Roda Mistry

Roda Homi Mistry was an Indian politician and the founder of the Roda Mistry College of Social Work and Research Center in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India. She was a Member of Parliament, representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament representing the Indian [National Congress].
She was earlier the Minister for Women and Child Welfare and the Minister of Tourism in the Andhra Pradesh state government. She died on 8 July 2006 in Hyderabad, India. She was Zoroastrian. Her granddaughter, Lylah M. Alphonse, is a U.S. journalist and the author of "Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Dr. Farhang Mehr."