A science and law graduate, he took up a course in journalism which brought him into the field of communications. Parvez N Panthaky was the Public Relations Officer of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd for over 30 years. He retired from MDL in 2018 and was reappointed as a consultant to create the MDL heritage gallery Dharohar. Since then he has been associated with KHAKI, a heritage tour company that is involved in heritage evangelism in Mumbai
