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During this period, he secured a doctoral degree (Doctor of Philosophy) in mathematics from Lucknow in 1951.
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In 1954, he resigned from the university to take up the post of an assistant astronomer at Uttar Pradesh State Observatory and became its director in 1960, a post he held till his superannuation 1978. He also worked as a professor at the University of Rourkee at the department of Earth Sciences. In 1978, he was appointed as the vice chancellor of Kumaon University.
He chaired the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service Commission set up by the state government and held memberships in the Instruments Society of India and the Optical Society of India.
He was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, London.
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Born on 20 November 1923 at Indore in the largest Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to B. Doctorate. Sinvhal and Laxmi Devi, he started his career as a member of the faculty of the department of mathematics and astronomy at Lucknow University in 1946 where he worked till 1954. Sinvhal was the president of Bharat Ganita Parishad and a member of International Astronomical Union, London. He served Astronomical Society of India as a member of its executive council (1973-1974), as its vice president (1975-1976), as its president (1977-1979) and was its life member.
He was a life member of the National Academy of Sciences, India and a member of the American Mathematical Society.
