Career
On 18 November 1930 he began his career as a Hindi lecturer at Santiniketan, and in 1940 he was promoted to the office of the Director of Hindi Bhavan in Vishvabharati, which he held till 1950.
During his stay at Shantiniketan, he came in close contact with Rabindranath Tagore and other prominent figures of Bengali literature. He came to imbibe the subtleties of Bengali, the aesthetic sensibilities of Nanda Lal Bose, the search for roots of Kshitimohan Sen and the gentle but piercing humour of Gurudayal Mallik. These influences are evident in his later writings.
He left Shantiniketan in 1950 and became Professor and Head of the Hindi Department at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in which position he served till 1960. While in this position, he was also appointed as a Member in the first Official Language Commission set up in 1955 by Indian Government.
In 1960 he joined Panjab University, Chandigarh, as Professor and Head of its Hindi Department, a post that he held till his retirement.
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