Sportsman and scholar

By the time teenager Ardeshirshaw Nariman joined the Dadar Athornan Institute (DAI) in June 2012 he was already a state level athlete and had won the Master Bombay title in 2011, mentions Ervad (Dr) Ramiyar Karanjia, principal of DAI in an email received by Parsiana. Nariman’s admission to DAI was as an exceptional case as he had already undergone kachha (preliminary) navar training and had passed the sixth standard, notes Karanjia. His parents, Nilufer and Rohinton, requested the Institute to take him on as a boarder as his younger brother was at that time being admitted in standard three. The parent body of DAI, the Athornan Mandal’s trustees and committee members deliberated on the matter and decided to admit him.

Ervad Ardeshirshaw Nariman: confident and gregarious

An ace athlete at the Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly (DPYA) High School sports meets, during the vacations and before competitions Nariman trained under Dara Dumasia, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s coach at Rustom Baug, winning laurels at several Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana (DPCG) All Parsee Sports meets. According to a list of events he has participated in, Nariman stood first in the 150 m, second in the 60 m and third in the 300 m race at the DPCG sports meet in May 2013, as well as first in the high jump and shot put events and second in the long jump for boys above 14 years. In the October 2013 DPYA High School sports meet he bagged the first spot in the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m races as well as in long jump, while coming second in discus throw and third for shot put. At the DPGC meet conducted in May this year in the above-14 boys events Nariman secured a silver in the 60 m, 150 m and 300 m races, as well as the high jump event.
With his confident and gregarious disposition this 15-year-old won the Mr Congenality title at the 17th Vogue personality contest organized early this year by the Rotaract Club of H. R. College and a prize at the Dadar Parsee Colony’s Head-turners in March 2014, mentions the email.
The young ervad has done well in his school studies as well as diligently followed up in prayer studies for the time he had lost due to late admission and was ordained a maratab in May 2014.