Dora Nagaraju has a post-graduation from NIT Calicut, Kerala and is currently pursuing Ph.D from JNTU GV, Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh. He was a GATE Scholarship fellow. His research interests are Thermal energy storage systems, Passive building design strategies, Thermal comfort, Enhanced heat transfer, Building energy conservation and CFD. He is a certified as an ECBC (Energy conservation and Building code) expert.