Prabhakar Rao, also known as Prabhakar Raobail or Raobail, was an Indian artist and cartoonist. He changed his surname to "Raobail" because he felt his former surname, "Rao," was too widely used. He was born in 1937 in Kasargod, Kerala. He began working as an illustrator and designer with the Life Insurance Corporation of India's Art Department, where he spent more than 31 years. Many newspapers and periodicals have featured cartoons and pictures by Raobail. In addition to local publications, Abu Abraham's Penguin Book of Indian Cartoons has included some of his cartoons. For UNICEF, Raobail created and illustrated several children's books, including Chakramadhye, Saban, and Railgaadi. For CRY and Concern India, he has created greeting cards.