[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1969, for his contributions to Indian science and technology.
[1] It was during this time he got involved in the Indian independence movement and suffered jail terms, intermittently, totaling six and a half years.
[6] Dantwala was one of the close collaborators of Mahatma Gandhi and was known to have contributed to the development of the Gandhian ideal of Practical Trusteeship, drafting the proposal document which was published in Harijan in October 1952.
[7] After the Indian independence he was associated with several leading political leaders such as Jaiprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia, assisting them in the formation of Congress Socialist Party.
[15] Indian Agricultural Development Since Independence,[16] Evaluation of Land Reforms,[17] Poverty in India, Then and Now, 1870-1970,[18] Gandhism Reconsidered[19] and Marketing of Raw Cotton in India[20] are some of his other notable works and he has also edited works such as Dilemmas Of Growth: The Indian Experience[21] and Social Change Through Voluntary Action.