“The seminar will attempt to bring out the unique role played by the community in the field of education. Not only was the Parsi community the first to promote female education in the then Bombay, but it also undertook initiatives in setting up a number of schools and institutions for higher studies,” said Dr Nawaz Mody, seminar coordinator and joint honourary secretary.

According to Dr Mody, it was the Parsi Girl School Association that took up the task of educating children and set up schools. “Parsis were the first community which took up the task of educating girls in India. They also set up quality medical institutions. They have taken initiatives to impart religious education and set up libraries in the city,” said Mody.