 Satyendranath took an active interest in the activities of the Brahmo Samaj wherever he was posted, e.g.Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.While in the Maharashtra region he had close contacts with many of the leading reformers and Prarthana Samaj figures — Mahadev Govind Ranade, Kashinath Trimbak Telang, Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar and Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar.