Gopalakrishnan TC

About Gopalakrishnan TC

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.