Vasant Vrajlal Parikh (14 February 1929 ― 16 March 2007) was an Indian politician, social worker, writer, eye surgeon and Ayurveda doctor from Gujarat.
[1] Parikh was born on 14 February 1929 at Vadnagar (now in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India) in a Hindu Vaishnav family.
With Dr. Dwarkadas Joshi, he founded the Nagrik Mandal Hospital in Vadnagar where he served for rest of his life.
[3] 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.
[3] He established Karuna Setu trust along with his wife Ratnaprabha Maniar in 1984.