Laxminarayan Ramdas was born, into a Tamil Brahmin family and raised in Matunga, Mumbai. He attended the Cambridge School Srinivaspuri in Delhi. After completing his Senior Cambridge examinations, Ramdas joined the inaugural course of the Joint Services Wing (JSW) in Dehradun in January 1949. The JSW later relocated to Khadakwasla, Pune, and was renamed the National Defence Academy in 1954. Ramdas's early military education laid a strong foundation for his naval career, embodying discipli