During 20 years of his valuable life he was appointed to offices of high responsibility under the civil government of India having in addition to his military duties served as Resident in Malacca and afterwards at Singapore which later settlement he founded
त्यानंतर देवयानी खोब्रागडे यांची तात्पुरती बदली संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघातील भारताच्या कायम प्रतिनिधीमंडळात राजनैतिक अधिकारी म्हणून केली आणि नंतर त्यांना भारतात परत बोलावण्यात आले.