The anthropological question of doing research should gear toward the duty of giving back to the subject and society at large. Knowledge should serve an instrumental purpose. Prashant believes that education is a medium of social liberation and transformation in society. Intellectuals have a very important role in this regard, he thinks.

His research is oriented towards understanding the marginality of the Dalits, Adivasis and the depressed classes in general, and on caste conflict, cultural capital and exclusion of Dalits, seasonal migration, discrimination of tribal women, and vulnerability of tribes in particular.

He was the in-charge of the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSE&IP) at Gokhale. The findings of some studies were used for advocacy on important issues related to the empowerment of the marginalised groups.

Books

1. Bansode Prashant, 2015, Panchanama: Bharatatil Sanskrutik Bhandwalshahicha, (Marathi), Manovikas Publications, Pune, ISBN: 978-93- 83850-57-0
2. Bansode Prashant, 2011, Seasonal Rural Migration: Quality of Life at Destination and Source, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.
3. Co-authored: P.G. Jogdand, Prashant P. Bansode, N.G. Meshram, 2008, Globalization and Social Justice Perspectives, Challenges and Praxis, Rawat Publications, New Delhi, ISBN: 81-316-0212-5

Book chapters

• Bansode Prashant (2021), Navyana Buddhism: From Self Enlightenment to Critical Social Engagement, in Sarah Demmrich and Ulrich Rigel (eds.), 2021, Western and Eastern Perspectives on Religion and Religiosity, Waxmann, Munster, Germany
• Bansode Prashant, 2019, Institutions and Weaker Sections: The Dilemma of Inclusion and Exclusion, in Mohan and Pannackal (eds.), Good Governance in India, Prospects and Challenges, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi. ISBN-13: 978-93-86682-73-4
• Bansode Prashant (2017), Cultural Capital, Social Exclusion and the Marginalised Groups, in Wankhede and Reid (ed.), 2017, Accessing Higher Education, Aakar Publications, New Delhi
• Bansode Prashant,2013, Environment Movements in India: Differing Perspectives and Dimensions, Shweta Singh (ed), Lyceum Publications, Chicago USA, ISBN 978-1-933478-66-1
• P.G. Jogdand & Prashant P. Bansode, A Critical Study of Corporate Sector Philanthropy- A Case of Mumbai, in P.G. Jogdand, Prashant P. Bansode, N.G. Meshram, 2008, Globalization and Social Justice Perspectives, Challenges and Praxis, Rawat Publications, New Delhi, ISBN: 81-316-0212-5
• Bansode Prashant, 2008, Jagatikikaran ani Shetkaryanchya Atmahatya (in Marathi) in Jagan Karade (ed), Jagatikikarn: Bharatasamoril Avahane, Diamond Publication, Pune

• Abhilash T and Bansode Prashant, 2022, “From Nomadism to Precarious Living: Destitution and Exclusion of Malai Pandaram in Kerala”, Accepted in Social Change, This Journal is in the SCOPUS Index.
• Bansode Prashant, 2021, “Dalits and the Politics of Inclusion in a City: The Housing Question”, Urban India, Vol 40 (1), January-June, 2021, pp. 92-101.
• Bansode Prashant, 2021, “Ambedkar, Education and the Dalit Emancipatory Trajectory, Education India Journal: A Quarterly Referred Journal of Dialogues on Education, ISSN 2278-2435, Vol.10, Issue-3, August 2021, pp. 288-293.
• Bansode Prashant, 2021, Covid-19 and Sugar Cane Cutter Migrants of Maharashtra, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. LVI, No. 18, pp. 30-35.
• Bansode Prashant and Sunil Bhosale, 2018, Female Domestic Workers: Exclusion from Decent Work and Dignity: A Case Study of Pune City, Artha Vijnana, Vol.60, Issue No. 2, pp. 173-185.
• Sangeeta Shroff, Jayanti Kajale and Bansode Prashant, 2018, Agrarian Distress in Maharashtra: Why Vidarbha and Marathwada alone? Artha Vijnana , Vol.60, Issue No. 2, pp.119-126.
• Bansode Prashant, 2018, Stigmatisation and Exclusion of Tribal ‘Kumari Matas’ in Yavatmal, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.53, Issue No. 4, 27 January 2018.
• Bansode Prashant, 2017, Caste Conflict in Maharashtra, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 52, Issue No. 49, 9 December 2017
• Bansode Prashant, 2015, Economic Inclusion of Other Backward Classes: A Long Way to Go, ArthaVijnana, Pune, Vol. LVI, No. 2, June 2014, pp.196-207 ISSN 0971-586X
• Bansode Prashant, 2014, Seasonal Migrants and Quality of Life: Sugarcane Cutter Migrants at Destination and Source, Artha Vijnana, Pune, Vol. LV, No. 4, December 2013, pp.366-381, ISSN 0971-586X
• Bansode Prashant, 2014, Seasonal Migration: Exclusion from Social Security and Human Rights, Social Action, New Delhi, Vol. 64 July-September 2014, pp. 281- 293, ISSN 0037-7627

• Navayana Buddhism: From Self Enlightenment to Critical Social Engagement, paper presented in the International Conference on “Religion in East and West— Conceptual and Methodological Challenges” at the Cluster of Excellence, University of Munster, Germany on 25-27th June, 2019
• Globalising Social Sciences and the Quest of Egalitarianism, paper presented in the International Conference on “Two decades discourse about globalizing social sciences – concepts, strategies, achievements” at the Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Milano, ITALY on 27-28 September 2018.
• Of Nobleness and Deception: The Mahar Watan Land Reform, paper presented at the Panel “Dalit History and Politics” of the Indian History Congress Conference, held at Barkhtullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh during 26-28 February 2019.
• Migrant Labourers and House: The Issue of ‘Liveability, paper presented in
• International Workshop on Researching Home and Migration organised by Department of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy on June 5-6, 2017.
• Institutions and Weaker Sections: The Dilemma of Inclusion and Exclusion, paper presented in National Conference on “Challenges in Ushering Good Governance in India”, organized by the Institute of Indian Culture, Andheri Mumbai on 1st and 2nd April, 2017.
• Formalising the Informal: Is Recognition of “Slums” a Designed Exclusion, paper presented in National Conference on “Mumbai: Colonial to Mega City, Structure, Processes and Movements, organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai on 17th and 18th March, 2017.
• The Exclusion of Female Domestic Workers in Pune City, paper presented in International Conference on “The Future is now!” organized by the Balkan Sociological Association, at the Woodrow Wilson Educational Institute of Tetovo, Macedonia on 18th and 19th November, 2016
• The Recognition of “Slums” and Challenges for formalising the Informal in Pune, paper presented in International Conference on “The Transgressive City”, organised by the RC21 Committee of International Sociological Society, at Colegio de Mexico (Colmex) from the 21st to the 23rd of July 2016
• Dalit Subaltern Discourse: Challenging Caste, Class and Gender, paper presented
  at the International Conference on Subaltern Sociology: Social Justice, Islands and Movements, organised at University of Hawaii at Hilo campus, United States of America on 20th to 22nd February, 2016.
• The Synchronicity of Purifying Cities and Social Closure, paper presented in International Conference on The Ideal City: between myth and reality, organised by the RC21 Committee of International Sociological Society, at the School of Social and Political Sciences – Department of Economics, Society, and Politics at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy on 27-29 AUGUST 2015.
• Exclusion and Ignominy in Urban Society: Scavenging Community in Pune, paper presented in National Seminar on Urban Inequalities in India: Contradictions of urbanisation in contemporary Indian Society, organised by, Shree Siddhivinayak Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Karvenagar, Pune on 19th & 20th December, 2014.
• Cultural Capital and Exclusion of SC/ST in Higher Education, paper presented in National Seminar on ‘Higher Education in India and the Marginalized: A critique of Access, Equity and Quality in the Global Context’, held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai on 3rd-4th March, 2014.
• Dalits and the Land Question: A Critical Assessment of the Role of State, paper presented in the National Conference on “Dalits, Economic Development and the State” organized by Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Social Justice, University of Mumbai on 21st and 22nd March 2011
• Dalits and their Inclusion/Exclusion: Issues concerning democracy and
  citizenship, paper presented in National Conference organized on “State,
• Democracy and Citizenship, Issues and Challenges” by the Department of Sociology, University of Pune on 14th and 15th March 2011
• Historical Marginalization: A Case of Dalits and their Land Rights, paper presented in National Conference on Marginalized Communities in Indian History by the Department of History, University of Pune on 11th and 12th of March 2011
• Dalits Assertion for Land: Caste and Class Issues, paper presented in the National Conference on Dalit and Land Rights: Problems, Perspectives and the Scope, organised by the Community Development Trust, Mumbai and HIVOS at Aurangabad
• Noam Chomsky on Just Society, paper presented in the National Conference organized by the Department of Philosophy, Pondicherry University on 12-14th September 2008
• Ambedkar’s Conversion to Buddhism: Emancipation and Reconstruction in Indian Society, paper presented in International Conference on “The Centenary of
  Bhikkhu Buddhadasa: Religion for Development” held at Bangkok, organized by the World Buddhist University/World Fellowship and the Comparative Religion Program, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand on 21st and 22nd May 2006 (to be published).
• Corporate Sector Philanthropy-A Case of Mumbai, paper presented in the National Conference on Social Justice in the Era of Globalization, organized by Dr. Ambedkar Center for Social Justice, 2005, University of Mumbai (published).
• SEZ: Dispossession, Dependence and Domination, paper presented in UGC Sponsored Interdisciplinary National Seminar on SEZs in India: A Critical Perspective, organized by Tilak Maharashtra University, on 14th January 2008.
• Rethinking Sociology of Agrarian Structure, paper presented in the National Conference organized by the Department of Sociology on Interrogating and Reorienting Sociology in India: Critical Perspectives from the Margins on 21st and 22nd Feb 2008.
• Caste: A Site of Social Exclusion/Inclusion, paper presented in the National Conference organized by the Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Social Justice on Social Exclusion in Indian Society: The Response of State and Civil Society on 14th and 15th March 2008
• The Crisis in Agrarian Society and Farmers Suicide in India, paper presented in Department of Sociology as faculty seminar, 2007(published).

• Preparing Jawarla Village Development Report, a village adopted by the Governor of Maharashtra in 2015. This project is funded by Collector Nanded. The total cost of the project is Rs. 4, 32,458/-. The project started on 10 th July 2017. This project report was submitted in August 2018.
• Evaluation of Social Inclusiveness of Maharashtra Agricultural Competitiveness Project (MACP) initiated the modernisation of bazaars in Maharashtra, working as Community Development Specialist. The consultancy fees are Rs. 5, 30,000/-. This project of MACP is World Bank funded Project. This project report was submitted by the agency in December 2018.
• Poverty Impact Assessment Survey: Improving Small Farmers’ Access to Market in Bihar and Maharashtra, working as Social Development Specialist. This project is funded by the Asian Development Bank. This project started in May 2018. The report of this was submitted in January 2019.
• A Study of Socio-Economic and Educational Status of Mathadi-Hamals [Workers] in Maharashtra, funded by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI) a government autonomous Institute under the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, Government of Maharashtra. The amount of funds granted is Rs. 6176680/- (Sixty-one lakhs seventy-six thousand six hundred eighty only). The duration of the research is one and a half months.
• The Proportion of Marathas in Farmers Suicides in Marathwada and Vidarbha, funded by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI), a government autonomous Institute under the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, Government of Maharashtra. The amount of funds granted is Rs. 1528753/- (Fifteen Lakhs twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty-three only). The duration of the research is one month.
• The proportion of Marathas amongst Seasonal Migrants in Beed and Jamkhed Taluka of Ahmadnagar District, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI) a government autonomous Institute under the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, Government of Maharashtra. The amount of funds granted is Rs. 563178/- (Five Lakhs Sixty-three thousand one hundred seventy-eight only). The duration of research is one month.
• ICSSR funded (Rs. 875000) on The Exclusion and Inclusion of Nomadic Tribe: A Case Study of Malapandaram in Kerala, 2014.
• National Backward Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC), New Delhi, research project (Rs. 200000), A Study to Ascertain the Status of Asset Creation by Beneficiaries of NBCFDC Loans in Maharashtra, 2014.
• ICSSR funded ( Rs. 5,45,000/-) on Female Domestic Workers and Socio-Economic Inclusion, 2013
• National Backward Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC), New Delhi, research project (Rs. 1, 80,000/-), A Study to Ascertain the Status of Asset Creation by Beneficiaries of NBCFDC Loans in Gujarat.
• National Backward Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC), New Delhi, research project (Rs. 4, 00,000/-), A Study to Ascertain the Status of Asset Creation by Beneficiaries of NBCFDC Loans.
• Janarth NGO Aurangabad, research project ( Rs. 6, 45, 000/-) The Study of Quality of Life of Sugarcane Cutter Workers at Destination and Source Village, 2010
• Ford Foundation research project (Rs. 4, 75,000/-), done for Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi, on Social Justice Philanthropy in Mumbai, 2005-6, in coordination with Prof. P.G. Jogdand.
• Keshav Gore Trust, Mumbai research project (Rs. 1, 20,000/-) on Investigating Cultural Capital in Education: The Quest of the Marginalized 2008-9.

1. Life Member: Indian Sociological Society
2. Member: RC21 Research Committee on Sociology of Urban and Regional Development, International Sociological Association
3. Member: Committee to Review and Suggest new Schemes for the Welfare of Minorities in Maharashtra, Minorities Development Department, Government of Maharashtra.
4. Member: Board of Management, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
5. Member: Editorial Board, Artha Vijnana, Journal of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
6. Member: Board of Studies, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
7. Member: Board of Studies, Department of Sociology, Fergusson College, Pune
8. Member: Board of Studies, Department of Sociology, Abeda Inamdar College, Pune
9. Member: Standing Committee for Welfare of Backward Classes, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
10. Member: Research and Recognition Committee, The Faculty of Moral and Social Sciences, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune.
11. Member: Administrative Affairs Committee, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
12. Member: Academic Council, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune