[3] He served the National School of Drama as a senior lecturer from 1959 till 1982 and also worked with The Statesman and The Economic Times as a columnist.
[3] He was the author of Octave Strings (1944), Solitary (1973), Navanna (2002),[4] Aage Gahan Andhera Hai (2007)[5] and Rang Dharshan (2008)[6] besides several translations and critical essays[7] on a variety of subjects.
[3] including From the Wings, Notes on Indian Theatre,[8] which is a prescribed text for academics at Christ University.
[9] Jain was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
[15] His daughter, Kirti Jain is also an eminent theatre artist and served the National School of Drama as The Director from 1988 till 1995.