Daksha Parmar is presently working as Associate Professor, School of Public Health, D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai. Earlier (2017–2023), Dr Parmar had worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. She is a post-graduate in development studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and a doctorate in Public Health from Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is a recipient of fellowships from ICSSR; Rockefeller Archive Centre, Tarrytown; Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation and the prestigious Dr. Yusuf Hamied Faculty Fellowship at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, in 2023. Her research spans public health, health policy, gender and social exclusion.

