He was one of the most celebrated 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were inspired by nature, people and beauty within.

Simultaneously he grew enamored with the works and thinking of Karl Marx and Mahatma Gandhi, dedicating several verses to them in the poetry he produced during this time.

As the late scholar and translator of Pant, David Rubin, writes, "In the early forties the new psychological and experimental "schools" were emerging.

It was typical of both Nirala and Pant that they themselves anticipated these trends and, by the time the new approaches were in vogue, they had already moved on to newer areas of experimentation.

"[2] Mahapran Nirala once remarked: The most powerful thing in Pant Ji is that, like Shelley, he makes his composition mellifluous and tender by enriching it with numerous similes and metaphors.In 1960, Pant received the Sahitya Academy award, given by India's Academy of Letters, for Kala Aur Budhdha Chand.

[1] In 1968, Pant became the first Hindi poet to receive the Jnanpith Award, considered to be India's highest accolade for literature.

[5][1] Sumitra Nandan Pant composed the Kulgeet of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee " -Jayati Vidya Sansthan".