 He started his career by working briefly at Chittagong College, and Burdwan Raj College, ultimately his received an appointment at Ripon College, Kolkata, later known as Surendranath College.Subsequently, he worked at Islamia College in Kolkata, later renamed Maulana Azad College.In 1948, he went to England on a study leave to submit his doctoral dissertation at London School of Economics after only two years.