In addition to poetry, his views found expression in other forms such as plays, film scripts, short stories and essays.

[citation needed] Kanaka Subburathinam was born[2][6] in Puducherry (earlier called Pondicherry) on 29 April 1891 to Kanagasabai Mudaliar and Lakshmi Ammal.

A twentieth century Tamil poet, Bharathidasan was an active participant in the Indian independence movement, he opposed both the British Raj[2] and the French colonial government.

Bharathidasan works were nationalized meaning brought into public domain[2] in 1991 by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi.

The University endeavours to be true to such a vision by creating in the region a brave new world of academic innovation for social change.