He was born to Shri Kanumuri Venkata Narasimha Raju a Landlord and Shrimati Subbamma, a pious lady.
During 1947-49, KVK Raju studied B.Sc course in Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi and later he joined the Madras Institute of Technology at Choromepet, Madras and did Automobile Engineering.