Prashanti Talpankar (born 29 April 1963)[1] is an Indian writer, translator, playwright, and actor.

She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for her work in Konkani and is a cancer survivor.

Prashanti Talpankar grew up as a student leader and as a part of Goa's historic official language agitation.

Notably, she went on a hunger strike in 1989, protesting against the lack of action in a case of sexual assault.

[6] In 2015, Talpankar released a Konkani translation of Shashi Deshpande's English book That Long Silence, titled as Dirgh Moun Te.