Author Biography
T.C. Gopalakrishnan 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 and 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, UG
Krishnamurthy, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Eckhart Tolle, Marcus Aurelius and similar Masters. Based on
the above reflections, he brought out a book entitled “In Quest of the Deeper Self” published by the
Outskirts Press Inc.,
look at the deeper aspects of life.
Gopalakrishnan is a member of the International Association for Near Death Studies, Durham,
USA. He presented a paper at their annual conference, September 2 - 4, 2011, on the theme of the
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. Now they are both retired and currently involved in developing a fruit farm at a
village 20 km from their residence. They have a daughter and son who are both married and settled.
Website: http://spirituality.yolasite.com Blog: http://nde-thedeeperself.blogspot.com
Email: (1) gkrish2005@yahoo.co.in (2) gopal.tc@gmail.com