Prabhat is a well-known writer, poet who has written several works for children and adults. He has several titles to his name and has edited more than twenty books on folk literature for children in Bajjika, Chhattisgarhi, Baiga and Awadhi. He was awarded the Big Little Book Award for Hindi in 2019 and his books Kaisa Kaisa Khana and Lightening have featured on the Parag Honour List. He has been active in development of curriculum for primary education, teacher training, creative writing workshops and editing children’s magazines. Prabhat has had a long association with the Library Educators Course as a faculty and mentor.