Lord Bhikhu Parekh is an India-born British political theorist, philosopher, and lifelong peer in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. He was born on January 4, 1935, in Amalsad, Gujarat, India. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1954 and completed a master’s degree in politics in 1956 from the University of Bombay (now known as the University of Mumbai). Encouraged by one of his professors, Usha Mehta, he went to the London School of Economics in 1959 and obtained his PhD in 1966. During his time at the School, he did not face racial discrimination. However, when searching for an apartment in London, he and his wife, Pramila Dalal, encountered instances of British racism. After brief teaching stints at the School and the University of Glasgow, he moved to the University of Hull, where he became a Professor of Political Theory in 1982. He also served as the Vice-Chancellor of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, from 1981 to 1984.