For his contribution, he received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (1969), Narsinh Mehta Award (2011), Kavishwar Dalpatram Award (2011), and Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak (2016).
Pandya completed his schooling in Amreli, and passed the matriculation exam in 1954.
He submitted his doctoral dissertation Gujarati Novel from 1950 to 1970 – a Critical Study (with Special Reference to Form) under Anantrai Raval.
In 2019, Gujarat Sahitya Akademi published his complete poems under the title Shabde Korya Shilpa.
[2] His works of criticism include Pratyudagar (1978), Itarodagar (1981), Sonnet: Shilpa ane Sarjan (1981), Anuspand (1987), Anucharvana (1989), Samalok (1991), Manovaijnanik Navalkatha: Svarup ane Vikas (2001), Anusanket (2003), Sampratiti (2010), and Ubhayanvay (2015).