The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies
in collaboration with
the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America,
the Ontario Zoroastrian Community Foundation,
the Zoroastrian Society of Ontario,
and the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation
jointly present
The Multimedia Yasna and the Training of Zoroastrian Priests in India
Dr. Kerman Daruwulla, Parzor Foundation
Friday, 21 March 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada & US)
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Bio:
Dr. Kerman Daruwalla is the project coordinator for the TISS-Parzor Academic Programme. Kerman completed his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in 2021 for the thesis titled ‘Becoming an Athravan: A study of the training of Zoroastrian Priests in India’, for which was awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Studentship during 2016-2019. He holds an MA in Avestan-Pahlavi from the University of Mumbai, and an MA in Iranian Studies from SOAS, London.
Kerman works as a Consultant for the Multimedia Yasna (MUYA) project at SOAS, where he has advised the project team on the interactive Yasna film, and supported the MUYA team on the Gujarati ritual directions. His areas of interest include Zoroastrian ritual texts and Parsi Zoroastrian priestly history and contemporary practice. In 2021, he co-authored a book with Dr. Céline Redard, titled ‘the Gujarati ritual directions of the Paragnā, Yasna and Visperad ceremonies’. Kerman is an alumnus of Syracuse University, New York and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
