Cyrus mistry funeral

Mumbai: Cyrus Mistry, the former Tata Sons chairman who was killed in a road accident earlier this week, was cremated in the financial capital on Tuesday. The funeral at central Mumbai's Worli crematorium was attended by members of the closely knit Parsi community, some business leaders and politicians. Industry doyen Ratan Tata's stepmother Simone Tata was also present. Wheelchair-bound Simone Tata, 92, arrived at the crematorium in a special van. Former TCS head S Ramadorai also came for the cremation. However, no other senior official from the Tata Group - with whom Mistry fought a bitter legal battle till the end - was seen at the funeral. Madhu Kannan, one of the key executives handpicked by Mistry during his chairmanship of Tata Sons, was seen at the funeral. Cyrus Mistry's elder brother Shapoor Mistry, father-in-law and senior lawyer Iqbal Chagla, industrialists Anil Ambani, Ajit Gulabchand, Deepak Parekh and Vishal Kampani, entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala, architect Hafeez Contractor, NCP leaders Supriya Sule and Ganesh Naik and former Congress MP Milind Deora were present at the crematorium. Mistry's body, decorated with white flowers, were brought from the state-run J J Hospital to the crematorium earlier in the morning and kept for friends and family to offer their prayers. The last rites were performed in an electric crematorium just before noon. A family priest performed the ritualistic prayers as per Parsi tradition before the last rites were held at a pre-deci...

"It is with utmost sadness that we announce the sudden and untimely demise of our beloved Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, 54. He succumbed to injuries from an unfortunate car accident on Sunday," said the family. He is survived by his wife Rohiqa, sons Firoz and Zahan, mother Patsy Mistry, sisters Laila Rustom Jehangir and Aloo Noel Tata and brother Shapoor Mistry. Born on July 4, 1968, Mistry earned a civil engineering degree from London's Imperial College of Science and Technology and a postgraduate degree of Master of Science in Management from London Business School. CPM, as he was fondly known, was a voracious reader and joined the family business in March 1991 as a Director, overseeing the group's construction business. Mistry's entrepreneurial mindset helped the Shapoorji Pallonji Group achieve many milestones over the past two decades, including one of India's first integrated, project-financed power plants, and the development of India's first biotechnology park. With his vision and eye for detail, he was instrumental in steering the Group from a pure contractor to a 'value-added' player, by developing competencies in allied areas such as EPC and 'Design & Build'. He also envisioned, and oversaw, the evolution of the Group into an end-to-end business group, spanning design and engineering, construction, and asset development, and committed to a journey of lifelong learning across multiple disciplines. Despite his success, Mistry always kept a low profile, away from the lim...

Former Tata Sons chairman Family and friends attend the funeral of former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry at Worli Crematorium, in Mumbai, on Tuesday. The funeral in Mumbai was attended by members of the closely knit Parsi community, some business leaders, and politicians. Among those spotted at the funeral was industry doyen Ratan Tata’s stepmother Simone Tata, industrialist Anil Ambani, and politician Ganesh Naik. However, no other senior official from the Tata Group attended the funeral. Simone Tata at the funeral of Cyrus Mistry at Worli Crematorium, in Mumbai. Wheelchair-bound Tata, 92, arrived at the crematorium in a special van. Industrialist Anil Ambani at the funeral of the former Tata Sons Chairman on Tuesday. Apart from Mistry’s family members and friends, hundreds of employees of his Shapoorji Pallonji Group attended the funeral, including several people who had come from abroad. A family priest performed the ritualistic prayers as per Parsi tradition before the last rites were held at a pre-decided time, as per those who attended the funeral. A pandal was specially erected for the last rites at the crematorium, started by a few progressive people in the Parsi community in 2015 as an alternative to the old practice of leaving the body in the Tower of Silence. Congress leader Milind Deora attended the funeral of former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry at Worli Crematorium. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar) When the accident happened, Mistry was seated in the ba...

Business tycoon Cyrus Mistry's tragic death in a road mishap has sent shock waves to the entire nation. With tributes pouring in from all corners, the former Chairman of Tata Sons' funeral was conducted in Mumbai today. In the presence of his close aides, family and others in attendance, the businessman was finally laid to rest. The last rites of Cyrus Mistry were performed at Worli crematorium in Mumbai. For the unversed, on September 4, the 54-year-old businessman, along with 3 others-- Jahangir Dinsha Pandole, Darius Pandole, and Anayata Pandole, was returning from Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Gujarat's Udvada on the occasion of 'Behram Roj'. The luxury car Mistry and his friends were travelling in, met with an accident in Maharashtra's Palghar district while returning to Mumbai. Maharashtra | People arrive at Worli crematorium in Mumbai for the last rites of former Chairman of Tata Sons, The funeral of Mistry, who headed the salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Sons from 2012-16 before an unceremonious exit, was attended by many renowned personalities including NCP MP Supriya Sule, HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh among others. Other than the names mentioned above, others who also attended the funeral include, Milind Deora, Ratan Tata's mother Simone Tata, Akash Ambani, Anil Ambani, Deepak Parekh, and Ronnie Screwvala along with others. Several pictures shared by ANI feature people arriving at the Worli crematorium in Mumbai to bid an emotional adieu for the last time to the fo...

The last rites of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry will be performed on September 6 (Tuesday) at Worli crematorium in Mumbai at 10 am. The 54-year-old business tycoon and his co-passenger Jahangir Pandole died in a car crash on Sunday. while two other people Anahita Pandole who was at the wheel, and her husband Darius Pandole received severe injuries . In the early hours of Monday, the dead bodies of Mistry and Jahangir Pandole were brought to Mumbai's JJ Hospital from Kasa sub-district hospital, and an autopsy was conducted, hospital officials said. Meanwhile, injured Anahita Pandole and her husband Darius Pandole were shifted by road from Vapi to a private hospital in Mumbai for further treatment, a police official said. Cyrus Mistry suffered Head Injury The Doctor who attended Cyrus Mistry after he was brought to Kasa government hospital in Kasa following his road accident informed that the former Tata Sons chairman had received a head injury when his car rammed into the divider and caused internal bleeding. Mistry and Jahangir Dinsha were "brought dead" to the hospital. "At first, two patients were brought which included Cyrus Mistry and Jahangir Dinsha Pandol, both of them were brought dead. The locals who brought them told us that Cyrus Mistry had died on the spot. Jahangir Dinsha Pandol was alive on the spot, however, he died during the transit. We declared him dead around 5 pm," said Dr Shubham of Kasa sub-district hospital. 'Overspeeding, Driver's error of J...

Cyrus Mistry, the former Tata Sons chairman who was killed in a road accident on Sunday, September 4, was cremated at central Mumbai's Worli crematorium on Tuesday. Mistry's mortal remains, decorated with white flowers, were brought from the J J hospital to the crematorium in the morning and kept for family and friends to offer their prayers. The last rites were performed in an electric crematorium just before noon. IMAGE: Neither Ratan Tata, who picked Cyrus Mistry to succeed him as Tata Sons chairman in 2011, nor Natarajan Chandrasekaran, who succeeded Mistry as Tata Sons chairman, were present at the funeral. While Chandrasekaran -- who headed Tata Consultancy Services when Mistry was Tata Sons chairman -- condoled Mistry's death on Sunday, there has been silence at Ratan Tata's end so far. Photograph: Sahil Salvi IMAGE: A family priest performed the prayers as per Parsi tradition before the last rites according to those who attended the funeral. A pandal was erected for the last rites at the crematorium, which was started by a few progressive people in the Parsi community in 2015 as an alternative to the old practice of leaving the body at the Tower of Silence. Photograph: Sahil Salvi IMAGE: Cyrus is survived by his mother Patsy Pallonji Mistry, wife Rohiqa -- whose late grandfather M C Chagla was a distinguished judge, former minister and ambassador -- and his sons Firoze and Zahan. His elder brother Shapoor Mistry helms the family's Shapoorji Pallonji group. Photogra...

The last rites of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry will be performed at the Worli crematorium in Mumbai at 11 am on Tuesday. Noted industrialist Mistry died in a road accident near Mumbai on Sunday evening. According to Palghar police, Mistry was going from Ahmedabad to Mumbai when his car hit the divider. He died on the spot. There were four persons in the car. Renowned Mumbai gynaecologist Anahita Pandole, who was driving the car, and her husband Darius Pandole, who was on the front seat, have been admitted to hospital in an injured condition. Mistry was sitting in the back with Darius’s brother Jehangir Dinshaw Pandole, who too died in the accident. “Some family members are arriving in Mumbai by tonight (Monday night). Mistry's body will be taken to Worli crematorium tomorrow and will be cremated at 11 am,” a family member was quoted as saying in a PTI report. Palghar police sources had said on Sunday the driver of the car lost control due to high speed and hit the divider. Mistry is survived by his wife Rohiqa, sons Firoz and Zahan, mother Patsy Mistry, sisters Laila Rustom Jehangir and Aloo Noel Tata, and brother Shapoor Mistry. ‘Despite His Success, Always Kept Low Profile’ Born on July 4, 1968, Mistry earned a civil engineering degree from London’s Imperial College of Science and Technology and did his post-graduation in Master of Science in Management from London Business School. He joined the family business and oversaw the group’s construction business as a...

Mumbai: Cyrus Mistry, the former Tata Sons chairman who was killed in a road accident earlier this week, was cremated in the financial capital on Tuesday. The funeral at central Mumbai's Worli crematorium was attended by members of the closely knit Parsi community, some business leaders and politicians. Industry doyen Ratan Tata's stepmother Simone Tata was also present. Wheelchair-bound Simone Tata, 92, arrived at the crematorium in a special van. Former TCS head S Ramadorai also came for the cremation. However, no other senior official from the Tata Group - with whom Mistry fought a bitter legal battle till the end - was seen at the funeral. Madhu Kannan, one of the key executives handpicked by Mistry during his chairmanship of Tata Sons, was seen at the funeral. Cyrus Mistry's elder brother Shapoor Mistry, father-in-law and senior lawyer Iqbal Chagla, industrialists Anil Ambani, Ajit Gulabchand, Deepak Parekh and Vishal Kampani, entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala, architect Hafeez Contractor, NCP leaders Supriya Sule and Ganesh Naik and former Congress MP Milind Deora were present at the crematorium. Mistry's body, decorated with white flowers, were brought from the state-run J J Hospital to the crematorium earlier in the morning and kept for friends and family to offer their prayers. The last rites were performed in an electric crematorium just before noon. A family priest performed the ritualistic prayers as per Parsi tradition before the last rites were held at a pre-deci...

Former Tata Sons chairman Family and friends attend the funeral of former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry at Worli Crematorium, in Mumbai, on Tuesday. The funeral in Mumbai was attended by members of the closely knit Parsi community, some business leaders, and politicians. Among those spotted at the funeral was industry doyen Ratan Tata’s stepmother Simone Tata, industrialist Anil Ambani, and politician Ganesh Naik. However, no other senior official from the Tata Group attended the funeral. Simone Tata at the funeral of Cyrus Mistry at Worli Crematorium, in Mumbai. Wheelchair-bound Tata, 92, arrived at the crematorium in a special van. Industrialist Anil Ambani at the funeral of the former Tata Sons Chairman on Tuesday. Apart from Mistry’s family members and friends, hundreds of employees of his Shapoorji Pallonji Group attended the funeral, including several people who had come from abroad. A family priest performed the ritualistic prayers as per Parsi tradition before the last rites were held at a pre-decided time, as per those who attended the funeral. A pandal was specially erected for the last rites at the crematorium, started by a few progressive people in the Parsi community in 2015 as an alternative to the old practice of leaving the body in the Tower of Silence. Congress leader Milind Deora attended the funeral of former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry at Worli Crematorium. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar) When the accident happened, Mistry was seated in the ba...

The last rites of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry will be performed on September 6 (Tuesday) at Worli crematorium in Mumbai at 10 am. The 54-year-old business tycoon and his co-passenger Jahangir Pandole died in a car crash on Sunday. while two other people Anahita Pandole who was at the wheel, and her husband Darius Pandole received severe injuries . In the early hours of Monday, the dead bodies of Mistry and Jahangir Pandole were brought to Mumbai's JJ Hospital from Kasa sub-district hospital, and an autopsy was conducted, hospital officials said. Meanwhile, injured Anahita Pandole and her husband Darius Pandole were shifted by road from Vapi to a private hospital in Mumbai for further treatment, a police official said. Cyrus Mistry suffered Head Injury The Doctor who attended Cyrus Mistry after he was brought to Kasa government hospital in Kasa following his road accident informed that the former Tata Sons chairman had received a head injury when his car rammed into the divider and caused internal bleeding. Mistry and Jahangir Dinsha were "brought dead" to the hospital. "At first, two patients were brought which included Cyrus Mistry and Jahangir Dinsha Pandol, both of them were brought dead. The locals who brought them told us that Cyrus Mistry had died on the spot. Jahangir Dinsha Pandol was alive on the spot, however, he died during the transit. We declared him dead around 5 pm," said Dr Shubham of Kasa sub-district hospital. 'Overspeeding, Driver's error of J...