First in India

Benafsha Rabbani: top in travel tests

Benafsha Rabbani of Poona is, at age 22, the youngest Zoroastrian to be acknowledged by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as "the student with the best performance in India.” Rabbani, a gra­duate, achieved distinction in the IATA management course in March 2012. Earlier, in September 2010, she had stood first in the IATA/UFTAA (Uni­ted Federation of Travel Agents’ Association) Foun­dation’s EBT (electronic booking tool) course as "the best performance in the market.” After completing 10 modules of the online Harvard Business Publishing House’s Harvard Manage Mentor, she obtained the IATA-Harvard Diploma in Leadership and Management in June, specializing in travel and tourism, reveals an e-mail received by Parsiana from her aunt Dilnawaz Irani.

The daughter of Shahbehram and Ruxana Rabbani, Benafsha is actively involved in her father’s travel agency, Good­will Tours and Travels in Poona.