Born in Ambasamudram, India, Kumar Gopalan grew up in India and later settled with his family in Australia. He now lives in Brisbane, as do his two sons Abhishek and Prashant and their respective wives Narita and Noel.
In his spare time he enjoys reading. He also has a passion for writing and aspires to devote more time to this. He has written a few blogs on various topics in his blog site www.accordingtokumar.com.