Prof. Indira Parikh
President
Antardisha (Directions from Within)
Prof. Indira J. Parikh is the President of Antardisha. Antardisha is a private entity creating a space for individuals, collectivities, organizations and institutions to have a dialogue to discover themselves, to review their past, to reflect on the present Here And Now, and renew themselves for the future. Prof. Parikh is the Founder President of FLAME Pune. She has been involved in creating the academic vision of holistic and Liberal Education and shaping FLAME. She has also conceptualized the thresholds of Life, Life Space, Life Roles and Identity. Her focus is on transformation and lifelong learning, development and growth.
Prof. Parikh has done M.Ed from University of Rochester, New York USA and the Doctorate from Gujarat University. She was a faculty at IIM-Ahmedabad for over 30 years and Dean from 2002 to 2005. She has taught at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France) and Texas A&M University. She has specialized in organization development and design, and institution building. She has been a consultant and conducted diagnostic studies for organizations and conducted leadership and institution building programs in public sector, private sector and multinational organizations. Professor Parikh is on several boards of companies as an independent director.
Prof. Parikh has been honored with several life time achievement awards both nationally and internationally. She has written numerous articles published in National & International Journals and is the co-author/ author of several books. Her lifelong journey has been in education and people transformation in organizations.