tʃˈændɹuː wʌz bˈɔːɹn ˌɔn twˈɛnti ˈeɪt ˈɔːɡəst nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti θɹˈiː ˌɪntʊ ɐ fˈæmɪli ʌv fˈɑːɹmɚz ʌv nˌæɹɐsɪmhˈaɪə ænd θˈɪmæmə ɪn hˈɑːnɐsˌændɹə, ɐ vˈɪlɪdʒ ɪnðə tˈælʌk ʌv nˌɛlɐmɐŋɡˈɑːlə ʌv bˌæŋɡɐlˈoːɹ ɹˈʊɹɹəl dˈɪstɹɪkt, ɪnðɪ ˈɪndiən stˈeɪt ʌv mˈaɪsoːɹ nˈaʊ kˈɔːld kɚnˈɑːɾəkə.
Chandru was born on 28 August 1953 into a family of farmers of Narasimhaiah and Thimmamma in Honnasandra, a village in the taluk of Nelamangala of Bangalore Rural district, in the Indian State of Mysore (now called Karnataka).