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In 1945 Dr Randhawa was appointed Secretary to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and 10 years later he became the Vice-President of the Council with the status of Additional Secretary to the Government of India. He was also Special Secretary in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture of the Government of India from 1964 to 1966, being in charge of the work of intensive agriculture throughout the country. He also held the position of Adviser (Natural Resources) in the Planning Commission. His duties, especially when he was Vice-President of the ICAR, took him to many parts of India, and he seized the opportunity to study with great interest the agriculture and farming systems of each region, the information collected being used for an important series of books on Farmers of India. His tours were always all-encompassing, including in their sweep visits to botanical gardens, horticultural institutions, art galleries, libraries and museums of natural resources of all kinds.