Dr. K.C. Selvam was born on April 2, 1968, in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India.  He obtained a diploma in electronics and communication engineering from the government polytechnic college, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India, in 1986. He graduated from the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, New Delhi, in the year 1994. He got an honorary Ph.D. degree from the University of Swahili, Government of Panama, in the year 2020.