Career
He served a professor of ancient history and vice-chancellor at Jaipur and Allahabad universities. He was also the chairman of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla for several years, the Chairman of Allahabad Museum Society and the Chairman of Central Tibetan Society, Sarnath Varanasi. Other positions he held include Member, Board of Governors, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath (till 1996).
Member, Executive Council, Banaras Hindu University (1982-1985).
ICHR (1987-1993); International Conference on Pattern Recognition (1988-1991). Member, Societe Asiatique De Paris, Indian Historical Records Commission, Indian Advisory Board of Archaeology, Editorial Board of the United Presbyterian Gaztters, the Council of Shastri, Indo-Canadian Institute, the Council of the American Institute of Indian Studies.
He started his professional career as a lecturer in Allahabad University in 1947. He was Reader in the Department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology till 1957 and was promoted as Dean, Faculty of Arts.
Pande rejoined the Allahabad University in 1978 as Vice-Chancellor after a gap of 20 years and held the office till his retirement in 1984.
During 1984-1988 he was Visiting Gaekwad Professor at Banaras Hindu University. He was the first National Fellow of ICHR from 1985-1986 and was the President cum Chairman, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He was the Chairman of the Allahabad Museum Society and the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, and Editorial Fellow, Project in Indian History of Science, and Philosophy and Culture. He edited several volumes of ancient history in Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture.
His most recent work (in June 2008) was a translation and explanation of the Rigveda in Hindi that was published by Lokbharti Booksellers and Distributors, Allahabad.
