Dr.  Parikh possesses Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical with distinction and M. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (KGP) in Industrial Management. Has extensive experience in project assessment; financing & monitoring as well as entrepreneurship development; facilitation & mentoring. His research works have probed  Development of Financial Intermediation on Account of Economic Development for the Post Liberalization Era through Multivariate Relationships. He has presented & published more than twelve papers in National & International journals of repute and had developed & reviewed manual related to Business Plan Preparation; Project Appraisal & Entrepreneur Assessment & Enterprise Service Providers for Growth. He was  HoD of Industrial Engineering Department in School of Technology, PDEU as well as Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology, PDEU, for five years.  So, Dr. Parikh has more than 40 years of experiences across various domains of industry –finance, training, project-consultancy & education.