 During the early 1960s he developed complications in the lower spinal region and was operated on in the United States.In 1969 he moved to Rajasthan University in Jaipur as Vice-Chancellor and in 1971 joined Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla as Head of the Mathematics Department.He was also member of the Union Public
Service Commission and the first Director of the Mehta Research Institute (now renamed as the Harish-Chandra Research Institute).