Gopalakrishnan TC was born in Chennai, India, in 1941; graduated in Civil Engineering, Madras University (1963); Master’s degree: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1971); Doctoral degree in Coastal Engineering: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA (1978).
He was on the research and teaching faculty of engineering and science institutes: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; North Carolina State University; Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. Presented technical papers in international conferences held in England, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, China and USA.
Gopalakrishnan has been maintaining a blog on Near Death Experiences and Universal Spirituality; presented a paper at the annual conference of the International Association for Near Death Studies held in Durham, NC, in 2011. Listening to the messages of Enlightened Masters from India and other countries, he has now brought out a book with the title “The Journey into Oneself”. It is published by the Collective Ink (UK,USA) book publishers.