Dr Parikh has taken on the daunting task of freeing couples from the bane of infertility.
The recipient of many accolades and gold medals, she did her post-doctoral research in Reproductive Medicine from Yale University (US) before coming back to set up the first IVF facility at the Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre in Mumbai.
She has also written on the subject of infertility for publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, Time and Newsweek. She is also the founder-director of Reliance Life Sciences.
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