Choppalli Bhaskar Rao was born to enlightened, though not highly read, devout Telugu Brahmin parents on 9th July 1945 at Raipur (Chhattisgarh), as the fifth of nine children. He completed his schooling from Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), graduated in Civil Engineering from Jabalpur University with honours and M.E (Hons.) from Roorkee University (now IIT Roorkee). He retired from Water Resource Department of Chhattisgarh State, as Superintending Engineer. He has had interest in both science and spirituality right from beginning and on this foundation, develop fascination with literature. Humour and satire are his core areas. His works in Hindi and English were published in many journals/ magazines and Newspapers. He has written two books in Hindi and one in English: