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Prafulla had her training at the Sir J J School of Art, Mumbai, where she won the Gold Medal for the best work of 1955, the year she obtained her diploma. She won a Silver Medal at the Bombay Art Society Portrait Exhibition. The government of France awarded her a scholarship for the study of graphic art at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Atelier 17 in Paris for a year. While in Paris she held an exhibition of her paintings in 1961 and has since then participated in exhibitions in Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Japan and France. Prafulla was the President of Bombay Art Society and Vice Chairman of the Artists' Center, Mumbai. For last 30 years she has been on the committee of Kala Akademi Goa, and presently is President of the Art Society of India. She was a committee member of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, from 1974-79. She has gained recognition for her murals, particularly those in ceramic, wood and glass, which highlight many prominent buildings in Mumbai.

In addition to the visual arts, Prafulla is keenly interested in Indian classical music.
Lives and works in Mumbai.