ZOROASTRIAN FACULTY NETWORK (ZFN)
VISION
The Global Working Group(GWG) / The World ZOROASTRIAN Chamber Of Commerce (WZCC) in partnership with ZOROASTRIAN faculty in academia empower ZOROASTRIAN students to learn how to create economic, cultural and intellectual value.
MISSION
The GWG/WZCC in partnership with ZOROASTRIAN faculty in academia empowers ZOROASTRIAN students to learn how to create economic, cultural, intellectual value, and to reinvest in the ZOROASTRIAN community.
DESIRED OUTCOMES – ZOROASTRIAN FACULTY NETWORK (ZFN)
- WZCC business community partner with ZFN faculty to launch start-ups.
- ZFN could be requested to provide mentoring services pro bono to prospective students and to provide business consultation to companies on a chargeable basis.
- ZFN members mentor young ZOROASTRIAN’s in their home country to get into university. WZCC could sponsor a webinar on this topic. This refers to undergraduate students.
- ZFN members mentor young Zarthushti’s to gain admission for graduate studies to institutions. WZCC could sponsor a webinar on this topic. This refers to graduate students.
- ZFN members collaborate within themselves.
- ZFN members provide information on faculty openings, post-doctoral positions, need for research assistants, etc. We discussed establishing portals but experience has shown that people do not have the time or inclination to visit portals/websites. It has to social media or something that goes to each ZFN member such as E-Blasts.
- Senior faculty in ZFN provide career advice to junior faculty in the ZFN. Help junior faculty prepare their promotion and tenure documents. Help aspiring faculty prepare their job applications and give mock interviews, etc.
- ZFN members promote faculty exchanges. For student exchanges, this should be on the basis of paid internships at Universities/ companies/hospitals etc. for a couple of months. WZCC to help in the case of companies internships.
- ZFN members promote faculty and student exchanges.
CORE TEAM
– Behram Pastakia
– Dinyar Pestonjee
– Neville Shroff
– Edul Daver
– Farrokh Rustomji
– Yazdi Tantra
– Farrokh Mistree
Write to us at zoroastrianfacultynetwork@gmail.com