Reported to be influenced by Rabindranath Tagore and Ram Kinker Baij, Parekh is a recipient of the 1982 Lalit Kala Akademi Award.
[2] Parekh was born in 1939 in Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat[1] and graduated in arts from the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art, Mumbai in 1962[3] where he had the opportunity to train under Mukund Shroff.
[5] Starting his career in the theatre, he worked as an actor and stage designer for one year and joined Weavers' Service Centre, Mumbai of Pupul Jayakar as art designer in 1963 where he stayed for two years.
He shifted his base to Kolkata in 1965 and, in 1974, moved to New Delhi, joining Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of India as a Design Consultant.
[7] After the Birla Academy of Art and Culture award of 1971, he received the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) award and the Silver Plaque of the President of India in 1972.