Zarina Screwvala is an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is a co-trustee of the Swades Foundation, an initiative to lift one million people out of poverty in India.
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Zarina Screwvala was born as Zarina Mehta in 1961 (age 61 years; as of 2022) in Washington, DC. She was 8 years old when she came to India with her family. She did her schooling from JB Petit School for Girls, Mumbai. He earned a BA degree in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. For her master’s degree, Zarina went to Xavier Institute of Communications, where she earned a degree in Marketing and Advertising.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 4″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Zarina Screwvala belongs to a Parsi family.
parents and siblings
His father, Brigadier Furdun Siavax Byramji “Duck” Mehta, was the first Indian aviator of the Army Aviation Corps and the first Indian Commanding Officer of the 9 Parachute Field Regiment. His mother, Willy Mehta, was a businesswoman and ran her own catering business.
Zarina Screwvala (second from top right) with her family
husband and children
Zarina Mehta is married to Ronnie Screwvala, who is an astute entrepreneur. Zarina’s husband has a daughter, Trishya Screwvala, from his first wife Manjula Nanavati.
Zarina Mehta (right) walks the ramp with her husband Ronnie and daughter Trishya Screwvala at the Swades Foundation show.
Religion
Zarina Screwvala belongs to the Parsi community and follows Zoroastrianism.
Address
Breach Candy, South Mumbai, Maharashtra
livelihood
Being an independent woman, Zarina started teaching English tuition to children as soon as she completed her studies. She sought a job from Pearl Padamsee, with whom she used to do theater in college. He was then offered the job of production manager on a play.
entrepreneur
utv
Zarina co-founded UTV with her husband Ronnie Screwvala and Deven Khote in 1990. It was the first independent production house in India. It also produced Mashhoor Mahal, a quiz show for the state TV channel Doordarshan and Zarina was the assistant director of that show. UTV had then transformed into a leading film studio, a game studio and a creative content company. It went public and was listed on stock exchanges in 2005. In 2008, The Walt Disney Company bought a 15 percent stake in UTV Global Broadcasting for Rs 118.98 crore, making it the largest foreign investment in India, with an acquisition of Rs 32.1 per share. Cents in origin, UTV Software Communications Ltd. for Rs. 805.05 crores.
Content Creator, UTV
UTV created different content for different age groups. He created the country’s first reality show, Saanp-Seedi and the first daily soap, Shanti.
Hungama TV
UTV created a channel for children named Hungama TV. Zarina managed the channel by becoming ‘Head of Programming’ and later COO. He produced successful children’s shows like Hero-Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai and Sanya. The channel also showed already hit cartoons like Doraemon and Shin Chan. Zarina ran several campaigns like ‘John Aur Kaun’ and ‘Hungama TV Captain Hunt’, which made the channel extremely popular among children. In 2006, it was sold to Walt Disney Company for approximately $30.5 million.
utv cool
Zarina created a channel exclusively for teenagers and youth, which was an unknown area. UTV Bindass had shows like Emotional Atyachar, Yeh Hai Aashiqui, Love By Chance, Sun Yaar Chill Maar and Pyaar Ka The End, which were meant for the young audience. The clear vision and direction made it easy for UTV Bindas to emerge as the No. 1 channel in the youth segment.
Philanthropist
After putting all her passion and enthusiasm into UTV for 27 years, Zarina decided to shift her focus from there and work full-time as the Managing Trustee for her foundation SHARE (Society to Heal, Aid, Restore and Educate). He bid goodbye to UTV by sending an internal mail to the company’s employees.
Swades Foundation
In the year 1983, Zarina Mehta and Ronnie Screwvala started SHARE (Society to Heal Aid Restore Educate) Foundation, which transformed into Swades Foundation in 2013. The aim of the foundation is to bring one million people out of poverty by educating them. Provide them with proper training. The Foundation focuses on 4 key areas, namely Health and Nutrition, Education, Water and Sanitation and Economic Development. Since 2013, Swades Foundation has reached out to 2700 villages/villages in Raigarh and Nashik districts of Maharashtra. The Foundation swears by its 4E strategy of Engage, Empower, Execute and Exit.
Facts/General Knowledge
- He has a pet dog named Sprite, who is a golden colored Labrador.
Zarina Screwvala with her dog Sprite
- Zarina used to climb the cherry tree in her childhood. She says that this tree was very dear to her and she loved climbing and swinging on it.
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