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WZCC is registered in the State
of Illinois as a "Not For Profit" entity.
US tax-exempt status as a 501 (6) corporation
will be sought. WZCC will be operating within
its charter and by-laws with 15 Directors elected
from all over the world.
Similarly WZCCI is registered in Mumbai, India,
as a society registered under the Societies
Registration Act - 1860 [Regn. No. 1620, dated
8th Dec. 2003]. WZCCI operates within the
framework and objects of WZCC.
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Our history is a testament to
the Zoroastrian business acumen and entrepreneurial
successes. In order to rejuvenate this spirit,
several Zarathushti Business Conferences were
held in North America. These annual conferences
culminated in the start up of the Zarathushti
Chamber of Commerce. At the first business
meeting of the Chamber in Houston on December
29, 2000, the business persons from all over the
world elected to enlarge the scope of the Chamber
to all the regions of the world which led to the
renaming of the Chamber as the "World
Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce".
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The WZCC logo has Industry &
Integrity embedded in it. These were the
words that came into Rohinton Rivetna's mind at
the time when the WZCC team were on the look out
for an appropriate logo which would promote the
organization in a positive manner. Here
is an article which will help you understand why
the words Integrity & Industry are important
for our future in the Zarathushti Business World.
This is a page out of the book
"History of the Parsis" by Dosabhai Framji
Karaka in regard to Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy:
After a short stay at Calcutta Jamshedji returned
to Bombay. Shrewd, sagacious, and observant,
with a natural bent of mind for commercial pursuits,
the experience that he acquired during his repeated
visits to China, and the knowledge of the chief
traders in that country, proved of incalculable
value to him. This experience he brought
to bear on the extensive transactions which he
subsequently had with China, Europe, and other
parts of the world. In his commercial transactions
he was always guided by strict integrity, industry,
and punctuality, and his example contributed to
raise the reputation of the Bombay merchant in
the most distant markets.
His whole life was a practical illustration of
the truth of the proverb that "Honesty is the
best policy" and fortune smiled upon him and favoured
him abundantly in all successive commercial ventures.
It is not surprising that he became in consequence
very wealthy. But it was not the mere possession
of wealth that made his name memorable. It was
the distribution of that wealth with unparalleled
benevolence and an enlightened desire to attain
the height of usefulness, which was equally rare,
that rendered him famous.
If a stranger landed on the shores of Bombay and
inquired what were the works by which Sir Jamshedji
Jeejeebhoy had acquired so much renown, it could
not be long before he found them out. In
the words of the Hon. Mr. Anderson, who spoke
at the meeting for the purpose of erecting a public
statue to which we shall hereafter refer, he would
only need to glance around to see hospitals, which,
besides the tender offices they have performed
for the afflicted, have in conjunction with the
Grant Medical College procured for India the inestimable
advantage of possessing a body of skilled native
medical practitioners. He would also behold
schools for the education of poor Parsis.
He would see a School of Design by which a new
impetus has been given to the native mind by developing
another vein of talent. He would behold tanks,
by which, to adopt the expression of Edmund Burke,
the industry of man carefully husbands the precious
gift of God.
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