He taught and conducted research in Economic Botany for 20 years at the College of Agriculture in Poona.
He later worked as a Fertilizer Executive with a firm in Bombay, The Dharamsi Morarji Chemical Co. Ltd.
[citation needed] He was one of the pioneers of the modern Marathi short story.
He was the Editor of "Pick of the Year" a Marathi annual of short stories.
[citation needed] He received State Awards for three successive years for best short story collections.