[1] On 16 July 2019 (Guru Purnima), Popat unveiled his autobiography, A British Subject: How to Make It as an Immigrant in the Best Country in the World.

[2] After completing his studies, Popat held a number of positions, including trainee accountant at Rockware Glass and UDT Finance (Barclays).

Popat is an advocate of community cohesion and the importance of reconciling and uniting different cultures under the UK's central democratic process.

Popat has advocated that the Conservative Party is a union where enterprise, hard work and social responsibility are respected and encouraged, and that these are values which the British Indians naturally share.

Lord Popat stood down as chairman for Conservative Friends of India in January 2013, after his appointment as a Government Whip and Lord-in-Waiting.

Lord Popat considers himself a "child of Africa" and in January 2016 he was appointed as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Rwanda and Uganda – the latter being his home country.

In October 2020, the Prime Minister added the Democratic Republic of Congo to his roster, one of the richest countries in terms of resources in the world.

Not withstanding the title and content of his book and his documented history as a refugee who settled in the UK, in an article published 25 April 2022 on the website 'politicsathome.com' he argued that the current asylum system is abused by economic migrants.

He also argued that there is good reason for others now seeking refugee status in the UK, to be sent instead to Rwanda, a country with a well documented history of genocide within its own borders.