Perin Jamshedji Mistri was born into an illustrious Parsi family of engineers and master builders, originally from Navsari.
[1] When she returned to Bombay, she enrolled at the Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (J.J.) School of Art and obtained her diploma in architecture in 1936.
[2] One of Perin's first major works, and one of the few to survive, was Sir Behramji Karanjia's airy, Art Deco bungalow at Carmichael Road.
Her other works included public, residential and industrial buildings, such as the Khatau mills in Borivali, and St. Stephen's Church at Cumballa Hill.
At J.J, Perin is believed to have argued during a debate, "If men were compelled to do housekeeping, they would realise how avoiding cornices, carved ornament and other dust-traps was an advance."