He is an engineering graduate who went on to pursue communication for social change at the School of Journalism, University of Queensland, Australia.

Vairamuthu represented Tamil Nadu at the Sahitya Akademi's Northeastern and Southern Poetry Forum 2014 held in Kochi.

During his college days, he founded Makkal Anukka Peravai, a socio-political organization that works to address the self and social issues of the younger generation.

Ponmani, a Tamil scholar, published poetry collections and a novel and worked as a lecturer in Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai for 22 years.

Kabilan was involved in the launch of Puthiya Thalaimurai – a 24-hour news channel and Puthuyugam a GEC all in Tamil.