[4] Praful Bidwai was a political analyst and commentator, a social science researcher, and an activist on issues of peace, global justice, human rights and environmental protection.

He was "The Times group's" most published journalist for 20 years, writing analytical and investigative articles on themes including politics and political economy; economic policy and industrialization strategies; international relations; energy, the environment and sustainable development; religion, ethnicity and politics; social conflict, communalism and nationalism; science and technology; and nuclear weapons disarmament and peace.

He had also been published in The Guardian (London), The Nation (New York), Le Monde Diplomatique (Paris), and Il Manifesto (Rome).

He had also served as a member of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the Central Advisory Board on Education, and the National Book Trust.

Along with Achin Vanaik, Bidwai was the author of New Nukes: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament (Interlink, 1999).