TARA BHAVALKAR IS AN IMPORTANT MARATHI WRITER PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR HER INTELLECTUAL WRITINGS.SHE IS A PROFOUND SCHOLAR OF FOLKLORE, FOLK CULTURE, AND FOLK ARTS. SHE IS A RESEARCHER WHO EXPLORES THE EVOLUTION OF VARIOUS THEATRICAL FORMS SUCH AS MYTHOLOGICAL PLAYS, FOLK THEATRE, DASHAVATARA, TANJORE PLAYS, YAKSHAGANA, AND KATHAKALI.SHE HAS WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON FOLK CULTURE, THEATRE RESEARCH, SAINT LITERATURE, ONE-ACT PLAYS, ESSAYS, FOLK ARTS, AND WOMEN"S CONSCIOUSNESS. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS, SEMINARS, AND CONFERENCES RELATED TO FOLK ARTS AND FOLKLORE. SHE HAS PUBLISHED MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE BOOKS THAT EXEMPLIFY OBJECTIVE, REALISTIC, AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES AND SERVE AS MODELS FOR THEORETICAL STUDY. SHE IS THE RECIPIENT OF MORE THAN THIRTY SIGNIFICANT HONORS AND AWARDS. SHE HAS ALSO MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPORTANT PROJECTS SUCH AS THE MARATHI ENCYCLOPEDIA, MARATHI LITERARY ENCYCLOPEDIA, AND MARATHI BIBLIOGRAPHY. FROM 1958 TO 1970, SHE WORKED AS A TEACHER IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL. IN 1970, SHE STARTED TEACHING MARATHI AT SHRIMATI CHAMPABEN WALCHAND SHAH COLLEGE IN SANGLI. SHE RETIRED AS A PROFESSOR IN 1999. AFTER RETIREMENT, SHE WORKED AS A VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE LALIT ACADEMY OF PUNE UNIVERSITY AND THE FOLK ARTS ACADEMY OF MUMBAI UNIVERSITY. SHE ALSO WORKED AS A GUEST EDITOR FOR THE FOLKLORE SECTION OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA IN WAI.

तारा भवाळकर या प्रामुख्याने वैचारिक लेखन करणाऱ्या एक महत्त्वाच्या मराठी लेखिका. लोकसाहित्य, लोकसंस्कृती आणि लोककला या विषयांच्या गाढ्या अभ्यासक.पौराणिक नाटक, लोकनाट्य, दशावतार, तंजावरची नाटके, यक्षगान, कथकली अशा नाट्य प्रकारांच्या जडणघडणीचा शोध घेणाऱ्या संशोधिका. लोकसंस्कृती, नाट्यसंशोधन, संतसाहित्य, एकांकिका, ललित, लोककला यांविषयी तसेच स्त्री जाणिवांवर लत्र केंद्रित करणारे विपुल लेखन.लोककला आणि लोकसाहित्य या विषयांशी संबंधित अनेक चर्चा, परिसंवाद, संमेलने यात सहभाग.वस्तुनिष्ठ, यथार्थ व चिकित्सक दृष्टी आणि सैद्धांतिक अभ्यासाचा वस्तुपाठ ठरणारी पस्तीसहून अधिक पुस्तके प्रकाशित.तीसहून अधिक महत्त्वपूर्ण सन्मान व पुरस्काराच्या मानकरी.मराठी विश्वकोश, मराठी वाङ्‌मयकोश आणि मराठी ग्रंथकोश या महत्त्वाच्या कार्यातही बहुमोल योगदान.सन १९५८ ते १९७० या काळात माध्यमिक शाळेत शिक्षिका. सन १९७० मध्ये सांगलीच्या श्रीमती चंपाबेन वालचंद शहा महाविद्यालयात मराठीचे अध्यापन. १९९९ मध्ये प्राध्यापक म्हणून निवृत्त.निवृत्तीनंतर पुणे विद्यापीठाच्या ललित अकॅडमीच्या आणि मुंबई विद्यापाठाच्या लोककला अकॅडमीच्या अतिथी प्राध्यापक म्हणून काम. वाईच्या विश्वकोशातील लोकसाहित्य विभागाच्या अतिथी संपादक म्हणून काम.