Mukesh Parpiani is a veteran photojournalist and has been wedded to the cause of promoting photography as an art-form for the past five decades.

Over his sixteen-year stint (until March 2025) at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mukesh organised over 250 exhibitions at the NCPA’s Piramal Art Gallery - Mumbai's premier gallery dedicated to the art form of photography. As its Curator, Parpiani also oversaw a range of other events like public lectures and workshops by eminent Indian and international photographers. Additionally, he led the archiving of over 100,000 photographs of other events at the NCPA - from dance performances to multi-role theatre dramas.

Prior to his stint at the NCPA, Parpiani served three prominent newspapers in Mumbai. Associated as their ‘Photo Editor’, he served The Daily (1981-89), The Indian Express (1989-99) and The Mid-Day (2000-09). Parpiani trained dozens of photojournalists at these newspapers, who went on to win various awards and assume leadership positions at other publications.

Parpiani himself is credited with various 'photo scoops' or exclusives - across domains of natural calamities, terror attacks, gang wars, and even Bollywood!

Parpiani has contributed to seminal photo-books like former Mumbai Police Commissioner Shri. A N Roy's compendium on the history of the Mumbai Police, and the Shiv Sena's official photo-biography of Shri. Balasaheb Thackeray.

Mukesh and his wife, Renu, reside in the city of Mumbai.