Khorshed F. Jungalwala is the granddaughter of Khan Saheb Pestonji
Wadia and the daughter of Dhanjishah and Tehmina. She was born in Surat and
grew up in Poona, graduating first in History and Political Science in the
University. She studied further to become a lawyer, receiving the first
prize in International Law. She worked with the prestigious firm Mulla and
Mulla, and later married Dr. Firoze B. Jungalwala, a professor of
neurochemistry in 1968. Khorshed is also a Licentiate of the Trinity College
of Music, London, in piano and voice and has performed both in India and
England. She spent three years with her husband at Cambridge University,
England, after which they came to USA in 1971, when Firoze joined Harvard
University for research in neurochemistry. She is currently a contracts
specialist with a company in Belmont, Massachusetts. They have daughter,
Ferzin and a son, Jehangir.
Firoze was a founder of the Zoroastrian Association of the Greater Boston
Area in 1983 and its first President. Khorshed was the President from 1992 –
1996. She has been actively involved in Zoroastrian Community affairs,
organizing seminars and conferences - the Gatha Conference in Houston,
Harvard seminars, the International Avesta Conference in Boston,
participating as Chair and Speaker at several national and international
conferences. She was a member of the FEZANA Historic Research and
Preservation Committee, a Director of the Zoroastrian Education and Research
Society and currently the Chair of the FEZANA Publication Committee.
There are several non-Zoroastrian activities she has been involved in. She
is a member of The Governor’s Advisory Council and Justice of Peace. An
avid supporter of classical music and dance, Khorshed has held various
positions on Arts Councils and cultural organizations and recently stepped
down as President of the MetroWest International Concerts Association after
12 years.
Both Firoze and Khorshed are strong advocates of religious tolerance and
recognition-cum-acceptance of doctrinal differences.
