Ramki studied electrical engineering and worked for about a dozen years in VLSI Design Automation before quitting his job to (a) reduce his load on the environment and (b) try and do something useful for the society. He has put together six books in Tamil on social, economic, political, and environmental issues. He has translated six books from English to Tamil and one from Tamil to English, on socialism, agriculture, and education. Mirage Economy (an open-source online book) is the latest book that he has put together.