 His Tamil father P. Subramaniam is from Palakkad, Kerala and his Sindhi mother Mohini is from Kolkata, West Bengal.He dropped out of Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School in 1986 before completing his higher secondary.Ajith created the non-profit organisation "Mohini-Mani Foundation", named after his parents, in order to promote self-hygiene and civic consciousness and to help ease the problems of urban sprawl.