Swami Satyamayananda joined the Order at Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata in 1988. An initiated disciple of Swami Bhuteshananda (the twelfth president of the Order), he served in various capacities at Advaita Ashrama. In 2008, he joined the the Probationers’ Training Centre, Belur Math, as an Acharya or teacher. In 2010, he was posted to Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, to be the editor of Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India, an English-language magazine of the Ramakrishna Order started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896. He was appointed as the Secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Kanpur in 2014. He joined the Vedanta Society of Southern California as our Assistant Minister on December 10, 2018.