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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Parmeshwar was born in a Sikh family on 16 July 1945, the daughter of an army officer.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110501/spectrum/main1.htm\|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum\|author=\|date=\|website=www.tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=4 April 2019}}</ref> Parmeshwar was educated at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Singh\|first=Roopinder\|date=February 28, 1998\|title=YPS: 50-year-old institution with a century-old heritage\|url=http://www.roopinder.com/scribe/50-year-old-institution-with-a-century-old-heritage/\|url-status=live\|website=Roopinder Singh Journalist}}</ref> She was 17 when she met Adi Godrej, then 21. Before her marriage to [[Adi Godrej]], she was ~~one of the first air~~ hostesses for [[Air India]].<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/> They married in 1965, and had three children: daughters [[Tanya Dubash]] and [[Nisa Godrej]] and son [[Pirojsha Adi Godrej]].{{~~citation needed~~\|date=~~September 2019~~}}		Parmeshwar was born in a Sikh family on 16 July 1945, the daughter of an army officer.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110501/spectrum/main1.htm\|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum\|author=\|date=\|website=www.tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=4 April 2019}}</ref> Parmeshwar was educated at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Singh\|first=Roopinder\|date=February 28, 1998\|title=YPS: 50-year-old institution with a century-old heritage\|url=http://www.roopinder.com/scribe/50-year-old-institution-with-a-century-old-heritage/\|url-status=live\|website=Roopinder Singh Journalist}}</ref> She was 17 when she met Adi Godrej, then 21. Before her marriage to [[Adi Godrej]], she was an hostesses for [[Air India]].<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/> They married in 1965, and had three children: daughters [[Tanya Dubash]] and [[Nisa Godrej]] and son [[Pirojsha Adi Godrej]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Adi Godrej \|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/adi-godrej/ \|access-date=2022-05-12 \|website=Forbes \|language=en}}</ref>

	Godrej was frequently described as one of India's premier socialites and power brokers.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Parmeshwar+Godrej:+Queen+Bee/1/87829.html\|title=Parmeshwar Godrej: Queen Bee\|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/parmeshwar-godrej-/7/3151/\|title=Parmeshwar Godrej\|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20060312/cover3.html\|title=BUSINESS TODAY\|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/people/30675600_1_queen-bee-worker-bees-socialite\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901085049/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/people/30675600_1_queen-bee-worker-bees-socialite\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2013-09-01\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|title=The secret society of social butterflies}}</ref> She was known for her work combating [[AIDS]] in India through the Heroes Project, an initiative she launched in 2004 with [[Hollywood]] actor [[Richard Gere]] and support from the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] and [[Clinton Global Initiative]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/1358244/report-parmeshwar-godrejs-dream-goal\|title=Parmeshwar Godrej’s dream goal\|date=12 March 2010\|work=dna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.heroesprojectindia.org/who-we-are/founder-profile/\|title=Heroes Project\|publisher=\|access-date=1 September 2013\|archive-date=1 September 2013\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901084942/http://www.heroesprojectindia.org/who-we-are/founder-profile/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2004/07/Healing-the-Divide-Receives-Grant\|title=Richard Gere and Parmeshwar Godrej Launch The Heroes Project To Mobilize Societal Leaders and the Media Industry to Fight AIDS in India\|work=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation}}</ref>		Godrej was frequently described as one of India's premier socialites and power brokers.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Parmeshwar+Godrej:+Queen+Bee/1/87829.html\|title=Parmeshwar Godrej: Queen Bee\|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/parmeshwar-godrej-/7/3151/\|title=Parmeshwar Godrej\|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20060312/cover3.html\|title=BUSINESS TODAY\|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/people/30675600_1_queen-bee-worker-bees-socialite\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901085049/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/people/30675600_1_queen-bee-worker-bees-socialite\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2013-09-01\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|title=The secret society of social butterflies}}</ref> She was known for her work combating [[AIDS]] in India through the Heroes Project, an initiative she launched in 2004 with [[Hollywood (film industry)\|Hollywood]] actor [[Richard Gere]] and with support from the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] and [[Clinton Global Initiative]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/1358244/report-parmeshwar-godrejs-dream-goal\|title=Parmeshwar Godrej’s dream goal\|date=12 March 2010\|work=dna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.heroesprojectindia.org/who-we-are/founder-profile/\|title=Heroes Project\|publisher=\|access-date=1 September 2013\|archive-date=1 September 2013\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901084942/http://www.heroesprojectindia.org/who-we-are/founder-profile/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2004/07/Healing-the-Divide-Receives-Grant\|title=Richard Gere and Parmeshwar Godrej Launch The Heroes Project To Mobilize Societal Leaders and the Media Industry to Fight AIDS in India\|work=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation}}</ref>

	Godrej designed costumes and look for actor [[Hema Malini]] in her film ''[[Dharmatma]]'' (1975) on the request of her good friend [[Feroz Khan (actor)\|Feroz Khan]] who was ~~the~~ Actor, Director and Producer of the same film.{{Citation needed\|date=March 2018}}		Godrej designed costumes and a look for actor [[Hema Malini]] in her film ''[[Dharmatma]]'' (1975) at the request of her good friend [[Feroz Khan (actor)\|Feroz Khan]] who was Actor, Director and Producer of the same film.{{Citation needed\|date=March 2018}}

	==Death==		==Death==
	Parmeshwar Godrej died on 10 October 2016 at [[Breach Candy Hospital]].<ref name="Somya Abrol">{{cite news\|last1=Abrol\|first1=Somya\|title=Socialite and businesswoman Parmeshwar Godrej passes away\|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/parmeshwar-godrej-death-adi-godrej-heroes-project-lifest/1/784595.html\|accessdate=11 October 2016\|publisher=India Today\|date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Aged 71, ~~Parmeshwar~~ had been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital and was undergoing treatment for degenerative lung disease.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.ndtv.com/people/philanthropist-businesswoman-parmeshwar-godrej-dies-at-70-1472826 \| title = Philanthropist, Businesswoman Parmeshwar Godrej Dies At 70 \| work = NDTV \| access-date = 13 October 2016}}</ref>		Parmeshwar Godrej died on 10 October 2016 at [[Breach Candy Hospital]].<ref name="Somya Abrol">{{cite news\|last1=Abrol\|first1=Somya\|title=Socialite and businesswoman Parmeshwar Godrej passes away\|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/parmeshwar-godrej-death-adi-godrej-heroes-project-lifest/1/784595.html\|accessdate=11 October 2016\|publisher=India Today\|date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Aged 71, she had been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital and was undergoing treatment for degenerative lung disease.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.ndtv.com/people/philanthropist-businesswoman-parmeshwar-godrej-dies-at-70-1472826 \| title = Philanthropist, Businesswoman Parmeshwar Godrej Dies At 70 \| work = NDTV \| access-date = 13 October 2016}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Indian philanthropist and socialite}}
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| birth_name = Parmeshwar Kaur
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|10|10|1945|07|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Breach Candy Hospital]], <br/>[[South Mumbai]], India
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = [[Adi Burjorji Godrej]]
| children = [[Nisaba Godrej|Nisaba Adi Godrej]] <br> [[Pirojsha Adi Godrej]] <br> [[Tanya Dubash|Tanya Arvind Dubash]]
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'''Parmeshwar Adi Godrej''' (16 July 1945 – 10 October 2016) was an Indian philanthropist and socialite, and the wife of [[Adi Burjorji Godrej]], chairman of the [[Godrej Group]].<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110501/spectrum/main1.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|publisher=}}</ref>

== Life ==
Parmeshwar was born in a Sikh family on 16 July 1945, the daughter of an army officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110501/spectrum/main1.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|author=|date=|website=www.tribuneindia.com|accessdate=4 April 2019}}</ref> Parmeshwar was educated at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Roopinder|date=February 28, 1998|title=YPS: 50-year-old institution with a century-old heritage|url=http://www.roopinder.com/scribe/50-year-old-institution-with-a-century-old-heritage/|url-status=live|website=Roopinder Singh Journalist}}</ref> She was 17 when she met Adi Godrej, then 21. Before her marriage to [[Adi Godrej]], she was one of the first air hostesses for [[Air India]].<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/> They married in 1965, and had three children: daughters [[Tanya Dubash]] and [[Nisa Godrej]] and son [[Pirojsha Adi Godrej]].{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Godrej was frequently described as one of India's premier socialites and power brokers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Parmeshwar+Godrej:+Queen+Bee/1/87829.html|title=Parmeshwar Godrej: Queen Bee|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/parmeshwar-godrej-/7/3151/|title=Parmeshwar Godrej|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20060312/cover3.html|title=BUSINESS TODAY|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/people/30675600_1_queen-bee-worker-bees-socialite|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901085049/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-29/people/30675600_1_queen-bee-worker-bees-socialite|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-01|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=The secret society of social butterflies}}</ref> She was known for her work combating [[AIDS]] in India through the Heroes Project, an initiative she launched in 2004 with [[Hollywood]] actor [[Richard Gere]] and support from the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] and [[Clinton Global Initiative]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/1358244/report-parmeshwar-godrejs-dream-goal|title=Parmeshwar Godrej’s dream goal|date=12 March 2010|work=dna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heroesprojectindia.org/who-we-are/founder-profile/|title=Heroes Project|publisher=|access-date=1 September 2013|archive-date=1 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901084942/http://www.heroesprojectindia.org/who-we-are/founder-profile/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2004/07/Healing-the-Divide-Receives-Grant|title=Richard Gere and Parmeshwar Godrej Launch The Heroes Project To Mobilize Societal Leaders and the Media Industry to Fight AIDS in India|work=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation}}</ref>

Godrej designed costumes and look for actor [[Hema Malini]] in her film ''[[Dharmatma]]'' (1975) on the request of her good friend [[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]] who was the Actor, Director and Producer of the same film.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}

==Death==
Parmeshwar Godrej died on 10 October 2016 at [[Breach Candy Hospital]].<ref name="Somya Abrol">{{cite news|last1=Abrol|first1=Somya|title=Socialite and businesswoman Parmeshwar Godrej passes away|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/parmeshwar-godrej-death-adi-godrej-heroes-project-lifest/1/784595.html|accessdate=11 October 2016|publisher=India Today|date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Aged 71, Parmeshwar had been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital and was undergoing treatment for degenerative lung disease.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.ndtv.com/people/philanthropist-businesswoman-parmeshwar-godrej-dies-at-70-1472826 | title = Philanthropist, Businesswoman Parmeshwar Godrej Dies At 70 | work = NDTV | access-date = 13 October 2016}}</ref>

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