Gopalakrishnan TC was born in Chennai, India, in 1941; graduated in 1963 in Civil Engineering from the Engineering College, Madras University. Received the Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras,...

Gopalakrishnan TC was born in Chennai, India, in 1941; graduated in 1963 in Civil Engineering from the Engineering College, Madras University. Received the Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, while being on the teaching and research faculty there in the Hydraulic Engineering Department. His doctoral degree was in the field of Coastal Engineering from the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA in 1978. Served as Assistant Professor in that university for two years and then worked as a Research Scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research for eight years. Presented technical papers on coastal engineering in international conferences held in USA, England, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, Australia and China. Aside from his professional involvements, he was interested in the philosophic aspects of life on this planet. This led him to the messages of the great masters like Lao Tzu, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Ramana Maharishi and J. Krishnamurti. His book “The Journey into Oneself”, published in 2024 by the Collective Ink publishers (UK), is the outcome of his reflections on those and his wish to share the outcome with others. A 19 min video is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AA3V5cetQxKdhUPlvw4H6yeXYhDenx21/view Gopalakrishnan has been a member of the International Association for Near Death Studies, Durham, NC, USA. He presented a paper at their International Conference held in Durham, NC, USA, in September 2011; the title of the paper is “The Spiritual Content of Near Death Experiences”. He lives in Kodaikanal, a hill town in South India, with his wife Banumathy. They have a daughter and son who are both married and settled.