a widely travelled person, he made valuable contribution in the fields of literature, education, culture, social work and labour welfare. he served as the secretary of b.d. college, patna for almost a decade and held this post until the college became a constituent college of the magadh university. he was also associated with many other academic institutions like the balika vidyapeeth, lakhisarai; deogarh vidyapeeth, deogarh and madhustahli, madhupur. he also served as the deputy chairman of the delhi public library and the kendriya hindi sansthan (en. central hindi institute). earlier, he was a director on the board of samachar bharti, a news agency for vernacular languages; and went on to become its chairman. he authored more than thirty books and edited many others. he was a popular columnist for hindi dailies and periodicals.