[citation needed] Before joining Banaras Hindu University, he taught Sanskrit literature in various roles in India's central state Madhya Pradesh's colleges in Raipur and Indore.

[citation needed] In the early 1980s, Dwivedi organized the World Sanskrit Conference at Banaras Hindu University.

He traveled to the US, Canada, and Europe to participate in other World Sanskrit Conferences as part of Government of India's delegation, American Oriental Society Meeting,[12] and in personal capacity to conduct manuscript reviews at institutions such as Harvard University's Houghton Library.

[9] After retiring from official role at Banaras Hindu University, Dwivedi continued to read, research and create literature daily in his personal study and library,[16] where he also taught students from the nearby campus[17] of Banaras Hindu University free of charge.

Dwivedi had written over 13,000 verses in 3 epics and 14 lyrics, 2 plays, and 5 books on his original new theories on Sanskrit literary principles and theorems.

[27][28][29] Critical editions, reviews, translations, and commentaries on the works of past scholars of Sanskrit literature: Dwivedi is the youngest winner of Certificate of Honour by President of India (1978), at age 43.