List of Zoroastrians - in Science and Industry

In Science and Industry

• Cowasji Shavaksha Dinshaw (Adenwalla) (1827–1900): entrepreneur; founder of the modern port of Aden
• Byram Dinshawji Avari (1942- ): Pakistani hotelier, founder and chairman of the Avari Group of companies.
• Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909–1966): nuclear scientist; first chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission.
• Adi Bulsara (1952-): Physicist
• Ardaseer Cursetjee of the Wadia shipbuilding family, first Indian elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
• Keki Dadiseth (1946- ): Home and Personal Care Director, Unilever plc
• Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (18??-1924?): industrialist and philanthropist; NED Engineering College.
• Ardeshir Godrej (1868–1936): inventor; co-founder (with his brother Piroj) of the Godrej industrial empire
• Pirojsha Godrej (1882–1972): entrepreneur; co-founder (with his brother Ardeshir) of the Godrej industrial empire
• Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Lady, continued her husband Sir Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy philanthropic work, builder of Mahim Causeway, connects two islands of Bombay and Salsette (north Bombay.)
• Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Sir: philanthropist and founder of B.J. Medical College, Pune.
• Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy, Sir (1783–1859): opened sea trade with China; philanthropist, J J Hospital,
• Cowasjee Jehangir, Sir (1879–1962): civil engineer; master constructor of Bombay
• Fardunjee Marzban (1787–1847): publisher, founded the first vernacular newspaper on the Indian subcontinent Bombay Samachar
• Pallonji Mistry (1929- ): construction tycoon
• Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, Sir (1838–1911): financier and industrialist in Hong Kong
• Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Sir (1823–1901): founded the first textile factories in India
• Cyrus Poonawalla (1945- ): industrialist, pharmacologist; co-founder of the Serum Institute of India
• Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney Sir, (1812-1878), 1st Baronet, philanthropist, including various academic buildings of the Bombay University.
• Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee (1880–1960): industrialist; founded Hong Kong's first brewery; established the first anti-tuberculosis sanatorium in the far-east
• Nowroji Saklatwala Chairman of Tata group of companies from 1932 till his untimely death in 1938.
• Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (1924-2010): Padma Vibhushan awardee, chemical engineer; guided the development of India's first nuclear explosive device.
• Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff (1899–1965): economist; delegate at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference; co-author of the Bombay Plan; founder-director of the Investment Corporation of India; first Indian chairman of the Bank of India
• Dorabji Tata, Sir (1859–1932): industrialist and philanthropist, Sir Dorab Tata Trust.
• Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1839–1904): industrialist; founder of the Tata group of companies, titled a "One-Man Planning Commission" by Nehru
• Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (J. R. D.) Tata (1904–1993): industrialist; founder of India's first commercial airline: Air India
• Ratan Jamshetji Tata, Sir, younger son of Jamshetji Tata, industrialist and philanthropist, Sir Ratan Tata Trust
• Ratan Naval Tata (1937- ): Chairman of the Tata Group of companies; member of the central board of the Reserve Bank of India
• Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (1702–1774): shipwright and naval architect; builder of the first dry-dock in Asia
• Ness Wadia (1970-): joint-Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing.
• Spenta R. Wadia theoretical physicist.