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Parikh
Parikh is a name found among Hindus of the Bania caste and also Jains. In means ''assayer'' in the Gujarati language and has its roots in the Sanskrit word for ''examiner''. Both the Oswal and Porwal communities of India have clans called ''Parekh''.http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Parikh-name-meaning.ashx People bearing the name, who may or may not be affiliated with the above communities, include: * Shrenu Parikh, Indian television actress. * Narhari Parikh, Indian freedom fighter and social reformer * Rahul Parikh, American pediatrician * Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh, Gujarati writer, Poet, and Indologist * Rohit Jivanlal Parikh, Indian-American mathematician and logician * Himanshu Parikh, Indian architect * Jayant Parikh, Indian Painter, Printmaker, and Muralist * Vasant Parikh, Indian politician and social worker * Deepak Parikh, CEO of Clariant Chemicals India * Tej Parikh, former Chief Economist, Institute of Directors The Institute of Directors (IoD) is a British professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrenu Parikh
Shrenu Parikh (born 11 November 1989) is an Indian television actress. She is best known for portraying Aastha Agnihotri in the StarPlus romantic drama ''Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir'' (2013–2015) and Gauri Kumari Sharma in the drama series ''Ishqbaaaz'' (2017–2018). Early life and education Parikh was born and brought up in Vadodara, Gujarat. She completed her education in Vadodara with a Pharmacydegree from the Babaria Institute of Pharmacy. She has a younger brother, Shubham Parikh. Career Parikh's first television appearance was a cameo role in the show ''Zindgi Ka Har Rang...Gulaal'' in 2010. Parikh secured her first television lead role in the Colors TV show '' Havan'' in 2011. She then did lead role in ''Byaah Hamari Bahoo Ka'' opposite Gaurav Khanna which aired on Sony TV. Speaking about her experience in this series, she says “I learned voice modulation and working on body language. I have grown as an actor”. Parikh appeared in the StarPlus's roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohit Jivanlal Parikh
Rohit Jivanlal Parikh (born November 20, 1936) is an Indian-American mathematician, logician, and philosopher who has worked in many areas in traditional logic, including recursion theory and proof theory. He is a Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College at the City University of New York (CUNY). Research Parikh worked on topics like vagueness, ultrafinitism, belief revision, epistemic logic, logic of knowledge, game theory and social software (social procedure). This last area seeks to combine techniques from logic, computer science (especially logic of programs) and game theory to understand the structure of social algorithms. Personal life and politics Rohit Parikh was married from 1968 to 1994 to Carol Parikh (née Geris), who is best known for her stories and biography of Oscar Zariski, ''The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski''. Parikh is a nontheist opposing abortions. To fight abortions he joined the Atheist and Agnostic Pro-Life League. In 2018, a Facebook post by Parikh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayant Parikh
Jayant Parikh (born 2 April 1940) is an Indian artist, printmaker, and muralist. He is a student of N. S. Bendre, K. G. Subramanyan and Sankho Chaudhuri. He lives and works in Vadodara, India. His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangaluru) and the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi. Biography Jayant Parikh was born on 2 April 1940 into a Gujarati Bania family in Bandhni village, Gujarat State, India. His family had a grocery shop in his village. He shifted to Vadodara in 1957 to study art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara. In 1962, he acquired his Post Diploma in Painting under the teaching of N. S. Bendre. As an extra subject, he studied woodcut in graphics. Later on, he also learned etching and colorography. He was a temporary lecturer in the faculty of fine arts M.S. University in 1970 for the painting department and in 1980 for the graphics department for one year short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh
Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh (1897–1982) was a 20th-century Gujarati poet, playwright, literary critic, Indologist, historian, and editor from Gujarat, India. He was the president of Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and was appointed the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1964. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960 for his play ''Sharvilak''. He is also a recipient of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak and the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak. Biography Rasiklal Parikh was born on 20 August 1897 at the village of Pethapur, now in Gandhinagar district. His father, Chhotalal Lalubhai Parikh, was a lawyer in Sadra, Gandhinagar. His mother, Chanchalbahen, belonged to a stock-broker family. Chanchalben was well educated for the time, when it was unusual for Gujarati women to study. She read both Sanskrit and Gujarati. She played an important role in shaping Rasiklal's interest in literature. Rasiklal spent his childhood in Sadra, completing his primary school education there. He shifted to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Parikh
Rahul K. Parikh is an American pediatrician practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and who is also employed by Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, California, as the associate Physician-in-Chief of Patient Education in the Diablo Service Area. He writes a regular column, called "PopRX", for Salon (website), ''Salon'' about various medicine-related topics. He has also written for CNN about how vaccines do not cause autism, and how important he considers it to be for parents to get their children vaccinated, and for the ''Los Angeles Times'' about the effectiveness of workplace wellness programs. Parikh has also written an article for ''The New York Times'' about neonatal intensive care units and whether or not prematurely-born infants born between 23 and 26 weeks of gestation should be resuscitated. Biography Parikh grew up in Orange County, California, and attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a degree in molecular biology. After graduating, he to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tej Parikh
Tej Parikh is a British economist and writer. Parikh was Chief Economist of the Institute of Directors, a private-sector employer lobbyist, from 2017 to 2021. Between 2015 and 2016 he worked as a journalist for The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He is currently Director of Economics at American credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings. Biography At the IoD between 2017 and 2021, Parikh appeared in the media and parliament as an advocate for SME's during Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. He left the IoD in 2021 to become Director of Economics at Fitch Ratings. Kitty Ussher, a former Labour Party MP, succeeded him as Chief Economist in September 2021. Prior to joining the IoD, he was an associate editor and reporter for The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh, where he wrote articles about Cambodia's economic and political development. His articles have also featured in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Reuters, and The Asia Times ''Asia Times'' (), formerly known as ''Asia Times Online' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narhari Parikh
Narhari Dwarkadas Parikh was a writer, independence activist and social reformer from Gujarat, India. Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, he was associated with Gandhian institutes throughout his life. He wrote biographies, edited works by associates and translated some works. His writing also reflected Gandhian influence. Biography Parikh was born on 17 October 1891 in Ahmedabad. His family belonged to Kathlal (now in Kheda district). He studied in Ahmedabad and matriculated in 1906. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics in 1911 and LL.B. in 1913. He started practicing law with his friend Mahadev Desai in 1914. In 1916, he left his practice and joined Mahatma Gandhi in social reform movements and later the Indian independence movement. He campaigned against untouchability, alcoholism and illiteracy. He also worked for freedom for women, sanitation, health care and schools run by Indians. He was associated with Rashtriya Shala (National School) run by Satyagraha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himanshu Parikh
Himanshu Parikh is a leading Indian engineer. Early life Himanshu Parikh was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He graduated from Cambridge University, where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering sciences with honours. He practised in Cambridge for ten years before moving to India in 1982. In India, he has done innovative work in structural engineering as well as in urban planning, environmental upgradation and infrastructure design, with an emphasis on low-income urban and rural areas. His focus is to use water and environmental sanitation infrastructure as a principal catalyst of poverty alleviation. In structures, Mr. Parikh has developed the concept of ‘mindful buildings’ based on simplicity, frugality and multiplicity. Currently, he spends most of his time in India on developmental work, teaching intermittently. Career He established Himanshu Parikh Consulting Engineers in Ahmedabad, India in 1982. His practice focuses on urban planning, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasant Parikh
Vasant Vrajlal Parikh (14 February 1929 ― 16 March 2007) was an Indian politician, social worker, writer, eye surgeon and Ayurveda doctor from Gujarat. Biography Parikh was born on 14 February 1929 at Vadnagar (now in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India) in a Vaishnava family. He became orphan when he was one and half years old. He was raised by his uncle and aunt, first in Bombay and then in Vadnagar. He studied Ayurveda at Jamnagar Ayurveda College and served as a doctor in government hospital for brief period. He studied in Bombay and became an eye surgeon. With Dr. Dwarkadas Joshi, he founded the Nagrik Mandal Hospital in Vadnagar where he served for rest of his life. He started a TB Hospital in memory of his sister. He was a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1971, being elected from Kheralu constituency as an independent candidate defeating Shankerji Okhaji Thakore of Indian National Congress. He had won the election with lowest minimum expenses of . He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clariant Chemicals India
Clariant Chemicals India Ltd () is a specialty chemicals manufacturing company from the Indian state of Maharashtra. The India office is headquartered in Thane. The main business activity of Clariant Chemicals (India) involves manufacture of specialty chemicals for domestic and industrial use. It manufactures and markets textiles, leather, paints, plastic, printing inks, and agrochemicals products in India. It has presence in many international markets. The company also ran a pigments business which was integrated into the Heubach Group. CCI is a part of the global Clariant group. History In 1956, it was incorporated with technical and financial collaboration from Hoechst and Bayer AG Bayer AG (, commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceutica .... It was founded by three Indian business group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepak Parikh
Clariant Chemicals India Ltd () is a specialty chemicals manufacturing company from the Indian state of Maharashtra. The India office is headquartered in Thane. The main business activity of Clariant Chemicals (India) involves manufacture of specialty chemicals for domestic and industrial use. It manufactures and markets textiles, leather, paints, plastic, printing inks, and agrochemicals products in India. It has presence in many international markets. The company also ran a pigments business which was integrated into the Heubach Group. CCI is a part of the global Clariant group. History In 1956, it was incorporated with technical and financial collaboration from Hoechst and Bayer AG Bayer AG (, commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceutica .... It was founded by three Indian business group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. The term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name ''Sindhu'' (सिन्धु ), referring to the river Indus. The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Sindhu (Indus) River. By the 16th century CE, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic or Muslims. Hindoo is an archaic spelling variant, whose use today is considered derogatory. The historical development of Hindu self-identity within the local In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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