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Was Gujarati teacher, poet, essayist and short story writer. Praful Raval is a co-editor of Kavilok and Kumar and worked as a general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 1982.
Praful Raval completed his Bachelor of Arts from C. M Desai Arts and Commerce College, Viramgam in Gujarati and joined the School of Language, Gujarat University. He completed a Master of Arts, a Master of Philosophy and Ph.D.
Praful Raval taught at L. C Kanya Vidyalaya, Viramgam from 1970to 1983 and Sheth M. J High School, Viramgam from 1983 to 1984. In 1984, he founded Kruti Prakashan, a publishing company.
In 1992, he founded a primary school namely Shishu Niketan,later known as Setu Vidyalaya. In 1995,he founded another school, Sarjan Vidyamandir, and served there as principal till 2006.
In 2012, he became co-editor of Kumar. He works as general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.
