Career
Being the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, he is also the ex-officio Chancellor of state universities of Himachal Pradesh. As a first administrative act of its kind in the history of Himachal Pradesh, Acharya Development Vrat has initiated steps for directly taking up social issues including drug abuse and intolerance. The governor held a meeting with senior bureaucrats from the state administration to monitor the steps taken to check these social evils on 3rd November 2015.
As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of a state acts through the Council of Ministers who are the elected representatives of the people of the state.