Padma Bhushan Dr Jamshed Jiji Irani said it was a great honor for him to be invited to deliver the inaugural Jal P. Gimi Memorial Lecture held on February 10, 2007 at Nagpur University’s Jamsetji Tata Convocation Hall and presided over by vice chancellor Dr S. N. Pathan.
There was a large turnout of Parsis in the audience as the late Jal P. Gimi had been a well-known senior figure in academic circles having served Nagpur University for 42 years as lecturer, member of the Senate, Academic Council and Executive Council. He started the Department of Business Management and served as......