 In 1946, the same year of his election to the state assembly, he was appointed as the chancellor of Nagpur University, a post he would hold for three consecutive terms.During his tenure, he established seats for the departments of Hindi and Marathi and was involved in arranging the translation of 34 Hindi texts and 42 Marathi texts into English, which helped the students to learn science subjects in local languages.He was also associated with "Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Sammelan" and served as its president for one term.