Dhruv Prabodhray Bhatt (born 8 May 1948) is a Gujarati novelist. He was born in Ningala of Bhavnagar District, Gujarat. He studied at various places, standard 1 to 4 at Jafrabad and Matriculation from Keshod. After studying commerce for two years, he left further studying.He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Tatvamasi. His novel 'Akoopar' has been adapted to a play directed by Aditi Desai.