Feroze Gujral

Feroze Gujral
Born Feroze Ewari
1965
India
Spouse(s) Mohit Gujral
Children Armaan Gujral, Alaiia Gujral
Website gujralfoundation.org
Modeling information
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Hair color brown
Eye color brown

Feroze Gujral is an Indian model, philanthropist, art aficionado, businesswoman, columnist and media personality.[1][2] She founded the Gujral Foundation in 2008 and also is the director of Outset India. She has been a columnist for Condé Nast Traveller.[3]

Early life

Gurjarl was born to an Anglo-Indian mother, Viqar Ewari and an Indian-Arab father, George Ewari. She is one of three siblings. She has stated that she was raised in a traditional Hyderabadi nawab culture.[4]

She is married to architect Mohit Gujral, son of the painter Satish Gujral and nephew of former Prime Minister of India, I.K. Gujral.[5] The couple has two children together.[6]

Gujral attended the Lawrence School, Sanawar.[7] She graduated from the Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi.[6]

Career

Gujral began her career as a model at the age of 18. She has featured on the covers of Elle and Vogue, and has endorsed brands including Palmolive and Fair & Lovely.[6] She has anchored a television show called Tonight with Feroze and has been a curator for TEDx Delhi.[8]

From 1987 to 2000, Gujral ran the Fizzaro store located in the elite Santushti shopping complex.[9] She apprenticed show director Shyamlee Kalra and helped co-found The Production House, a fashion and design events solution company.[10]

She has also been a guest lecturer at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).[11] She also made her film debut with a special appearance in the movie Dil Dosti Etc in 2007.[12]

Philanthropy

Gujral founded the Gujral Foundation in 2008 along with her husband Mohit Gujral, a philanthropic foundation which funds public projects on art, architecture, design and culture.[13][14][15] The foundation organizes biennales through Goethe-Institut and has supported the eighth Berlin Biennale, the Gaitonde show at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and Indian artists at the Venice Biennale.[16]

In 2011, Gujral launched Outset India, a contemporary art fund that buys art pieces and donates them to public museums, galleries and art projects. The concept was modeled after Outset United Kingdom, a fund set up by Candida Gertler and Yana Peel, in 2003. The foundation was launched at the Indian Art Summit in 2011, at the hands of Peel.[17] Gujral is also a volunteer with Teach for India, and has supported Save The Children. She along with her husband, has founded a school, an orphanage and home for street children.[18]

In 2012, Gujral was brand ambassador for a nature themed exhibition titled 'Conservation on Canvas' by the WWF-India.[19]

In 2016, Gujral was instrumental in organizing the Aspinwall House for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016.[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ Siganporia, Shahnaz (April 12, 2017). "Feroze Gujral: From top model to art’s model patron". Vogue.
  2. ↑ Gupta, Gargi (19 March 2015). "Feroze Gujral- More than just a glamorous face". DNA India. the 1990s super-model, wife of architect Mohit Gujral and daughter in-law of artist Satish Gujral
  3. ↑ Gujral, Feroze (February 17, 2014). "‘My travel bucket list is virtually endless’". Condé Nast Traveler.
  4. ↑ Gujral, Feroze (July 2009). "A Life Less Ordinary". Verve Magazine. 17 (7).
  5. ↑ Bhuyan, Avantika (March 17, 2017). "24, Jor Bagh: The freedom house". Live Mint. former supermodel and art patron Feroze Gujral and her husband, Mohit Gujral, chief executive officer of real estate firm DLF and the son of artist Satish Gujral.
  6. 1 2 3 "Feroze Gujral Biography".
  7. ↑ Sasan Bhandari, Geetika (July 26, 2010). "Where the hills come alive". Live Mint.
  8. ↑ "VERVE’S POWER WOMEN: FEROZE GUJRAL". Verve Magazine. August 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ Chakravarty, Sayantan (February 16, 1998). "Elite welfare". India Today.
  10. ↑ Modak, Nasrin (May 17, 2011). "OF(F) THE RAMP!". Verve Magazine.
  11. ↑ "`Jewel legends' in city". The Hindu.
  12. ↑ "Dil Dosti Etc". IMDb.
  13. ↑ Bhuyan, Avantika (December 23, 2016). "Feroze Gujral, from catwalk to art work". Business Standard.
  14. ↑ "Gujral Foundation". gujralfoundation.org.
  15. ↑ Fernando, Benita (18 December 2016). "The art of giving! Model Feroze Gujral talks about being an 'art patron' now". Mid Day.
  16. ↑ Banerjee, Jasodhara (September 2, 2015). "Feroze Gujral: In the business of benevolence". Forbes (magazine).
  17. ↑ Tripathi, Shailaja (January 18, 2011). "The art kind". The Hindu.
  18. ↑ "The model who has become fairy godmother to Indian artists".
  19. ↑ "Indian, Lankan artists join hands for cause of planet, endangered species". NDTV India. April 24, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Exploring and protecting art and its patronage at Biennale 2016". Indian Express. 13 December 2016. Philanthropist Feroze Gujral, who has been instrumental in roping in the Aspinwall House, as the main venue of the Biennale
  21. ↑ Fernando, Benita (18 December 2016). "The art of giving! Model Feroze Gujral talks about being an 'art patron' now". Mid Day.
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