Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bengaluru, Venugopal Kuppanna Rajuk known as Venugopal K. R. (VKR) was born on 26 March 1956 in Bangalore.

His father, Muniswamappa Kuppanna, a farmer worked in Indian Telephone Industries Bangalore, mother Narayanappa Muniyamma was a home maker.

Dr. Venugopal K R was the Special Officer to the Government of Karnataka for Trifurcating Bangalore University.

Along with these, he has also obtained degree in more than 10 fields including Economics, Finance, Law, Public Relations and so on.

[13][14] Petrodollar and the World Economy, Mastering C++ Prof Venugopal K R has 1062 research publications,[15][16] authored and edited 84 books and has been granted 37 patents,[17] with over 6700 citations and google scholar h-index of 38 [18][19] focusing mainly on the subjects of Economics and Computer Science.