Prof. Indira Parikh is the Founder President of Foundation for Liberal And Management Education, Pune. Earlier she was Dean of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad from 2002 to 2005 and Professor in the Organizational Behaviour Area at the Institute. She has held the positions of the Chairperson of Organizational Behaviour Area, Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), Postgraduate Diploma in Management Program (PGP), Placement Committee and Alumni Relations and Activity Committee. She is the Founder Member of Sumedhas: The Academy for Human Context.  She is on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Limited and several other organizational and academic boards.

The current focus of work is on transformation of organizations, corporate management and individuals.  She has designed management development programmes in institution building, Leadership effectiveness, issues of role and identity, and Organizational renewal.  She is involved in Organization Design and Development studies as well as assessment of individuals and organizations. Prof. Parikh has taught at INSEAD, Fontainbleau, France and Texas A & M University, USA.  She has done consulting at national and international settings with many donor agencies.  Published books on Profiles in Identity (Co-author), Indian Women - An Inner Dialogue, Young Managers at Cross -Roads (Co-author), Corporate Culture in India (Co-author), Cross Roads of Culture (Co-author) and numerous papers in national and international journals.

Prof. Parikh has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Award for Best Teacher in Management by Ascent in World HRD Congress, 2001. Has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Award for the Contributions to HR by Indira Group of Institutes, Pune, 2003. Has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by PGP Students, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2003-05 Batch). She was also awarded The 16th Business School Affaire and Dewang Mehta Business School Award for Lifetime Achievement. She has recently been awarded Visionary Leader Award by DNA & Stars of the Industry Group. She has also been awarded The Achievers Award by the University of Pune.