Praful Raval is a Gujarati teacher, poet, essayist and short story writer.

[1] Raval is a co-editor of Kavilok and Kumar and works as a general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.

[citation needed] Raval completed SSC from Sheth M. J High School, Viramgam.

He completed a Master of Arts, a Master of Philosophy and Ph.D.[citation needed] Raval taught at L. C Kanya Vidyalaya, Viramgam from 1970 to 1983 and Sheth M. J High School, Viramgam from 1983 to 1984.

[citation needed] In 1992, he founded a primary school namely Shishu Niketan, later known as Setu Vidyalaya.