He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly representing the erstwhile Princely State of Gwalior during 1947–48.
Sreenivasan became a Minister in Princely State of Mysore under Dewan Sir M. Madhava Rao and handled portfolios of Industries, Agriculture and Food and Civil Supplies during 1943–46.
He then became Dewan of the Princely State of Gwalior under Maharaja Jivaji Rao Scindia during the crucial days of accession to the Indian Union.
He authored a book titled Labour in India: Socio-Economic Conditions of Workers in the Kolar Gold Mines.
Sreenivasan was the founder President of the Greater Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.