Banaras

Manu Parekh - (b 1939)

Art Advisory

Parekh was born in Ahmedabad in 1939 in Gujarat. He graduated with a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, in 1962. He then started his career as a stage actor in Mumbai and designed stage-sets in Ahmedabad. From the world of theatre, he entered a different field when he joined the Weavers’ Service Centre, Mumbai, in 1963 as Art Designer. After two years he moved to Calcutta and lived and worked there till 1974, when he was appointed a Design Consultant Read More