Mr Vijayan Bala is basically an educationist who has taught English in reputed schools such as Don Bosco ( Park Circus ), Kolkata, Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi and St Xavier's Old Delhi; been Vice Principal at the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi and finished off as Principal of Raunaq Public School, Ganaur near Sonepat. In the schools he has worked in, he was greatly involved in co-curricular and sports activities. He has also conducted workshops for English teachers in many reputed schools. .

In the field of Sports, he has written freelance from the age of 18 for annual publications such as INDIAN CRICKET, magazines such as Sportsweek, Sportsworld, Weekend Review, Sun, Alive and Woman's Era and newspapers like Hindustan Times , The Hindu and The Telegraph. He has been on the statistical committees of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Cricket Association of Bengal. In 1974, he brought out INDIAN TEST CRICKET - A Statistical Digest which had a foreword by Mr Vijay Merchant. He has six other books to his credit - The Complete Indian Sports Quiz Book with a foreword by Olympic medalist Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, two books containing his interviews with famous Indian sports personalities, On Being A Quality Educator, Improving Your English Skills and How India Won Its Olympic Medals which has forewords by star athlete Ms. P T Usha, President IOA and outstanding hockey player Mr. Dilip Tirkey, President Hockey India. Mr Bala has been an English commentator for Akashvani and Doordarshan covering leading national and international Cricket, Hockey and Football matches and tournaments both in India and abroad. He has also passed the state level umpiring exam conducted by the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.