Sri Chanchalapathi Dasa was born in 1963 in Bengaluru, India. He did his Masters Programme in Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and joined ISKCON Bangalore in 1984 as a full-time member. He has been involved in the implementation of various programs of ISKCON Bangalore as well as the Akshaya Patra program. He is also actively involved in the execution of the Vrindavana Chandrodaya Mandir project in Vrindavana, Uttar Pradesh.