[5] He started his career by joining IISc as a member of faculty of mechanical engineering in 1968 and held the post till 1975.

In between, he served as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia in 1970 followed by a stint at Marshall Space Flight Center of NASA during 1970–71.

[2] The Government of India included in the Republic Day honors list for the civilian award of the Padma Shri in 2016.

[4] Nagendra is reported to be the pioneer of Cyclic meditation, a yoga technique where the practitioners perform slow conscious physical movements.

[7] He claims the technique is useful in treating certain psychiatric illnesses,[8] asthma[9] and cancer[10][11] and helps the practitioner in stress management.