 He was the founder of the Indian Rationalist Association in Chennai (then Madras) in 1949, and remained its President for many years.His autobiography, "84 Not Out", appeared in 1961.Acharya Atre has devoted one full chapter in his autobiography for Wrangler Paranjpye and has written about his fame all over the country and how because of him students from outside Maharashtra came to study at Ferguson College.