He is also the convener of Rajasthani Advisory Council of Sahitya Akademi.
He has translated Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati, Hindi and Punjabi poems and books into Rajasthani.
He has also translated Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s "Crime and Punishment" and Samuel Beckett’s play "Waiting for Godot".
[citation needed] He has received Padma Shri in 2011 which happens to be the fourth highest civil honour given by the government of India.
[4] He was also a recipient of Suryamal Mishran Shikhar Award (2004–05) for his work 'Udeek Puran'.