He was also the winner of prestigious Sahitya Akademi prize for translation.
Then he joined the audit department of the Government of India at Madras in 1954.
[2] His Nazrul biography was awarded the Ilakkia Chintanai Prize (Madras) and the Rabindra Smirti Puraskar of the government of Bengal.
The biographies of Premchand and Vidyasagar also won him the Ilakkia Chintanai Prize.
[3] & Nikil Bengal Sahitya Samelana Prize..He has translated Tirukural & Silappatikaram in Bengali, which are the most important work of his career.