Famous People with Name Praful

Praful Bidwai            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Praful Bidwai: an Indian journalist, political analyst, and activist.After dropping out of Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai , Bidwai's first notable work in journalism was as a columnist for Economic and Political Weekly of Mumbai, beginning in 1972. He was later an editor of Business India and a special correspondent for Financial Express of Mumbai. He served as editor of The Times of India between 1981 and 1993, eventually becoming its Senior Editor. During this time he was The Times' most published journalist. Bidwai is currently a columnist whose stories are published regularly in the Hindustan Times, The Tribune, Rediff.com, Frontline, the Kashmir Times, and more than twenty other newspapers. He frequently writes for the international news agency IPS, and has also contributed to Pakistani publications including The Nation. Bidwai authors a regular column, "From the World's Most Dangerous Place", on the website Antiwar.com.

Praful Manoharbhai Patel            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Praful Manoharbhai Patel: is a Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bhandara-Gondia parliamentary constituency and is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He currently holds the title of Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterpris

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta: was the leader of the Assam Movement, a former Chief Minister of Assam (two terms) and a former president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a major political party in the Indian state of Assam. He is currently the president of the AGP(P) political party

Prafulla Chandra Roy            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prafulla Chandra Roy: was a Bengali academician, a distinguished chemist and entrepreneur. He was born on August 2, 1861 in the village Raruli-Katipara in Khulna District (now in Bangladesh) and died on June 16, 1944. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company.Prafulla Chandra returned to India in 1889 and joined Presidency College, Calcutta as Assistant Professor of Chemistry. He was reputed as a successful, inspiring and popular teacher. Also, he was surrounded by a group of dedicated research students . Though at that time, the Chemistry department of Presidency College did not boast of any well-equipped world standard laboratory, but a lot of original chemical experimentation occurred there.

Prafulla Chandra Sen            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prafulla Chandra Sen: was a Bengali Indian politician and freedom fighter. He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal during the period 1961–1967. In 1948, he was inducted by the then Chief Minister Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy into the West Bengal Cabinet as Minister for Food. This wa