Darpanam Srinivas is his pen name. His real name is Tirupati Srinivasa Prasad Babu. He is a native of Jammalamadugu, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh State, India. His parents are Sumitra Subrahmanyam. His first book was published in the year 2010 as a report in the poetry department on the occasion of 60 years of the Constitution of India. It was called Darpanam 60. After that his second work with scientific and spiritual essays was published in Telugu and English as "Nivee Awya Lokam" and "The Wondrous Land". The book Alugogu Kathalu reflects the lifestyle of Jammalamadugu region in Kadapa dialect.