Devkota was the Chairperson of the National Intellectuals Organization of Nepal until 2015.
Devkota is a Central Committee Member of the Communist-Party-of-Nepal-Maoist-Centre in the position of Head of the Election Department.
[2] Devkota is currently a senior advocate for the Supreme Court of Nepal from his role as legal and constitutional adviser at Swabhiman Law Firm and Consultancy.
Devkota has written books related to law and constitution.
He is a professor at the Institute of Crisis Management Studies affiliated with Tribhuvan University.