He started his career as a principal at a high school in Mahuva, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, and became a professor at Shamaldas College.
In 1953, he founded Lokbharti, a university for rural villagers who otherwise lacked access to higher education, in Sanosara, Gujarat.
Lokbharti is based on the vision and message of Mahatma Gandhi of a strong and self-sufficient rural India.
He wrote and published books and publications from 1920 to 1959, focusing on education, religion, humanity, social science, history, self help and character development.
According to the famous Gujarati writer Manubhai Pancholi, Bhatt had a good knowledge of Sanskrit classical texts such as the Upanishads.