from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and entered the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in October 1928.
[1] By the time of the Second World War, he was a deputy secretary in the Supply Department of the Government of India, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1942 Birthday Honours list.
[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours list.
[2] He subsequently served as Secretary in the Ministry of Irrigation and Power, also holding the position of Chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation for a time.
Sachdev was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu on 2 September 1963, but was in the post for barely over a year before his death in office on 8 December 1964.