Neela Ramgopal was born  to a family that always attempted to promote the culture as an essential part. The world of music came to open in front of her under the formal guidance of Sri. Sadagopalachari in kumbakonam, south India. Later on she has received training under late Sri. N. M. Narayanan, a family as well as a music critic. The illustrious vocalist sangitha bhushanam late Sri.T.K.Rangachary has also imparted training to Neela Ramgopal. 
She has performed at the Madras Music Academy-Chennai; The Krishna Gaana Sabha- Chennai; The Bangalore Gayana Samaj-Bangalore; The Ramakrishna and Guruvayurappan Gaana Sabhas-Bengaluru; The Swathi Tirunal Sabha-Trivandrum; The Rasika Ranjana Sabha-Calcutta (now Kolkata); The NCPA and some other sabhas in the pockets of Bombay (now Mumbai). 
The  best performer award from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai; the best performer award from Madras music academy in the year 1983; a special award for a performance in the madras music academy in the year 1997; a title: Gana Prakeerthi" in the year 1983 from the Nagarkoil Trust; a title: Sangeetha Kala Samragni in the year 1998 from the Ramakrishna Gaanasabha, Bengaluru; a title: Sangeetha Chudamani from Rama seva mandali-given away by sangeetha kalanidhi Late.V.Doraiswamy Iyengar; a title: Karnataka Kalasri from the Karnataka state Government's Sangeetha Nrithya Academy, in January in the year 2000; CMANA gave a memento - a mounted plaque and gold medal-for her "scintillating performance "during her USA visit; the music Academy, Madras awarded a citation with a Gold medal for the best "Pallavi" during their music season in the year 2001.