Alok Gupta is a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He attended University of Hawaii and University of California San Diego for graduate studies in Electrical Engineering. A communication system engineer by profession, he discovered his love for philosophy, Vedanta and poetry later in his life. He lives in Encinitas, an idyllic beachy town known for surf, swami and a beautiful botanical garden, in the suburb of San Diego, California, with his family.