Prof. Parikh is the former Dean, Indian Institute of Management. Ahmedabad, and currently the President of Foundation of Liberal And Management education. She is a leading consultant in Organization Behavior and Development. Dr. Parikh has taught at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France and Texas A & M University, USA. Prof. Parikh was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Best Teacher in Management by Ascent in the World HRD Congress, 2001. She completed her BA in Social Studies in 1969 and MA in Education in 1970 from the University of Rochester USA. She did her Ph.D in 1979 from Gujarat University Ahmedabad. Prof. Parikh is the founding member of Sumedhas Academy for Human Context an institution that offers a professional internship in Applied Behavioral Sciences, as well as the Indian Academy for Organization Development. She also has many publications to her credit - Books, research papers, monographs, articles, working papers, etc.