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Zarina Screwvala is an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is the co-trustee of the Swades Basis, which is an initiative to uplift one million individuals from poverty.

Wiki/Biography

Zarina Screwvala was born as Zarina Mehta in 1961 (age 60 years; as of 2021) in Washington, D.C., in the US. She was 8 years previous when she moved to India together with her household. She did her education at J.B. Petit College for Women, Mumbai, Maharashtra. She graduated with B.A. in Economics from St. Xavier’s Faculty, Mumbai. For her Masters, Zarina went to Xavier’s Institute of Communications and received a level in Advertising and Promoting.

Bodily Look

Top (approx.): 5′ 4″

Weight (approx.): 60 kg

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Black

Physique Measurements (approx.): 32-28-34

Household

Zarina Screwvala belongs to a Parsee household.

Dad and mom & Siblings

Her father, Brigadier Furdoon Siavax Byramji “Duck” Mehta, was the primary Indian aviator of the Military Aviation Corps and the primary Indian commanding officer of the 9 Parachute Area Regiment. Her mom, Villie Mehta, was a businesswoman and ran her personal catering enterprise.

Zarina Screwvala (2nd from high proper) together with her household

Husband & Kids

Zarina Mehta received married to Ronnie Screwvala, who’s an astute entrepreneur. Zarina’s husband has a daughter, Trishya Screwvala from his first spouse, Manjula Nanavati.

Zarina Mehta (rightmost) strolling the ramp together with her husband Ronnie and daughter Trishya Screwvala on the Swades Basis Present

Faith

Zarina Screwvala belongs to the Parsi group and follows Zoroastrianism.

Handle

Breach Sweet, South Mumbai, Maharashtra

Profession

Zarina, being the unbiased girl that she is, began giving English tuitions to youngsters as quickly as she accomplished her research. She requested for a job from Pearl Padamsee, with whom she used to do theatre in school. She was then supplied the job of Manufacturing Supervisor in a play.

Entrepreneur

UTV

Zarina co-founded UTV together with her husband Ronnie Screwvala and Deven Khote in 1990. It was the primary unbiased manufacturing home in India. It even produced Mashoor Mahal, a quiz present for state TV channel Doordarshan, and Zarina was the assistant director of that present. UTV was then diversified into a number one film studio, a Video games Studio and a artistic content material firm. It went public and received listed on inventory exchanges in 2005. In 2008, The Walt Disney Firm picked up a 15 per cent stake in UTV World Broadcasting for Rs 118.98 crore which made it the biggest overseas funding in India adopted by the acquisition of 32.1 per cent within the mother or father, UTV Software program Communications Ltd for Rs 805.05 crore.

Content material Creator, UTV

UTV created totally different content material for various age teams. They produced the nation’s first-ever actuality present, Saanp-Seedi and first every day cleaning soap, Shanti.

Hungama TV

UTV created a channel, Hungama TV for kids. Zarina managed the channel by turning into its ‘Head of Programming’ and later the COO. She produced profitable children’ reveals like Hero – Bhakti Hello Shakti Hai and Sanya. The channel additionally showcased already hit cartoons like Doraemon and Shin Chan. Zarina executed numerous campaigns like ‘John Aur Kaun’ and ‘Hungama TV Captain’s Hunt’ which made the channel extraordinarily fashionable amongst youngsters. Within the 12 months 2006, it was bought to the Walt Disney Firm for round $30.5 million.

UTV Bindass

Zarina curated a channel particularly for the kids and the youth which was an unexplored space. UTV Bindass had reveals like Emotional Atyachar, Yeh Hai Aashiqui, Love by Likelihood, Solar Yaar Chill Maar and Pyar Ka The Finish which have been aimed on the youthful viewers. The clear imaginative and prescient and route made it simpler for UTV Bindass to emerge because the No. 1 channel within the youth house.

Philanthropist

After placing all her zeal and zest in UTV for 27 years, Zarina determined to shift her focus from there and determined to work full time for her basis  SHARE (Society to Heal, Help, Restore and Educate) as managing trustee. She bid goodbye to UTV by sending an inner mail to the corporate staff.

Swades Basis

Within the 12 months 1983, Zarina Mehta and Ronnie Screwvala initiated the inspiration SHARE (Society to Heal Help Restore Educate) which received reworked into the Swades Basis in 2013. The purpose of the inspiration is to uplift one million individuals from poverty by educating them and giving them correct coaching. The inspiration focuses on 4 key areas, particularly, Well being & Diet, Training, Water & Sanitation and Financial Improvement. Since 2013, Swades Basis has reached out to 2700 hamlets/villages throughout Raigad and Nashik district in Maharashtra. The inspiration swears by its 4E technique of interact, empower, execute and exit.

Details/Trivia

• She has a pet canine, Sprite which is a golden colored Labrador.
  

  Zarina Screwvala together with her canine Sprite

• Zarina used to climb a Cherry tree in her childhood. She says that the tree was very expensive to her and he or she used to get pleasure from climbing it and swinging from it.