[1] After school Balasundaram joined the Ceylon University College, graduating in 1923 with a B.Sc.

[1][2] He received a scholarship to study at Trinity Hall, Cambridge from where he graduated with a B.A.

[1] They had four sons (Gnanasanmugan, Yogasundaram, Balakrishnan and Sivanandasundaram) and two daughters (Somasundaravalli and Yogeswari).

[1] After returning to Ceylon Balasundaram worked as journalist for a brief period before joining the legal profession as an advocate.

[3] He stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate in Kopay at the March 1960 parliamentary election.