Anoop Chandola

Who is Anoop Chandola?

Anoop Chandola is an American linguist-anthropologist, originally from Pauri India, where he was raised in a priestly Brahmin family.

He was educated at the Christian Messmore Intermediate College of Pauri. After completing a year of intermediate education he joined the DAV College of Lucknow for his second and last year of intermediate.

Before moving to the USA in 1959, Chandola was educated at the universities of Allahabad and Lucknow where he graduated with university degrees in Sanskrit, English, and Hindi literature. He subsequently obtained an MA in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Chicago.

He lives in Tucson and Seattle with his wife Sudha. His son, Manjul Varn Chandola, is a Seattle/Tacoma based DUI lawyer.