Sociology , Public Policy Analysis , Development studies
About
Dr. Pratham Parekh has over 9 years of academic and non-academic experience in policy
research, monitoring, and evaluation. He obtained his PhD from the Centre for Studies in
Society and Development at the School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat. He
has published research papers in international and national ABDC, SOCPUS, and UGC Care-
indexed journals and contributed book chapters in various books published by well-known
publishers. He is the author of two academically acclaimed scholarly books, "Epistemes of
Death" and "Infrastructure Growth & Human Development in Gujarat."
Dr. Parekh's interests encompass sociological aspects related to public policy, governance,
information technology, data analytics and visualizations, human resources management,
labor laws, social policy, gender and women's studies, mythology, medical and health
sociology, and development studies. He has worked as a consultant with the Government of
Gujarat for over eight years and contributed to 16 policy intervention documents. His
contributions to policy & governance in Gujarat have been widely acknowledged and
appreciated. He has been appraised by the Government of Gujarat for developing Outcome
Budget, Gender Budget, Development Program, SDG monitoring system, and Chief
Minister's Dashboard.
