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Background and early life

Gopinath was born in the town of Melkote, Karnataka on November 13, 1951. He was the second of eight children. Gopinath's father; a school teacher, believed that schools were systems of regimentation and was resolved to teach Gopinath at home. However, Gopinath was admitted to a kannada medium school quite late and straight away he joined Standard V. In 1962, Gopinath cleared the admission test and joined Sainik School, Bijapur. The sainik school prepared Gopinath to clear the NDA entrance exams. After 3 years of rigorous training, Gopinath passed out of the NDA. He then went on to graduate from the IMA

Army days

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