Distinguished scholar and community leader Noshir Dadrawala will answer questions about the religion, Iranshah, Udvada and any other related topics in a monthly update here. If you have a question please use the form on this page to send it to Noshir.

Noshir H. Dadrawala is CEO, Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy (CAP) through which he has been offering compliance related advisory to nonprofits and corporate social initiatives. His career spans over 35 years in the social sector, working with a diverse range of organisations, from large established national and global organisations, to corporate and family grant makers, to start ups.

Drawing upon three and a half decades of hands-on experience and practical insights, Noshir’s main role at CAP involves simplifying the confusing and complex maze of old, but ever changing, new laws. Noshir’s legal expertise in the sector is widely recognised, as is his deep understanding of compliance within philanthropy. His current international affiliation includes serving as member on the advisory board of the International Center for Not-for-profit Law (ICNL). Earlier, he was on the Board of Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) as also Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC).

In India, he serves as a trustee of a few Foundations namely the Forbes Marshall Foundation, Everest Industries Foundation and the Bombay Community Trust. Noshir has authored several resource books and is also invited as a speaker at many local and international conferences and as guest faculty at leading business schools. He is also trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet.