Active in  trade union movement, Bombay, 1947-1951.

   

Organized Textiles, Sugar, Printing, Dairy, Coal and Mining, Plantation, Government and Hotel Workers, 1952-1979, Karnataka and All India.

   

Founder President, Karnataka Sugar Workers Federation.

   
President, Hind Mazdoor Panchayat, Karnataka, 1970-1974
   
President, All India Hind Mazdoor Panchayat, 1974-1979
   
President, All India Hind Mazdoor Sabha, [ post HMS/HMP merger] 1979- till his death in1981
   
Represented India at ILO, Geneva, 1979