[2] From 1999 to 2006, Chand represented the Lautoka City Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, having won for the seat for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the parliamentary elections of 1999 and 2001.

On 19 May 2000, he was among the 43 members of the People's Coalition Government, led by Mahendra Chaudhry, taken hostage by George Speight and his band of rebel Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers from the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit.

Shetty of Abu Dhabi, Sudha Acharya, executive director of the South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS).

Chand, an accomplished jazz flautist, performed an abbreviated rendition of the Oscar Peterson standard 'I Love Paris' at the prizegiving reception.

The awards, which are granted to persons of Indian ancestry for their contributions to the countries they are members of, were presented by Governor Sushil Kumar Shinde of Andhra Pradesh.

It was announced on 5 September 2006 that Chand was suing the Fiji Times for what he claimed was a defamatory report on the front page of the newspaper, on 26 August 2000.

The report claimed that police were investigating his alleged involvement in the theft of government property, including furniture, from his office.

On 1 April 2015, Chand was accused of abuse of office by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption, for allegedly using $213,000 of university funds to pay for the medical treatment of the Chairperson of the FNU Council in 2012.

After a long investigation, the prosecution withdrew the case on 29 November 2018 because it claimed that it could not find the key prosecution witnesses, a claim which is incorrect as the witness has a public profile (Poasa Koroitamana, who operates a business in the US with his contact details readily available on social media), and was contacted many times by FICAC but he refused to provide false evidence as FICAC wanted him to.

[13][14] Chand was suspended by the Trades Disputes Panel and his work permit refused by Immigration, forcing him to leave the country in November 2020.

[18] On 19 August 2021, it was reported by the Solomon Star that the university was close to financial collapse, due to the decision to exclude students with fee arrears and the shortage of qualified teaching staff.