She was a committee member of the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi from 1974 to 1979, and the President of Bombay Art Society for 11 years from 1993 to 1998 and from 2010 till her death in 2014.

Besides the work for the artists, she was involved as the main trustee for last 30 years of an orphanage called Bal Anandgram in Lonavala.

Prafulla Dahanukar painted abstract landscapes in generally one vivid and dominant color, with myriad shades and subtlety.

Barclays Bank recently in November 2008 sponsored her exhibition in Dubai which was opened by the famous painter M.F.

These murals adorn prominent buildings in Mumbai, Pilani, Kolkata and Muscat (Oman).

Her paintings are in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art and Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi, the Central Museum in Nagpur, the Prince of Wales Museum in Mumbai, and many institutional and private collections in India and overseas.

The overall winners of the contest will win a sponsored solo show at a leading art gallery in Mumbai.