Prashant is a very well known numismatist. He has written about one hundred articles, two monographs and two books on numismatics. His book entitled Coinage of the Bhonsla Rajas of Nagpur has received the Nelson Wright Medal of the Numismatic Society of India, Varanasi. His other book is the Bibliography of Indian Numismatics published by the Numismatic Society of India. He also wrote monographs on Mughal coins and Mints and Ashvamedha Yajna and Coins which were published by the Calcutta Coin Society and Reesha Books International. He is the Founder Trustee of the Indian Coin Society and has been one of the editors of its journal named Nidhi. He was also the co-editor of the Journal of Numismatic Society of India from 1992-1994. He has been the Vice Chairman of the Indian Coin Society, Nagpur and Vice President of the South Indian Numismatic Society in 1991-92.

He has written more than 110 large and small articles on numismatics. He has been so well known for the scholarship that he was appointed as the sectional President for the 11th International Numismatic Congress at Brussels. He is the only Indian who has been awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Oriental Numismatic Society of Great Britain.

He is a popular speaker and has spoken various times at the, British Museum, UK; Oriental Numismatic Society, Tubingen, Germany; Oriental Numismatic Society, America, New York; National Museum of Sri Lanka; The India International Centre, New Delhi; The Prince of Wales Museum Bombay and the Asiatic Society of Bombay.

He has worked as the Regional Secretary for South Asia for the Oriental Numismatic Society, UK for more than ten years and he finds a rare mention in the Who’s Who of International organizations.

Born in 1961 at Amravati, he is a businessman and Chartered Accountant. He reached the highest level of achievement in the Amway Corporation business and is known as a Diamond distributor. He has been pioneer in export of Oranges to Singapore, Sharjah, and London. He is a member of the Vidarbha Economic Development Council. He owns the company called Kulkarni Plantations Private Limited which deals in agricultural properties.

His wife Janki and three children Juhi, Navinchandra and Roohi support him whole heartedly in his scholarly pursuits.