Praful Bidwai is a journalist, social science researcher and activist on issues of human rights, the environment, global justice and peace. Bidwai is one of South Asiaís most widely published columnists whose articles appear regularly in publications such as The Times of India, Frontline, rediff.com, The Kashmir Times, The Assam Tribune and the Lokmat Times in India, The News International in Pakistan, and The Daily Star in Bangladesh.

Bidwai is a founder-member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, an umbrella organisation of Indian peace groups founded in 2000.