Author Biography
Gopalakrishnan TC received his doctoral degree in Coastal Engineering from the North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC, USA in 1978. He served on the research and teaching faculty of the Indian
Institute of Technology, Madras, India; the North Carolina State University, USA; the Kuwait Institute
for Scientific Research, Kuwait.
Aside from his professional involvements, he was interested in the philosophic issues of life for the
last forty years or so. This led him to the messages of Ramana Maharishi, Lao Tzu, J Krishnamurthy,
Nisargadatta Maharaj, Eckhart Tolle, Marcus Aurelius and similar Masters. Based on the above
reflections, he self-published a book entitled “In Quest of the Deeper Self” published by the
Outskirts Press Inc.,
like to look at the deeper aspects of life. His current book "The Journey into Oneself" published by
Collectiveink (Mantra Books) is a revised version of that book.
Gopalakrishnan has been a member of the International Association for Near Death Studies, Durham,
spiritual content of near death experiences. He lives in Kodaikanal, a hill town in south India, with his
wife Banumathy who also received her doctoral degree from the North Carolina State University, in
Organic Chemistry. They have a daughter and son who are both married and settled.
