilliant
academician, who went to Cambridge for
his A levels.
Nalin Parikh was involved in his
family business.
- Compiled by Arup Basu
Class of 1977/ 1980
Philip Meckoni lives in Mumbai and
is an Investment Analyst.
Arvind Ruia (Barham) did his BCom
from Sydenham College after which
he joined the family business i.e. The Kolhapur Sugar Mills Ltd. Presently is
the Executive Director of the company.
Sunil Sanghavi has been in
California since 1975 and lives in the
San Francisco Bay Area with his wife
Vaishali and his 10-year-old daughter
Maya. He currently heads his own
strategic advisory services firm. Rajveer Chinoy (Barham) did
Medicine and Orthopaedics from JJ
between 1973 to 1981. Was in England
from 1983 to 1993, where he did his
higher training and qualifications.
Came back to India in 1993 and works
as a daily wage carpenter (sawing
bones!) at the Hinduja Hospital. Lives
in Khar and later plans to move back
to Colaba. Married to Jyoti, he has two
daughters, Prerna and Kadambari. Likes
swimming, music, bridge, scrabble,
mixology and quaffing. Ayesha (Singh) Kumar after
teaching in a nursery school, working as a
journalist and writing sight reading books
for children, she currently owns a store in
South Mumbai designing clothes for plus
sized women.
Sundeep Ahuja is a successful
entrepreneur dealing with plywood
laminates, wood and veneers in Mumbai.
Married to Rohini, their elder daughter,
Diksha, is doing a Master’s Programme
at Oxford University, UK. Their younger
children, Akhil and Ishita, are both in
Cathedral.
Jatin Sheth has been with Microsoft
India since 2004 and lives in Mumbai
with his wife and two daughters.
Mihir Doshi after working at Morgan
Stanley for 22 years, he joined Credit
Suisse to establish their India business
where he is presently the Country Head.
Married to Amishi, both his daughters are
studying at Barnard College, New York.
Rajiv Sahney is a partner at New
Vernon, an India-Focused Multi Strategy
Fund.
Arshad Zakaria after a long Wall
Street career, he founded New Vernon, an
India Focused Multi Strategy Fund.
Tarang Jain is a successful
entrepreneur in the Auto Ancillary
industry, based in Aurangabad.
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Kerman Wadia (Palmer) is a
housewife, married to Darius Khambata
(Palmer, ICSE 1975). They have two
children, Leah, 18 and Jehangir, 11.
Pesi Modi (Savage) is a practicing
lawyer. Married to Elaine, a former
professor in H.R. College, they have an
18-year-old son.
Sanjay Dube is the Vice-President
(Finance) of Tata Power - he has been
with the Tata Group for over 15 years.
- Compiled by
Sundeep and Rohini Ahuja
Class of 1982/ 1984
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Deepika Bulchandani (Savage) is
married to Gautam (Smallie) Mehra
(Savage). They live in Delhi with their
three children Raoul, Siddharth and
Diya, and are in the business of women’s
shoe manufacture, export and retail.
Divya Mohta (Barham) went to
Sophia College, Mumbai, followed by
St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai for a BA,
and then studied fashion in London for
a year. She got married and moved to
NYC where she worked in fashion. Divya
returned to Mumbai with her daughter
Aalia in 1994 and has launched a new
fashion and home accessories label,
‘Tambourine’.
Homi F. Kaka (Wilson) completed
his LLB but is currently not practising
law. Homi runs Bentleys Hotel
(Mumbai), Bed & Breakfast (Mumbai)
and Woodlands Hotel (Matheran). He
lives in Colaba, Mumbai with his wife
Anahita and two daughters Ava, 15 and
Meher, 12.
Jaideep Desai (Barham) completed
a degree in Electronics Engineering from
Pune University and an MBA (Finance)
before moving into the financial services
sector in New York. He is currently at
Citigroup and lives in the Metro NYC
area with his wife Susann and their
eight-year-old daughter, Karina. He also
serves as a volunteer treasurer for the
Earth Center Conservancy, a non-profit
organisation supporting environmental
projects.
Khushnum Gill, nee Anklesaria
(Barham) Graduated from NSU in 1988
with a BS in Marketing & Management.
Married in 1990 and has a 19-year-old
son Ryhaan. She co-owns a commercial,
residential RE & investment related
business since 1999 and currently lives
between NYC and Newport Coast, CA.
Roxanne P. Panthakee, nee Sethna
(Palmer) completed her BA at Mumbai
University, got married in 1992 and
lived in Mumbai till 1995. She currently
lives in London with her two sons
Xerxes, 15 and Yohann, 12 and works as
a swimming teacher.
Dr. Rushitum K. Mistry (Wilson)
is an Orthodontist and Implantologist.
He completed his education at BDS
(Government Dental College and
Hospital, Mumbai) and MDS (University
of Pittsburgh) and is currently Director,
Dr. Mistry’s Centers for Advanced
Dentistry. Rushitum has been in private
practice for the last 20 years. He lives in
Mumbai with his wife Hutoxi and 12year-old daughter, Kaiyomi.
Shaheen Varawalla, nee Kachwalla
(Palmer) did her BSc from St. Xavier’s
College, Mumbai. She married Hasnen
Varawalla in 1991 and has been living
in London since 1995. They have two
children, Shariq and daughter, SophieNoor.
Sunita Shah (Barham) is a solicitor
in India and the UK. Having worked as a
solicitor/in–house counsel with Indian
law firms (Kanga, Gagrat) and MNCs
(Great Eastern Shipping & TCS), and
spearheading operations for a US based
legal outsourcing company in India, she
is now a consultant (representative/
procurer) to US law firms which intend
to outsource their clients’ legal work to
India. In her spare time Sunita teaches
yoga to kids.
Shan Fazelbhoy (Palmer) lives in
Dubai where he freelances as an event
manager and writes fiction, mainly
short stories. He maintains a blog, www.
homeflair.wordpress.com, relating to
food, films, a few other things and his
personal opinions. Is passionate about
reading, biking and fitness.
- Compiled by Divya Mohta
Class of 1990/ 1992
Aditya Daftary (Palmer) is a
musculoskeletal radiologist who has
started a sub-specialty medical imaging
and interpretation company (Innovision
Imaging) and spends his spare time
yelling at cabbies while cycling around
Mumbai. For updates on his exciting
existence, Anya’s development and
Teleradiology, check out http://www.
wanderingradiologist.wordpress.
com. To see how they are trying to
impact healthcare, see http://www.
innovisionimaging.com.
Shariq Kajiji (Palmer) having lived
in and around New York for 12 years,
he is now based in Beijing, China on
a two-year assignment with Thomson
Reuters to strengthen their business with
China. Outside of work, he is learning to
speak Mandarin, which is a struggle he
thoroughly enjoys.
Jehangir Damkevala (Barham)
completed a Commerce degree from HR
College and worked at Arthur Andersen
(Tax) and Darashaw (Retirement
Benefits). Gained an MBA Finance from
Nottingham, UK. Had a stint of six years
with ICICI Pru Life Insurance and is now
back at Darashaw, heading the consulting
wing of Retirement Benefits.
Kailash Bafna is currently heading a
recruitment firm and a huge real estate
business at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Radhika Singhal (Palmer) is an
investment banker in New York and loves
to travel in her spare time, including
heading home to Mumbai whenever
possible.
Diane Bilimoria (Wilson) has lived
in London for 24 years and works in the
commercial sector of a large property
company, Consensus Business Group.
Vandana Sagar Ganguly (Barham)
currently works as a Pre-school Teacher
and also runs an Art and Craft studio,
Colours Kids and Craft for Kids.
Rustom Mody (Palmer) is a
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in
Mumbai. He has spent the last few years
living in Scotland and Dubai.
Sharad Nanda (Barham) currently
runs his own real estate company,
Tansha Properties which is into land
development in the Panvel to Pune
region.
Kunal Khanna (Barham) graduated
from Bentley University USA. Residing
in Mumbai, he is currently working on
expanding his own business of food
processing across India.
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Class Notes
Zirak Marker (Barham) is a child
psychiatrist and psychotherapist
consulting at the Breach Candy
Hospital and also has a private clinic.
Is also founder and director of JBCN
PAN ACADEMY, a school and early
intervention centre for children with
learning disabilities, ADHD, autism,
developmental delays and behavioural or
psychological problems. It’s their seventh
year and going strong!
Rohit Behl (Savage) is currently
ensuring that Asians are represented at
the world’s largest chemical company
as a Senior Consultant, Diversity &
Inclusion. Has spent the last 14 years
marketing, strategising, and playing with
chemicals in Hong Kong, Malaysia and
now Germany. Still sails whenever he
gets the chance and is planning to retire
in Alibaug as soon as it is financially
possible.
Chirag Doshi (Palmer) after
graduating from the University of
Michigan, started a restaurant in New
York called ‘Pondicherry’. Returned to
Mumbai in 1998 and started restaurants
in Mumbai. Went for his MBA to
INSEAD in 2004 and since then has
been heading his family’s engineering
business, Walchandnagar Industries Ltd.,
as Managing Director.
Farhad J. Dadyburjor (Savage)
after being a journalist with various
publications in Mumbai and the former
Editor of the men’s magazine FHM, he
is now working full-time on a novel. Like
it’s said, watch this space for more!
Vinay Jayaram (Wilson) after
leaving Cathedral, some claim Vinay
attended high school and university in
the USA. Others say he gained a practical
education as a farmhand at a cornfield
in Decatur, Illinois, and this helped him
enter Wall Street. Disillusioned at the
misuse of paper in the financial services
industry, it is widely believed that he
fled, and was last seen on a mountainside
in the Mont Blanc Massif talking to
marmots.
Shona Mehta (Savage) studied at
the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai;
then pursued an M.Arch. in Architectural
Design at the UCL, London and has been
with UCJ Architecture & Environment
since 1998. A partner at the firm, she
is primarily involved in the design of
Educational and Institutional Projects
across the country.
Sreeja Nedungadi (Barham) is a
Strategy Consultant at The Akanksha
Foundation in Mumbai, which aims
to provide high-quality education to
children from low-income communities.
She completed her MBA at Harvard,
worked in operations at Tesco Stores in
London and finally turned to the nonprofit world.
Sunil Chainani (Palmer) after stints
in Advertising and Television at Ogilvy &
Mather and Star TV, (Channel [V] – Head
of Programming) respectively, he set up
his own production house, ‘Horseshoe’
in 2004, which specialises in producing
large-scale, commercial Hindi feature
films. As co-founder and Director (read
movie producer, who would’ve thought!),
they have produced three feature films
so far with the likes of Ram Gopal
Verma and Vikram Bhatt. Their current
production, titled Hum Tum Shabana,
was released in September 2011 in
theatres worldwide.
Rohit Gupta (Barham) did his BCom
from Sydenham College, joined the
family business, opened a multi-cuisine
restaurant in 2006 and is currently
concentrating on building and growing a
steel trading business.
Tara Deshpande Tennebaum
(Palmer) an actress and writer, she is
happy to be back in Mumbai.
Rohit Pursram (Savage) is CEO of
a New York-based interactive media
venture, Activation Media. He is also an
operating executive at media investment
firm Compass Partners. He got his BA
from Wesleyan University and his MBA
from Harvard.
Rahul Nathwani (Palmer) after
Junior College in Jai Hind and medical
school in Mumbai University, he pursued
his post-graduate training in the United
States. Completed his residency and
fellowship in Gastroenterology at
University of Southern California in
Los Angeles and Advanced Endoscopy
fellowship in Philadelphia. Is currently
practicing in Dubai.
Ashish Tripathi after Cathedral, he
went on to do his BA Hons. (Economics)
at St. Xavier’s, Mumbai and a MBA from
Melbourne Business School (Australia),
post which he worked in Investment
Banking/ Corporate Finance in Australia,
USA and UK for 12 years. He came
back to India a couple of years ago, and
currently heads Lead Advisory for M&E
and Technology at E&Y.
Aakash Aggarwal (Savage) based in
Dubai, he manages investments in the
real estate industry.
Amish Tripathi after Cathedral,
he went on to do his BSc (Maths) at St.
Xavier’s, Mumbai and an MBA from
IIM (Kolkata), post which he worked in
Financial Services (his last job was as
National Head - Marketing & Product
Management at IDBI Federal Life
Insurance). He is also an author — his
first book, The Immortals of Meluha,
released in 2010, and has sold over
1,25,000 copies. He has resigned recently
to become a full-time author and his
second book The Secret of the Nagas
released in August, 2011.
Pankaj Gupta (Barham) currently
heads a family-owned chemical
manufacturing business in Mumbai.
Did his BCom and MBA Finance from
Mumbai and worked with leading banks
in India and the Middle East for over 10
years before taking the entrepreneurial
plunge. His daughter is a young
Cathedralite.
Shaan Shahani (Wilson) graduated
with a degree in Commerce. After partly
qualifying as a Chartered Accountant
from PricewaterhouseCoopers, he
switched paths to become a Graphic
Designer. Is currently the Deputy Art
Director of the Indian edition of Elle
Decor, an international style and home
2011 The X-Cathedralite 41
Class Notes
decoration magazine. Has never left
Mumbai!
Anu Munshi (Barham) lives in
London with her husband, Johann
Mulla-Feroze (ISC 1990). After eight
years at JPMorgan, she started her own
company, B&B Structured Finance Ltd.,
which provides training and consulting in
financial markets and derivatives.
Yash Kapur-Ghienne (Barham)
graduated from Grinnell College in
the US, she is currently in charge of
the Asian sales division of the Gabriel
Meffre Winery in the South of France.
Living near Avignon, she spends her time
between wine launches, business trips
and trying to find new reasons to visit
India more often.
Priya Kapur (Barham) was House
Captain in 1992. After graduating from
Wellesley College, USA she joined her
family business CAC Pvt. Ltd., which
specialises in the manufacture of
laminating adhesives for the flexible
packaging industry. In 2004 she took
time off from work to be a full-time
mother to her daughter Mahi and
son Dev who are now both part of the
Cathedral family. She is now working as
a Director in a family-owned finance and
investment company.
- Compiled by Sreeja Nedungadi
Class of 1993/ 1995
Aditya Salvi (Palmer) is a graduate
in Communication Arts from the New
York Institute of Technology, he worked
at several leading media houses. His
most notable stint was as Asia head of
Putumayo World Music. Aditya currently
leads a team at timescity.com, a part of
the Times of India Group.
Kim Verma Modi (Palmer) left
Cathedral in Standard 8. After spending
many years abroad and running her own
communications company, she is now
the Director of Marketing for Six Senses
42 The X-Cathedralite 2011
Resorts & Spas and consults for other
luxury travel groups. She is married to
Nosh Modi (Savage 1989-91), who is a
partner at the law firm, JSA.
Farah Oomerbhoy, nee Lawyer
(Savage ) studied at St Xavier’s College,
Mumbai after her ICSE, and then went
on to Babson College in Boston. She
returned to India, did an MA in English,
and is now an aspiring author. She is
happily married with two little boys, and
says she spends more time on school
projects now than she did when she was
at school!
Larissa Maris, nee Desai (Palmer)
got her MFA at the Art Center College of
Design in Pasadena, CA. She is a Group
Account Director in Los Angeles, working
on interactive marketing initiatives for
major movie studios including Warner
Bros, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and
Universal. You might have seen her
recent work: The Hangover Part II
theatrical site.
Devika Mahadevan (Savage) did her
Bachelor’s from Brandeis University, USA
and Master’s from the London School
of Economics. She worked with NGOs
in Zimbabwe, China and the US before
returning to Mumbai. Until recently, she
was the CEO of Mumbai Mobile Creches,
an NGO working with children living on
construction sites and currently serves
on its Board.
Aditya Doshi (Palmer) spent over a
decade and a half searching for his own
path and learning a number of different
trades around the world, before finding
his calling in London, where he is busy
investing in renewable energy companies
with the hope that we will have a better
future and a cleaner world.
Sumera Peerbhoy (Wilson) is
currently Assistant Beverage Manager
and Restaurant Manager for the four
restaurants at the Culinary Institute of
America in Hyde Park, NY. She is working
on becoming a certified sommelier.
Anirudh Baheti (Savage) is currently
Managing Director of the Focus Group,
present in Education, Financial Services
and Healthcare. After Cathedral, he
attended UWC, Singapore and the
McCombs Business School at University
of Texas, Austin. After graduation, he
co-founded Focus Infomatics Inc, a
healthcare BPO and ran it for eight years.
Anirudh is married, with a daughter and
living in Mumbai.
Ashish Antia-Mody (Wilson) retired
indefinitely from slaving away as an
aviation lawyer, fending off certain death
from overwork and self-neglect three
years ago. Since then she converted her
hobby — yoga and energy and holistic
healing into a proper job. She spends her
days working with others to enable them
to live happy, healthy, stress-free lives
and enjoying her two children and three
dogs.
Vivek Bohra (Savage) completed his
Commercial Pilot’s Training at Purdue,
and then joined the family business.
Having been involved in the production/
distribution/direction of numerous
feature films, TV shows and ad films,
he is also contributing to various
publications (Outlook, Jetwings etc.) as
a freelance writer and is also a columnist
with Mumbai Mirror and writes poetry
for them.
Kanika Doshi Sanger (Palmer) left
Cathedral in 1993 and then did two
years at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai,
after which she did her Bachelor’s at the
University of Michigan. Came back and
opened her three family-run restaurants
in Mumbai. She is now settled in London
with her husband and two kids.
Lavina Godhwani Lalji (Barham)
studied at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
after completing her ICSE. She then
attended the Fashion Institute of
Technology, New York where she got an
associates degree in Jewellery Design.
Currently married to Devendra Lalji,
lives in New York, and runs a jewellery
business LAVINA G INC.
Insiya Rasiwala-Finn (Savage)
attended Mount Holyoke College did
International Relations/ French, worked
at Leo Burnett, Chicago, re-discovered
yoga, moved to Vancouver, Canada and
became the Marketing Director for yogachic apparel brand Lululemon Athletica.
Now a freelance writer, yoga teacher
and green-living expert, she co-founded
Blissology Yoga with her husband. Blogs
at YOGUE.
Dipanwita Sarkar (Barham) left
Catherdral after ICSE in 1993. She
studied Computer Engineering in
Mumbai University for one year and
completed the rest of her Bachelor’s
from Knox College, Illinois. Graduated
with dual degrees in Physics and
Computer Science. Thereafter, got a
PhD. in Computer Science from Indiana
University. Now living in Seattle and
working at Microsoft Corporation since
2004. Married and mother of a 13month-old daughter.
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Aliya Mody, nee Patel (Palmer)
left Cathedral in Standard 6. She did
her A Levels at Hebron, Ooty ’94.
After her BA she went onto XIC for her
Post-graduation in Advertising. And
then spent five years in Advertising in
Mumbai at Ambiance Publicis. Moved
to the Bay Area, USA in 2004; she is
married and works as the Director of
Admissions at DeVry University.
Aditya Kuruganti (Savage) did
his undergraduation at Northwestern
University and then worked at Ernst
& Young for a little over four years.
Completed his MBA at Kellogg in 2006.
He is currently a Director at Salesforce.
com, and is married with a son who just
turned six months.
Gaurav Agarwal (Wilson) potential
Head Boy, left after ICSE in 1993.
Graduated with a B.Engineering from
University of Mumbai, and then did a
Master’s in Engineering from UC Santa
Barbara. Joined Sun Microsystems
in Silicon Valley and then moved on
to Oracle Corp., at Redwood Shores,
to research microprocessor design
methods using nanotechnology. Is
currently pursuing a part-time MBA
at the Haas School of Business, UC,
Berkeley. Married, with the stork
expected in November.
Kshitij Morarka (Wilson) after
completing his ICSE from Cathedral
and a BCom from Sydenham College,
Mumbai, he went onto to pursue a
degree in Hotel Management from
Ecole Les Roches, Switzerland. Since
returning to Mumbai in 2003, he has
worked in various capacities across the
hospitality sector. Currently, he owns
and operates ‘Mumbai Deli’, a cafe
located at Lower Parel, Mumbai and is
also involved in real estate development
across the Mumbai Metropolitan
Region.
Fali J. Hodiwalla (Barham) left
school in 1993 after completing his
ICSE. Currently lives in Mumbai,
working as a Strategy Consultant.
Jehangir Pocha (Wilson)
after completing a BA (Hons.) in
International Relations & Business
Management at the University of
Western Ontario and a BAS (Hons.) in
Accounting at York University, he went
on to become a Chartered Accountant.
He is currently a Senior Manager at
Deloitte & Touche in Canada and has
worked with them for more than 10
years. He lives with his wife in Toronto.
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Class Notes
Shivalik Prasad (Savage) after
Cathedral, he went to the National
Institute of Technology, Rourkela, did
a Bachelor’s in Engineering and then
moved to Texas A&M for a Master’s in
Operations Research Mathematics. He
worked for IBM New York and now runs
MapmyIndia, India’s first navigation
company (GPS, Maps) as an Executive
Director in Mumbai.
Zina Mody (Palmer ) after 13
glorious years at Cathedral (ISC 1995),
she read for a BSc Economics degree
at QMW University, London, returned
to Mumbai and worked with HSBC
for five years. Zina then quit to start
‘Flowers by Zina’, a business that caters
to everything you would expect from
couture floral design and gift packaging.
Shivani Munshi Dahanukar
(Wilson) attended Sydenham College,
Sophia Polytechnic, University of San
Francisco (MBA) and completed her
LLB at the Government Law College.
Currently works in the IMFL segment
with Tilaknagar Industries Ltd., as the
ED.
Hormazd N. Sethna (Palmer) is
a medical anthropologist and public
health professional. He is a contractor
to the United States Department of
Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
(DHAPP) to provide technical assistance
and programme management expertise
in HIV prevention. Married and father
to an adorable and adoring 10-monthold daughter.
Arnab Ganguly (Wilson) after
Cathedral, he got a scholarship
with Singapore Airlines and did
his undergrad in Singapore, joined
Autodesk (makers of AutoCAD, and
special effects software that you see in
Hollywood movies and video games)
and has been with them for the last 10
years. Is currently a Senior Marketing
Manager at Autodesk based in the Bay
Area, California.
Pia Deshpande (Palmer) is currently
an Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges,
a US law firm in London. She lives in
the hope of winning the lottery one day
(though she really does need to buy a
ticket first!).
Saahil Sethi (Palmer) is a BCom
from H.R. College, an MBA from
Sydenham College and a Certified
Financial Planner. Worked with HDFC
Bank for the last few years in their
Retail and Investment Advisory team
and is currently CFO of family-owned
Archilogics Group, an architecture and
interior design company.
Saniyya Noorani (Palmer) did her
MA in English Literature, Mumbai
University. Married, lives in Chennai,
and is a full-time mom.
Payal Mehta (Savage) did her IATA
Certification (Geneva) along with a
degree in Website & Graphic Design
Communication with a specialisation
in User Interface Design. Is currently a
Design Consultant and runs a company
Leo Designs (leodesigns.in). She has
recently started a company providing
personalised gift ideas for children
(toontowels.com), and is looking forward
to many exciting ventures in the future!
Kanika Mehra (Savage) went on
to get Diplomas in Textile Designing
and Fashion Designing from Sophia
Polytechnic College and SNDT College
respectively. Worked with designer
Hemant Trivedi in Sheetal Design studio
as Assistant Designer for four years. She
started her own women’s wear clothing
line in 2005, under the label ‘Kanika
Mehra’ and opened a fashion studio in
Raghuvanshi Mills, Mumbai in 2009.
Mehul Gokal (Savage) moved to
Porto, Portugal after ICSE in 1993, did
his IB at the Oporto British School and
then studied Construction Management.
Worked in property development
(family business) and recently shifted
to Southampton, UK. Married with 20
month-old-twin boys.
Vivek Bajaj (Wilson) did his ICSE,
spent many years with AIESEC (the
largest student organisation in the world)
heading it in India and representing
the nation in conferences across all the
globe. Has been based in Europe for the
past 12 years - first out of Amsterdam
(working with IBM) and then in Brussels
(Microsoft and IBM once more). He
is responsible for a business unit for
Southwest Europe and is constantly
travelling. Would be happy to connect
with Cathedral alumni on his travels.
Sholeen Carrimjee, nee Vahanvati
(Wilson) completed her Undergraduation
in Business Management from Kings
College, London and then did her
Masters at the London School of
Economics. She worked as an analyst
at Credit Suisse for two years and as
a consultant for five years at KPMG.
Continues to live in London and is a fulltime mom to Sanaa, 6 and Zain, 4.
Dhruv Moondhra (Barham) is
currently managing a diverse set
of downstream steel distribution
businesses including Steelmart India and
Arcelormittal Dhamm Processing. After
a Bachelor’s in Economics from Cornell
University, he worked at Bain & Co., in
Boston, before moving back to live and
work in Mumbai.
Mala Bhavnani Advani (Palmer)
went to Jai Hind College for her junior
college and graduated from Mumbai
University with a BPharm degree in
1995. She joined her family business for
two years and then went to the London
School of Economics for a short course
in Marketing. Married to Nikhil Advani
in 2005, she moved to Singapore for
four years. Did a Diploma in Montessori
Education and taught in a pre-school
there till her son, Krish was born in
2007. She moved back to Mumbai in
2009, where her daughter Liana was
born in 2010.
Biyash Vasa Choksey (Barham) was
Barham House Captain in 1994. After
studying Industrial Engineering at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, she
joined Deloitte Consulting in Chicago.
After working there for three years she
moved back to Mumbai in 2002 and
joined Universal Consulting. Married to
Abhiraj Choksey in 2004, she has two
daughters Alekha and Tarika.
Kunal Thakkar (Palmer) left
Cathedral in Standard 9, he went to
Wayzatta High, Minneapolis, came
back and studied in Jai Hind College,
Mumbai. Left again to study at SAE
London. Is a Certified Hypnotherapist,
he currently working on music,
metaphysics, thought power and its
manifestations.
Shamsher Sachdeva (Wilson)
graduated from Cathedral in 1993
after his ICSE, after which he went to
St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. He then
studied Computer Science at Stevens
Institute of Technology. Currently living
in Hoboken, he works as a Practice
Director for a medium-sized consulting
firm called Prolifics.
Samar Shivdasani (Wilson) was
House Captain and graduated after
ISC in 1995. Went to Georgia Institute
of Technology for a Bachelor’s in
Engineering and University of Texas for
a Master’s in Business. He came back to
India in 2007 with GE Money as Risk
Manager for their consumer portfolio.
Left GE in 2010 to join a local company
in Gurgaon called Oxigen to lead their
Financial Inclusion business, which
offers mainstream financial services to
rural India by leveraging technology.
Simone Meher Assomull (Barham)
left school after Standard 10 to join
St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai to earn
a degree in Psychology and Sociology,
followed by a Diploma in Interior Design
from the Inchbald School in London. She
moved with her husband to Spain and
London and worked in the real estate
industry in the UK. She moved back to
the motherland three years ago, and is
currently a full-time mum with various
interests and has her fingers in different
pies.
Ritu Bohra Malik (Wilson) was Vice
Captain of Wilson House, after which
she went to St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
and then pursued jewellery design and
manufacturing from SNDT, Mumbai.
She then shifted to education as CEO of
Silversmith India Ltd., in 2006. Resigned
last year and started a small venture to
design and create jewelled accessories
under the name ‘Jewel Thieves’. Ritu
currently lives in Gurgaon, Delhi NCR.
Gev Satarawalla (Savage) pursued
vocational Computer Science for
his 12th, followed by a Bachelor’s in
Computer Engineering. He started
his first two companies while still in
Engineering College. He held a groupwide position of Head-Enterprise
Solutions for the Future Group in
India. He is currently working as Chief
Technology Officer and Senior Vice
President for Criti, a mid-sized IT
company with offices in Washington DC
and Mumbai. Married to a dancer and
performing artiste in November 2009, he
shuttles between DC and Mumbai.
Jamsheed Mehta (Barham) got his
engineering degree from Virginia Tech
University and has been in Mumbai
since, working in his family’s 96-yearold business. He is most likely to be
found on a golf course on Saturdays. He
married classmate Lyla Mehta, nee
Patel (Savage), who after graduating
from Sydenham College, became a
Chartered Accountant. Lyla lived in the
UK for seven years, returned to Mumbai
in 2006, now works part-time and loves
travelling whenever she gets the chance.
They have one daughter, and another
baby is on the way.
Ashvin Bhatia (Kuruvilla) left
Cathedral after a year with Mr. D’Souza
in 5C, went on to Doon School and then
Bristol University in the UK. Worked
with Citigroup in London before doing
an MBA at Insead and then came back
to London in 2007 to start working with
American Express.
Abhishek Saraf (Palmer) was
a School Prefect and Palmer House
Captain. Recipient of the Gandhi
Medal for Leadership, he completed
his BCom at Sydenham in Mumbai and
MBA, Marketing and Finance at IIM,
Kozhikode. Had a brief stint at HSBC,
he is now a Director at Square Foot in
Mumbai - a specialist floorings company.
Married, with two children.
Pia Sharma Pauro (Barham) left in
Standard 5 and moved to Dubai, then
to Switzerland where she completed her
high school. She went on to university
and graduated in Fashion Management
from the London College of Fashion.
After completing her education she got
married, moved back to India, had two
children and started her clothing label
Pia Pauro.
Narendra Chokshi (Barham)
currently an investment banker at Bank
of America Merrill Lynch in New York.
Narendra is an avid reader of financial
history and is currently listening to a
re-mastered catalogue of Led Zeppelin
albums.
Basanti Daulet-Singh (Palmer) went
to Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi
with a degree in English Literature. She
did a brief stint in Graphic Design in
England for a year, and went on to do
a Master’s in English Literature from
Mumbai University. She married Anuj
Didwania (Savage), a classmate, who
graduated with a degree in Commerce
from Sydenham College, Mumbai. He
went on to do a Master’s in business
from Manchester Business School in
the UK, worked with HSBC and Merrill
Lynch (Hong Kong), and is currently
running the family business and
managing money for friends and family
in Mumbai. They are currently raising
two children, Pia who goes to Cathedral
Infant School and Jiya who is still at
nursery.
Aditya Mathur (Savage) graduated
in Chemical Engineering from Stanford.
Lived in Europe (Italy was the most fun!)
for a while, before doing stints in various
parts of Asia and California. Is married
and has settled in Singapore a few
years ago where he is Director of Global
Strategy for a semi-conductor company
called IRF.
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Aarati Rajwade (Palmer) finished
her MBA in 2010 at Harvard Business
School and moved back to Mumbai. She
currently works at Johnson & Johnson,
in their surgical products group.
Aditya Bhatia (Barham) lives in New
York, where he continues to battle his
slow descent into corporate servitude.
He received a BA from Cornell University
and an MBA from Columbia Business
School.
Aditya Vazirani (Barham) is
currently studying at Bordeaux Ecole de
Management, pursuing an MSc in Global
Supply Chain Management. Previously
he was a director at Robinsons Cargo &
Logistics focusing on third party logistics
and cold chain in India.
Akanksha Sanghi (Barham) is
currently working with DSP Merrill
Lynch as a Financial Advisor.
Akhila Khanna (Barham) currently
works as the Digital Media & Business
Development Manager at the History
Channel in London.
Akshay Berera (Savage) after a BCom
from Sydenham College, Akshay spent
a year with the Times of India group
before moving on to KPMG consulting
for a few years. In 2008 he moved to
Melbourne and did a brief stint with a
local consulting firm. He has just finished
an MBA in Strategic Management from
Monash University.
Akshay Kohli (Wilson) is currently a
second-year MBA student at the Harvard
Business School. After graduating
from Cathedral, Akshay attended the
University of Pennsylvania, followed
by a stint in investment banking with
Citigroup, New York. He then spent more
than three years as VP Strategy for Yash
Raj Films in the motion picture space
in Mumbai. He married Saipriya Sen
(Barham) in January 2008. He spends his
free time unabashedly posting pro-Roger
Federer comments on Facebook and
Twitter.
Alisha Patel (Savage) graduated
from Mount Holyoke College with a BA
in Psychology and Global Studies. She
is currently a freelance journalist and
copywriter in Mumbai. Alisha also works
with Carega, a company representing
Italian brands in the interior and
construction space, in India.
Ami Bhansali (Savage) is a cofounder of RpH, consultant to local and
international brands on their image
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and maintaining their brand equity
through strategic PR functions. Her next
entrepreneurial venture is ‘Chai Diaries’,
speciality teas from around the world.
Aneesh Daga (Barham) is currently
working in London. After Cathedral,
Aneesh went to Jai Hind and then to
Columbia in New York.
Animesh Kejriwal (Palmer) went
to Carnegie Mellon for his Bachelor’s
in Computer Science. He worked for
Google in Mountain View, California
thereafter. In 2006 he moved back to
India and was working for Google India
from Hyderabad. He is married and now
runs Parksons Graphics, a printing press
in Mumbai.
Anirudh Damani (Palmer) graduated
with a double major in Economics and
Business Administration from Austin
College in 2005. He is currently the
President of Pioneer Energy Resources
in Dallas and has recently joined his
family business in India, involved in
construction, hotels and capital markets.
Arindam Ganguly (Wilson)
pursued a degree in Computer Science
and Engineering at the University
of California, San Diego. Currently
serving as Senior Web and Application
Developer at the California Institute for
Telecommunications and Information
Technology in San Diego, California.
Ashumi Sanghvi (Barham) Creative
Fashion Director of POA Style, a fashion
styling, personal shopping, image
consulting, luxury brand consulting
company in London. Previously worked
at Conde Nast International, Italian
Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and consulted for
British Fashion Council, Maxmara, The
Creative Archives. Associate and Bachelor
of Science Degree from Fashion Institute
of Tech, NY and International Fashion
Management Degree from Polimoda,
Italy.
Ashwin Jolly (Wilson) has completed
a BA at Northwestern in Chicago and an
MSc at Cass Business School in London.
He has worked at Deutsche Bank,
HSBC Global Asset Management and is
currently working in the Institutional
Client-Investment Solutions Division at
AXA Investment Managers in London.
Cyrus Framjee (Savage) is currently
a USD Interest Rate Swaps trader at
HSBC London. Did an MSc in Finance
and Economics from the London School
of Economics and before that a BA
in Economics and Statistics from St.
Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
Esha Soni (Savage) is currently
living in Brooklyn, New York with her
husband, Ketan Seetha. She is the
Design Director at Michael Kors for all
runway and collection handbags and
accessories. She also designs jewellery for
her own namesake brand, catering to a
niche clientele in New York. So far Esha
has designed two jewellery collections
and hopes to spend more time on her
jewellery line.
Gautam Shewakramani (Savage)
lives in Mumbai and founded
AudioCompass, a cultural interpretation
company that provides audio guides at
tourist attractions, such as the Taj Mahal.
When he’s not building his company,
Gautam still argues with Aditya Bhatia
(Barham) about irrelevant issues that
came up in Standard 9. Gautam received
a BS in Computer Science and Film from
the University of Notre Dame, and an
MBA from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Jamshed Guzder (Palmer) left
Cathedral in 1999 and joined UWC
Singapore, where he completed his IB
and then went on to Boston University.
He then shifted to Dubai where he
worked for ABN Amro, subsequently
joining his family business in the field of
construction and logistics. On moving
back to Mumbai he ventured into a
new business dealing with improving
efficiency for thermal power plants. In
2011 he joined IMD in Switzerland for a
one year MBA. He is currently Director of
BDS Projects India & N.S. Guzder & Co.
Jiten Sanghai (Barham) graduated
from UT-Austin and has worked in
Finance in New York since then. He
is currently a VP at JLL Partners, and
spends most of his free time planning his
upcoming wedding to classmate Zahra
Assur (Wilson).
Kairus Kavarana (Palmer) has
spent the last six years in management
consulting and is currently getting his
MBA at Columbia Business School, after
which he plans to return to Mumbai
and work in private equity/ investment
management.
Karan Maheshwari (Savage)
graduated from Duke University in 2005
and then worked with McKinsey and Co.,
largely in the Public Sector practice in
Health Care Education in infrastructure
working with governments of countries
such as Bhutan, Japan, Saudi Arabia and
India. Has currently invested in several
start ups in education and runs Ignite
Education, a consulting firm focused on
the education sector.
Miloni Mehta (Wilson) completed
her Master’s in Interior and Living
Design from Domus Academy, Milan,
Italy and is currently freelancing as an
Interior Designer in Mumbai.
Mohit Jain (Savage) is just chillin’
and in his free time looks to open
miniplexes (smaller format multiplexes)
across tier two and tier three towns.
Nandini Naik (Savage) after getting
her Master’s at NYU she went on to
become a public school teacher in NY
City. She teaches English and Theatre
to extremely enthusiastic immigrants
and loves her job. Nandini is also in
a teacher’s training programme with
the Interdependance Project, NYC
after which she will be ready to teach
meditation and Buddhism.
Nandita Hazari (Wilson) left school
after ICSE and pursued her MBBS in
KEM Hospital, Mumbai. She is currently
based in New Delhi pursuing her MD
in Psychiatry at AIIMS, but hopes to
return and practice in Mumbai once she
qualifies.
Navneet Kumar (Barham) completed
his electrical engineering from Delhi
College of Engineering followed by an
MBA from IIM, Indore. He is currently
working with Deutsche Bank as Asst.
Vice President in Corporate Treasury
Sales based out of Gurgaon.
Neil Gupte (Barham) is based in
Mumbai and currently works at JP
Morgan, on the equities desk.
Nihal Doshi (Palmer) attempted
a liberal arts education for a year at
a formerly all-girls college — Vassar
College, but turned around and followed
the herd to an undergraduate business
degree — the University of Pennsylvania.
Without the necessary gumption to
step off the beaten path and tempted by
false glory, he moved on to banking and
private equity in New York. He recently
gave it all up and joined his father’s
candy business (Ravalgaon) in Mumbai.
As twisted heroes go, Willy Wonka was
always more compelling to him than
either Gordon Gekko or Patrick Bateman.
Nikhil Kalanjee (Wilson) went on to
do a BA at St. Xavier’s College and should
have received a second one for virtually
sitting Cyrus Framjee’s exams too.
Successful parts of life after Cathedral
include working as a creative writer
for a group of new media start-ups,
an MA at Warwick and a short stint of
living and working in Argentina which
was precipitated by work related-stress
from managing a small web production
company. The not so successful bits
— working at a record label, two
(maybe three) start-up attempts and
mastering Marathi.
Nikita Anand
(Savage) pursued a
diploma cum degree in
Fashion Designing and
IT from NIFT, Delhi.
in 2003, she won the
Femina Miss India
Universe title and
represented India at the Miss Universe
pageant. Being a student of Trinity
School of Speech & Drama, London, she
has been anchoring sports shows on TV
and is now an actor in Bollywood.
Niyati Arya, nee Mody (Palmer) is
currently CEO of Puro Body & Soul — a
harmful chemical-free and cruelty-free
range of bath and body care products.
Nupur Parikh (Wilson) studied
economics at Smith College, USA. After
a couple of years at Ernst & Young she
went on to graduate school at Harvard
University, where she studied public
policy and international development.
She currently lives — and works —
in Rwanda, with her husband and
three-year-old son. Nupur works with
TechnoServe, a non-profit that supports
smallholder coffee farmers in Rwanda to
earn better livelihoods.
Pinakin Thakkar (Savage) did an
Advance Diploma in Advertising and
Marketing, after a short stint in Ogilvy,
Mumbai; did leading edge trend tracking
for Ogilvy London; set up Mobile Media
and Digizen in 2005 and Nirvana Digital
in 2010.
Poorna Mehta, nee Sonawala
(Savage) after a BA from St. Xavier’s
College, worked at Sadhna School for
the mentally challenged, taught at the
Children’s Nook Nursery School and also
did an ECCED course for elementary
teaching. Currently on a sabbatical as she
is busy with her baby girl.
Priyanka Khatri (Wilson) is
currently handling PR and Marketing
for Yash Raj Films in Mumbai. Prior to
this she did Corporate Communications
for Ogilvy & Mather in New York City.
Priyanka graduated from Northwestern
and is also actively involved with the
Northwestern Alumni Network.
Radhika Tanna Shah (Barham)
received a Bachelor’s of Science in
Management at Babson College with a
focus in Entrepreneurship after which
she worked in New York for a couple of
years and returned to Mumbai in 2007 to
join Silicon Valley Bank.
Ratan Ginwalla (Savage) attended
HR College doing his BCom and a
vocational course in Advertising and
Marketing till 2005. He worked with a
few freelance ad filmmakers followed
by a short stint at Euro RSCG in
client servicing. Spent four years with
Rediffusion DYR and worked on its
biggest accounts during his tenure there.
Post that he started Digit 9.0 a digital
marketing firm. Subtle Scream Studios,
an advertising agency, was incepted early
this year doing work for commercial
brands and communication related to
entertainment such as PR, posters and
trailers. And he’s just getting started.
Rohan Gidvani (Savage) is currently
completing his PhD. in molecular biology
at the University of Waterloo, working
on eukaryotic cell division. He has
written a one-man Broadway show using
a novel technology causing audiences
to have their memories of it erased.
You will thoroughly enjoy having seen
it and forgotten it. Having perfected
this technology he is still extremely
forgettable.
Rohini Sen (Barham) set off to Bryn
Mawr, PA to pursue her undergraduate
career. She has been studying ever since
and is now in the last year of a PhD.
programme in Psychometrics. She hopes
to eventually start her own psychometric
consulting services in India to help
improve the quality of standardised
testing.
Ruchi Kedia (Wilson) is currently
self-employed with Hop, Skip and a
Party! — an event management company
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in Mumbai started by her and her sisters.
Sameer Singhvi (Wilson) is
currently working with Salesforce.com as
a sales engineer.
Shalini Khemlani (Palmer)
graduated from HR College with a BMS
degree in Marketing and then became
a Graduate Gemologist from GIA, New
York. She now runs her own jewellery
store at Hughes Road under the name of
K. Arjan Jewellers.
Sharnita Nandwana (Wilson) did a
BA in Economics at St. Xavier’s College,
followed by a second BA in Fashion
Design Technology at the London
College of Fashion. She was presented
with the London College of Fashion’s
prestigious ‘Fashion and Textiles
Award’, was named one of ‘fashion’s
names of the future’ by Vogue UK and
worked with British fashion houses
Burberry, Preen and Giles Deacon. She
then decided to venture into the area
of sustainable fashion, and after a brief
project in Thailand and a life-changing
road trip through South-East Asia,
she moved to Bangkok in 2011, and
is now designing textiles and clothing
for the Mae Fah Luang Foundation, an
NGO specialising in ethically produced
clothing from hand-woven textiles. She
currently lives in Bangkok, where apart
from working, she is unsuccessfully
trying to get into seafood and failing
miserably at speaking Thai.
Shefali Mathur Christopher
(Savage) is a senior physical therapist
at the Duke University Sports Medicine
Clinic in North Carolina. She finished
her first Ironman triathlon in August
2010 and works with several pro
triathletes. She is currently involved in
sports performance research. Shefali
and her husband are expecting their first
child this November.
Shivani Saraf (Palmer) joined HR
College and went to St. Xavier’s College
for her Bachelor’s in Management
Studies, after which she lived in Pune
for two years during her post graduation
in communication management at
Symbiosis. A branding/communication
specialist, she currently works with
the Piramal Group. The craziest career
decision she ever made was to quit her
job in Mumbai and take one up in Goa
where she lived for 10 months.
Shweta Diwan (Palmer) After
completing her HSC from St. Xavier’s
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College, she pursued law from
Government Law College, Mumbai and
then joined the law firm Mulla & Mulla
& Craigie Blunt & Caroe and went on
to qualify as a solicitor in Mumbai as
also England & Wales. She continues
to practise corporate law at Mulla &
Mulla. She recently married her college
sweetheart.
Sumat Chopra (Wilson) graduated
from Carnegie Mellon University, after
which he worked as a Senior Associate
at Goldman Sachs, New York for five
years and in private equity in India. He
is now doing his MBA from INSEAD in
Singapore, USA and France.
Sunaina Hemrajani, nee
Singhvi (Wilson) completed her BA
in Psychology from Sophia College,
Mumbai and then went on to pursue an
MSc in Developmental Psychology from
Lancaster University, UK. Returned
to Mumbai and did a course in Special
Education training from the Spastics
Society of India and then worked for
about eight months with Sol’s Arc (a
therapeutic centre for children with
multiple disabilities), Mumbai. Got
married and has been living in Virginia,
USA for the last three years. Sunaina
is currently employed as a special
education teacher at a private school in
Washington DC and would love to catch
up with anyone from school in the area.
Sunny Gandhi (Savage) is a Director
of Sunraj Diamonds and is currently
manufacturing and trading cut and
polished diamonds. Sourcing of rough
diamonds takes him to Russia and
South Africa frequently. Manufacturing
jewellery for his friends is always
welcome!
Tarun Thadani (Savage) is the cofounder of Cool Chef Cafe (pub and grill)
and is always down to party.
Trilok Mahadevia (Palmer)
completed his BE (Electronics) from
Mumbai University after which he
worked for two years in consulting at
Ernst & Young and then as a Business
Development Manager for his family
business involved in energy and utilities
in Bangalore. He is now pursuing his
MBA at Rice University, Houston.
Tushad Dubash (Barham) completed
his schooling at Eton and then obtained
a Bachelor’s in Economics and Politics
from the University of Bath and a
Master’s in law from the University of
Bristol. He is now working with the
family business in Mumbai.
Udit Parekh (Wilson) studied
Engineering Physics at IIT Mumbai and
Rice University. He then donned bunny
suits and ran amok with microscopes at
Intel before moving back to India. He
is currently re-visiting long-forgotten
biology and trying to develop affordable
medical diagnostic devices for resource
poor areas and patients with a start-up
called Sabio in Bangalore.
Vanjul Agarwal (Barham) was a
nerd, continues to be one as she finishes
her residency in Internal Medicine and
embarks on yet another three years
of fellow(nerd)ship in Pulmonary
and Critical Care at Thomas Jefferson
University. In her free time, she continues
to pursue her hobbies such as painting,
reading and going to happy hours.
Varun Bubber (Palmer) received his
BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from
the University of California, Berkeley,
and then caught the next flight home.
He’s since worked as a freelance writer,
political editor and currently runs a
men’s lifestyle website Guylife.com for
the Times Group.
Varun Pardiwalla (Barham) is now
an Investment Banker and Director
Global Banking and Markets at RBS in
Mumbai. Previously worked at UBS, DB,
Macquarie and Reliance Capital.
Vishal Mathur (Palmer) a.k.a.
Crash was the track and field runner for
Palmer and was also known in school for
his excessive amounts of hair product
and for his highly desired lunch boxes.
After his ICSE, he pursued track and
field at Berkshire School in Sheffield,
Massachusetts. To his disappointment,
he never really became the next Ben
Johnson (minus the scandals, of course),
but instead became an External Auditor
for Deloitte & Touche LLP in Boston
after graduating from Boston University.
He is currently pursuing his MBA at
the Rotman School of Management in
Toronto, Canada.
Zahra Assur (Wilson) is currently
finishing her PhD. in Biochemistry at
Columbia University in New York; and
will soon be tying the knot with fellow
classmate, Jiten Sanghai (Barham).
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and Priyanka Khatri
ICSE 2002 and ISC 2004
Akanksha Mittal (Wilson) after
graduating from the London School of
Economics, has worked in finance and
real estate consulting at Yes Bank and
E&Y and now works in her family’s real
estate business in the acquisitions team.
Heeral Gandhi (Wilson) after a
Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media, worked
at JWT in advertising and then as an
associate producer at Bloomberg-UTV.
Went on to pursue an MA in Creative
Writing from Goldsmiths University,
London and has been working as a
freelance filmmaker since.
Mili Shivjiani (Wilson) after
graduating from college, worked in
advertising, fashion and as a brand
manager in an interior designing firm. Is
now happily married and co-owns a PR
and Marketing company called Sparkle.
Radhika Pendse (Barham) did
a Bachelor’s in Mass Media from St.
Xavier’s College and a Master’s in
Marketing Management from the
University of Surrey, England, worked
in the creative department at Digit 9.0
Web Marketing in India and now works
in marketing communications at John
Guest, London.
Zeena Golwalla (Savage) studied
Law after graduating from HR College of
Commerce & Economics, Mumbai with
a Bachelor of Commerce and is now a
Solicitor in Sydney, Australia.
Shail Dudhia (Palmer) did his HSC
in Mumbai, graduated from Ohio State
University in the field of Marketing and
Logistics. Worked at Cadbury and Voltas
and is currently looking for a full-time
job.
Aanchal Talreja (Barham) studied
Commerce at H.R. College and then
completed her Bachelor’s in Mass Media
from Jai Hind College. After college,
she has been working with Wizcraft
International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.,
in event management.
Radhika Parekh (Barham) graduated
from Jai Hind College, completed a
Bachelors in Dental Surgery from D.Y.
Patil Dental College and Hospital, Navi
Mumbai, and went on to work as an
associate with Dr. Porus Turner at
his speciality clinics. She is currently
pursuing a Masters in Dental Surgery in
Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
and Implantology.
Rohiny Belani (Barham) studied at
Government Law College, Mumbai and
went on to do a Masters in Intellectual
Property Rights and Competition Law
from King’s College, London. Currently
based in London, she is a trainee lawyer
at Cromwells.
Nriti Shah (Barham) graduated
from the University of Southern
California with a Bachelor’s degree in
Communications. Is currently based
in Mumbai and works as a fashion
designer for her premium clothes brand
‘Sapphire’.
Trishya Screwvala (Barham)
graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor’s in
Film and was thereafter admitted for her
Master’s into the Peter Stark Producing
Program at the University of Southern
California. After moving back to Mumbai,
she has been working as a filmmaker and
producer on various documentaries, with
a special focus on social justice films and
alternative cinema.
Varun Bhagat (Wilson) graduated
from the Sauder School of Business
at the University of British Columbia
with a BCom in Marketing. After that,
he completed a Graduate Gemologist
Diploma from the Gemological Institute
of America. He is currently based in
Mumbai as a jeweller, designing and
manufacturing jewellry at Bhagat.
Rohitashwa Bhotica (Palmer)
graduated from IIT, Mumbai with
a BTech in Computer Science and
Engineering. Is now working at a Private
Equity fund Everstone Capital, based out
of Mumbai.
Rohan Dalal (Wilson) graduated
from Haverford College and worked
at Cedar Management Consulting in
Mumbai. Recently turned entrepreneur
and is in the process of setting up a
restaurant.
Saatvik Jain (Savage) graduated
from Babson College and then worked at
a consulting firm based out of Mumbai
and Dubai. He is currently working in
the family business of manufacturing
heavy and speciality chemicals.
Raunak Kumar (Barham) after
graduating from Jai Hind College in
2004, completed his Bachelor’s in
Computer Science from the National
Institute of Technology, Allahabad
and followed that with a Master’s
in Computer Science from the State
University of New York. Currently
working as an analyst at Nomura
Securities in New York.
Akshay Mittal (Wilson) after
graduating from UCL, London, is now
happily married and working with Mittal
Builders in Mumbai.
Hrishikesh Pendse (Barham)
graduated with a Bachelor’s degree
in Management Studies from Jai
Hind College and a Master’s degree
thereafter in Sport Management from
Loughborough University, now spends
eight months of the year in Japan
playing rugby professionally.
Sinhaar Rodrigues (Palmer)
graduated from Penn State University,
worked with CRISIL and now works as a
brand manager with Barella in Mumbai.
Nishant Shah (Savage) completed
his BCom and MCom from Mumbai
University, is currently pursuing a
Chartered Accountancy degree.
Rushabh Vora (Barham) graduated
from Trinity College, USA, worked
in Finance in Singapore and has now
founded a real estate and infrastructure
services company called SILA, based in
Mumbai.
Tanya Khubchandani (Barham)
graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania, went on to get a Master’s
in Public Health from Columbia
University in New York. Currently lives
in New York with her husband and is
working as the Director of Business
Development for Khubchandani
Healthcare.
Eisha Maskara (Barham) studied
Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins
in London, has currently set up her own
design studio in Mumbai called ‘Design
Concentrate.’
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Adhiraj Harish (Wilson) graduted
from HR College with a BMS degree,
went on study at Government Law
College and is currently practising as a
lawyer at D.M. Harish & Co.
Aniruddh Narvekar (Savage)
graduated from HR College he joined
Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and is
currently based in Philadelphia pursuing
a Master’s in Periodontics at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Anshul Doshi (Palmer) graduated
from HR College with a BMS, went on
to pursue an MSc in Marketing at The
University of Manchester (Manchester
Business School). Currently in Mumbai
working in his family business of
manufacturing and exporting garments.
Anshul Sonawala (Savage)
graduated from HR College with a BMS,
has been working in his family business
of bullion trading.
Arjun Sanghvi (Barham)
completed his Bachelor’s in Commerce,
worked with The Poonawallas as a
business development manager and
simultaneously completed a Diploma
in Business Finance and Investment
Studies followed by a Master’s in Science
in Risk Management from the Cass
Business School, London. Worked in the
London property market till 2010 and
recently returned to Mumbai to join the
family business.
Aditi Doshi (Barham) graduated with
a BA in Economics and Statistics from
St. Xavier’s College, went on to do an
MSc in Marketing and Strategy in The
University of Warwick, UK. Currently
works as an Assistant Brand Manager
(Marketing) at Kraft Foods, UK.
Mohit Bajaj (Savage) studied
Science at Jai Hind College followed by
Engineering from TSEC, Mumbai, he
worked with Infosys for a couple of years
and is currently in the last year of an
MBA degree from MDI, Gurgaon.
Aditya Jhaveri (Savage) studied Law
and now works with AZB & Partners,
Mumbai, a corporate law firm.
Abheek Bhattacharya (Barham)
completed his Bachelor’s degree in
Philosophy from Yale University in 2008
and has been working for newspapers
since then. Currently based in Hong
Kong with The Wall Street Journal where
he writes opinion articles and editorials.
Ameeka Pannu (Palmer) graduated
with a BSc in Neuroscience from
Brandeis University, USA and is
currently in her fourth year of the
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Class Notes
MD program at George Washington
University, Washington, DC.
Anant Goenka (Barham) graduated
in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Brand Management
from the Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California.
After an inspiring summer course in
basic journalism at Harvard University,
he pursued a Master’s degree in Print
Journalism as a Dean’s Scholar at
Annenberg School of Communication
and Journalism, USC followed by a stint
at Bloomberg in London. He is now
working in business development at
Spenta Multimedia, Mumbai.
Anant Mehta (Palmer) completed
his graduation at Indiana University,
Bloomington, he tried working in
Mumbai at an ad agency (saw a movie a
day at work) and then at a finance firm
(did the same there). Thereafter was
shipped to Surat to learn the diamond
trade and is currently in Mumbai
working with his father in the family
business.
Anjali Mody (Barham) after
graduating from the Rhode Island School
of Design, she returned to Mumbai to
start a speciality furniture studio called
Josmo and has also recently co-founded
a communications and consultancy
firm called Skarma, for which she is
spearheading the design house of the
company.
Arjun Rastogi (Wilson) after
graduating from Drexel University in
Finance and Accounting, he worked
at Blackrock and Ernst & Young in the
US. In Mumbai, he worked with The
Freedom Of Expression Movement
(TFOEM), a non-profit organisation and
has recently started a communications
and consulting company Skarma along
with fellow-classmate Anjali Mody.
Danesh Narang (Savage) completed
his MSc in Economics and Finance from
Warwick Business School and moved
back to Mumbai in 2009. Started a
non-profit organisation (Section 25
Company) called The Freedom Of
Expression Movement to improve
communication levels, accountability
and transparency within and amongst
the social sector across India. More
recently, started a communication
and consultancy hub, Skarma with
school friends Anjali Mody and Arjun
Rastogi, catering to a mix of social
sector organisations and corporate
clients. Looking at diving deep into the
world of Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) in India.
Arundhati De (Barham) after
studying BCom and Marketing at
HR College, she proceeded to higher
studies in Paris. She did her MBA
with a specialisation in Luxury Brands
Management from ESSEC Business
School, Paris and is currently engaged in
the diamond retail business.
Ashmita Randhawa (Wilson) after
graduating with a degree in Biomedical
Engineering from Boston University,
she started working as a Scientist at
Procter & Gamble’s R&D site in Brussels,
Belgium. After spending two years
there, she moved to Newcastle with
the company and will now be based in
Cincinnati, Ohio for the next two years.
Ashima Singh (Savage) after
graduating from Mount Holyoke College,
she worked in investment banking at
UBS, New York and then as a Financial
Analyst with Direct Energy’s M&A group
in Toronto. She is happily married and
currently based in Singapore.
Ashni Parekh (Wilson) after
graduating from Duke University
in 2008 with a Bachelor’s degree in
Economics and Public Policy Studies, she
worked as a Management Consultant
for Deloitte Consulting in the US. Is
currently pursuing her MBA at the
Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Ashok Damani (Barham) graduated
from the University of Southern
California in 2009 with a Bachelor’s
degree in Finance and Marketing. Back
in Mumbai, working in the financial
markets as a proprietary investor.
Avanti Maluste (Savage) graduated
from Columbia University with a
Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience.
Currently based in Mumbai working as a
consultant with A.T. Kearney.
Devang Bhimjyani (Palmer) after
graduating from the University of
Southern California with a Bachelor’s
degree in Finance and Operations
Management, decided to follow his
passion for the business of sports and
is currently working with the Mumbai
Indians cricket team.
Dhimaan Shah (Savage) graduated
from Northwestern University with a
Bachelor’s degree in Economics. Worked
in investment banking at HSBC, New
York. Is currently based in Mumbai,
spearheading his HR and Learning &
Development businesses.
Divya Mahadevia (Palmer)
graduated from the University of Notre
Dame with a Bachelor’s in Psychology
followed by a Master’s in Social Work
at Columbia University, NY. Currently
works with adults and adolescents in
acute psychiatric units at the Bourbon
Community Hospital in Kentucky.
Divya Mahindra (Barham) graduated
with a Bachelor’s in Communication
Design after a gruelling five years at
Parsons School of Design. Interned and
freelanced at various companies and
design firms. As of now, is unemployed
during a US government-granted break
in New York City. Is learning how to
cook and speak Spanish while waiting for
an H1-B work visa. Hasta pronto todos.
Janhvi Maheshwari (Savage)
graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania and worked in consulting
with Monitor Group followed by a
Master’s in Education at Harvard
University. Currently works in the
education services space and is heading
Noesis|369 solutions, which designs
custom education technology solutions
for schools. She is happily married and
lives in Dubai.
Janmejai Bagrodia (Savage)
graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania. He is currently based in
Mumbai and has founded India’s first
skill-based online cash games company,
Viva Games Ltd.
Jehangir Jejeebhoy (Wilson) after
graduating from Columbia University,
NY, the former Head Boy returned to
Mumbai and completed his LLB. He has
been working at a law firm (Bharucha &
Partners) since 2008 and spends most of
his free time with old school friends.
Krish Mirchandani (Wilson)
studied Finance and Economics at
Boston University, USA, then pursued
an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance
at Cass Business School, London and is
currently working in the international
ship-finance division at Deutsche Bank,
Hamburg, Germany.
Kunal Dwarkadas (Savage) did his
Bachelor’s in Management Studies from
HR College then earned his LLB degree
from Government Law College while
simultaneously working as an Articled
Clerk at a law firm (Wadia Ghandy &
Co.). Recently switched over to counsel
practice and joined the chambers of Mr.
Zal Andhyarujina. Primarily practices in
the Bombay High Court and is presently
in NYC to pursue his LLM from
Columbia Law School.
Malvika Khatri (Wilson) graduated
from the Wharton School, University
of Pennsylvania and thereafter worked
in investment banking at Deutsche
Bank in New York and Yash Raj Films in
Mumbai. Currently based in Mumbai is
working with The Walt Disney Company
India in Corporate Strategy & Business
Development.
Manali Parekh (Barham) graduated
from Emory University and has been
working with JP Morgan in New York
since.
Mansi Choksi (Wilson) graduated
with a Bachelor’s of Mass Media from
Jai Hind College and is now working as
a Principal Correspondent at The Times
of India.
Mitali Merchant (Barham) graduated
from HR College of Commerce and
Economics with a Bachelor’s degree in
Commerce - Banking and Insurance.
Thereafter obtained an LLB from
Government Law College and worked as
an articled clerk at Wadia Ghandy & Co
from 2008-2011. Currently studying for
the Solicitors’ exam.
Mrinal Todi (Wilson) graduated with
a degree in Finance and Management
at the Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Currently
based in Mumbai, working at India
Alternatives, a private equity fund.
Namita Johri (Barham) studied
Economics at Bryn Mawr College,
Pennsylvania. For the past three years,
she has been working at a boutique
investment bank called DC Advisory
Partners in London. In January 2012,
she will start her MBA at INSEAD
business school in Singapore.
Neerja Gupta (Palmer) completed
her BA in Mathematics and Philosophy
from Connecticut College in 2008. Since
then she has been working at Barclays
Capital in London.
Neha Grover (Wilson) completed her
BA in Economics and Statistics from St.
Xavier’s College followed by a Master’s
in Economics from the University of
Warwick. Currently working in Mumbai
as a consultant with Booz and Company.
Puja Shah (Palmer) graduated from
the University of Warwick with an LLB
followed by an LPC from the College of
Law. Since then, has been working with a
corporate law firm, based in Mumbai.
Raakhe Kapoor (Barham) studied
Finance and Management at Wharton,
University of Pennsylvania. Stayed on at
Wharton to do her MBA with a Major in
Entrepreneurial Management. Currently
based in Mumbai working in the
Strategic Initiatives division at Yes Bank.
Raghav Gupta (Palmer) graduated
from the University of Toronto, Canada
with a degree in Finance and Economics
in 2008, after which he joined the family
business of chemical manufacturing for
rubber and ceramic industries.
Rahul Dalal (Savage) graduated from
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
with a Master’s in Civil Engineering
- Transportation. Currently working
for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Development Authority (MMRDA) as
a Deputy Transport Planner on their
various Metro projects.
Rahul Shewakramani (Savage)
graduated from the University of Notre
Dame in 2008, after which he worked
in finance in New York and at a political
think-tank in Mumbai. Currently based
in Mumbai working for a start-up in
the cultural interpretation space (Audio
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Class Notes
Compass) and will be commencing
an MBA at MIT Sloan School of
Management in 2012.
Rithika Merchant (Barham)
graduated from the Parsons School
of Design in New York worked across
Europe as a freelance artist.
Rohan Harris (Savage) graduated
from the University of Warwick in 2008
with a degree in Economics. Moved back
to Mumbai and spent the last three years
with HDFC Bank Treasury. Has recently
quit and is re-evaluating his life.
Sahil Sheth (Savage) graduated from
the University of Southern California.
Has since been working out of Germany
and Mumbai. Currently based in
Mumbai, he has started a company,
Bleses Trading, which deals in high-end
automobiles.
Sharlene Chichgar (Savage)
graduated from the University of
Nottingham. Continued to pursue her
Master’s degree whilst working with
E.ON in the UK and Germany. Is now
based in Mumbai working in the field of
international relations and development.
Sonakshi Khaitan (Barham)
graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s degree
in Economics. Currently based in
Mumbai, happily married and working
as a Corporate Social Responsibility
consultant.
Suhail Rajpal (Barham) completed
his Chartered Accountancy and Bachelor
of Law (General). Currently working in
the investment banking department at
the Royal Bank of Scotland in Mumbai.
Prior to that, was working with Ernst &
Young as a consultant in the tax advisory
department.
Taha Nabee (Palmer) graduated from
Franklin & Marshall College in 2009 and
returned to Mumbai soon after. For the
last two and a half years, he has been
working at Aromatan Cosmetics on a
start-up dealing with beauty care retail.
Tanushree Hegde (Wilson)
graduated from HR College and joined
Cyberdyne Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
Took a sabbatical to follow her passion,
completing a one year programme in
film production at The New York Film
Academy. Currently working at Fouress
Engg India Pvt. Ltd.; actively involved
in its corporate responsibility initiative,
The One India One People Foundation,
which was started by her grandfather,
the promoter and owner of the Fouress
Group. Also serves as a member of
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the Board of Directors of Cyberdyne
Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
Tushya Jatia (Wilson) did his
Bachelor’s in Finance and Accounting
from HR College followed by a
Master’s in Finance from Nottingham
University, UK. Has since been working
at Associated Stone Industries Ltd., as
Executive Director.
Umehani Dalal (Savage) graduated
from Georgia Institute of Technology
with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Then
worked with an Asset Management
firm in Atlanta before returning to
Mumbai in 2010. Currently working for
Milestone Capital Advisors, a private
equity fund based out of Mumbai.
Varun Jhangiani (Palmer) after
graduating from Pune University with
a degree in Mechanical Engineering, he
spent a year with Tata Motors at their
Pune facility. Moved back to Mumbai in
2009 to join the family business which
has interests in shipping (clearing and
forwarding) and manufacturing of
writing tips for ball point pens.
Varun Rajan (Wilson) joined A.P.
Moller-Maersk in 2004 as a cadet.
Completed his studies in Marine
Engineering and Nautical Studies from
the Singapore Maritime Academy in
2008 and earned his Certificate of
Competency as both a Deck Officer and a
Marine Engineer. He now sails onboard
the large crude carriers and spends a
majority of his time out at sea.
Rahul Shroff (Palmer) graduated
from MIT in 2008 with a Bachelor’s
degree in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science. Stayed on to get a
Master’s in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science and also a Bachelor’s
in Management Science (2010).
Currently based in Mumbai working in
his family business.
Samarth Hegde (Wilson) graduated
from Denison University and is now
based in Mumbai, working as a Director
at Octamec, an infrastructure company.
Dhruv Uday Singh (Barham) studied
creative writing and screenwriting at
the University of Southern California,
and worked in production at Hyde Park
Entertainment. He is currently writing
features for two production companies.
Rima Jhaveri (Wilson) graduated
from H.R. College with a Bachelor of
Management Studies followed by a
Master’s in Finance from Manchester
Business School. Currently based in
Mumbai, running a fashion jewellery
and accessories business, Rhea Jewellery.
Rithika Merchant (Barham)
graduated from Parsons’ The New School
for Design, New York in 2008. Has
since been working as an artist and has
displayed her works in exhibitions across
New York, Mumbai, Portugal, Belgium,
Italy and Spain.
Ali Khan (Savage) graduated with
a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science
from Amherst College in 2008 and has
since been working in finance in Boston.
Avantika Poddar (Palmer) graduated
from KC College with a BMM degree and
went on to study at the Shristi School
of Art and Design. Currently happily
married and based in Bangalore, working
as a graphic designer.
Rushoti Chatterjee (Barham)
graduated from Purdue University with
a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in
Engineering in 2011. Currently based
in Chicago working at Strata Decision
Technology.
Sarvil Bhansali (Barham) graduated
with a BBA from Carnegie Mellon
University followed by a Masters from
Imperial College, London. Currently
based in Mumbai working in the family
business, Bhansali Diamonds.
Vidula Menon (Palmer) graduated with
a Bachelor’s in Economics from Denison
University. Lives in Cleveland Ohio and is
currently working with Deloitte.
Tarana Shivdasani (Savage) the
former Head Girl graduated with a
Bachelor’s degree in History from Yale
University and is currently based in
London working with Goldman Sachs.
Natasha Lall (Barham) graduated
from Yale University in 2009 and
currently lives in Calgary, Alberta.
- Compiled by Malvika Khatri
and Trishya Screwvala
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