He has a B.E. in Civil Engineering from UVCE, Bangalore, a PG Diploma RBPM from Pune University, RPA from the Building Owners and Managers Institute, Maryland, USA, Master's in Corporate Real Estate from Corenet, USA, and a Senior Leadership Certificate in Real Estate 2014- 2016, Corenet, USA. He is part of the co-founding team of 3 start-ups which are into Technology/Services.

Nagaraj has previously worked with leading corporates like Wipro, Lucent Technologies, SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd. in various capacities such as General Manager and Vice-President, and as Regional Director with Google India Pvt. Ltd., being responsible for infrastructure services for India and South East Asia. Currently, he works for the US-based Target Corporation India Pvt Ltd as Director- CRE.