 From 1927 to 1932, he served as an assistant collector in Bombay, after which he received attachment to the Central Board of Revenue in 1934.In March 1936, he was appointed as an officiating deputy secretary in the finance department of the Bombay Presidency.From July 1937, he served as the Indian Trade Commissioner in Hamburg, Germany until the outbreak of war, after which he returned to India and was posted as a deputy Trade Commissioner in January 1940.