BPR graduated from the Central College, Bangalore in the year 1937 obtaining BSc (Hons) degree in geology in First Class and securing a gold medal.
Soon after graduation, he joined the Mysore Geological Department (MGD) as a field assistant at the young age of 19.
Besides being a core member of the group that conceived the idea of forming the Geological Society of India in 1958 for "improvement in the standard of geological research, by providing a forum for free exchange of ideas and media for quick publications of results and wide dissemination of knowledge", he served as the first Secretary for fifteen years and later as the editor between 1974 and 1992.
The publications of the Society have exercised a beneficial influence on the growth of Earth Science Studies in India.
On the contrary, he firmly believed in personal commitment involving the intellectual labour of its fellows rather than financial contributions.