Lord Bhiku Parekh is a Britain-based political
scientist. Lord Parekh is a member of the House of Lords and has made
significant contribution to the study of political systems in Britain
and India. Lord Bhiku Parekh has made great contribution towards the
promotion of a liberal and tolerant society. Bhiku Parekh has served as
trustee of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Anne Frank Trust
and the Gandhi Foundation. Lord Parekh also held the position of the
chairman of the Commission on Future of Multi-ethnic Britain. His
service as the vice-chancellor of Baroda University, Gujarat, India
reflects his deep and undying love for India.
Lord Parekh has set up a charitable foundation in memory of his father
and endowed a chair in Indian politics at the University of Hull and
visiting fellowship in Indian studies at the University of Oxford. Lord
Bhiku Parekh won the Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize (2003) by the Political
Studies Association, UK, Life Peer (2000) and BBC's Special Lifetime
Achievement Award for Asians (1999). Well recognized for his social
activism and liberal values, Lord Parekh has played an important role in
increasing the understanding of India and its culture all over the
world.
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