Sri Karunya Sagar Dasa was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in 1977. While studying Civil Engineering from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bengaluru he became interested in the message and mission of Srila Prabhupada. In 1996 he joined ISKCON Bangalore as a full time missionary and later served in Mysuru temple. Presently he is the President of ISKCON Mangalore and its Akshaya Patra midday meal program. He is also heading the Youth Services wing of ISKCON in Mangaluru, Manipal and Calicut in Kerala.