He also won president award in 2017, for his work in Sanskrit Language. He was the director of Kalidasa Akademi in Ujjain from 2007 to 2010.[6][7] He is also the chairman of Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Pratishthan, Bhopal, and was on the advisory board of the World Samskrit Book Fair held in January 2010.[8][9] Additionally, he has served on the Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Board[10] and on the Board of Management of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.[11] On Independence Day 2013, he was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the president of India, for contribution to Sanskrit.[12][13] Prof