He was a lecturer in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology at the Nagpur University from 1965 to 1967.
He served Deccan College, Pune, as Reader in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology from 1967 to 1980, and as Professor from 1980 to 1990.
[3] The master archaeologist undertook excavations at Paunar (Maharashtra), Kayatha (Madhya Pradesh), Guwahati (Assam), Inamgaon (Maharashtra), Hoggadehalli (Karnataka), Prabhas Patan and Kuntasi (Gujarat), Ape-gaon, Kandhar, Kaothe and Walki (Maharashtra), which encompassed the past from Harappan to medieval history.
(Shreenand L. Bapat, Obituary Notice, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol.
He was invited by several institutions of international and national repute to deliver learned lectures.