He is the second born child to Ramesh, an advocate at the Madras High Court and his wife Sivakami, a homemaker.

He first swam across the Palk Strait (Ram Setu), which lies between Tamil Nadu, India and Sri Lanka in April 1994 at the age of 12.

Thus, he swam across the six channels, all during the calendar year 1994, and his feat was included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Tamil Nadu State government sponsored and provided holistic support for his entire Guinness record contributing swims (1994).

In the early and middle 1990s, when he was into full time swimming, private corporate sponsors for athletes were non-existent and managing the mounting expenses involved in participating in international events in individual capacity was challenging.

It was very common to come across news on ex-athletes (including many champions) suffering in extreme poverty, doing daily wages for sustenance etc., which discouraged him to take up sports as the major career option.

Therefore, he made a conscious decision to retire early from professional swimming in 1998 to take up education as his prime area of concentration.

Currently, he lives in Texas, USA where he heads the Venture Capital arm of a multi asset investment fund.

In his own words cited below, he expressed heartfelt ecstasy at establishing the foundation"As a former athlete who had to give up sports owing to the lack of financial support, this small aspirational step towards changing the status quo, is extremely close to my heart.

The ultimate objective is to encourage the number of people who take up sports as a career option, by providing them better assurance financially and better support morally.