V. Nagaraja (born 16 May 1954) is a Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
He joined in 1989 as an assistant professor, in Centre for Genetic Engineering, IISc and was involved in setting up of the department.
Nagaraja's father's name is Mahadeva Shastry who was a doctor and mother Parvathi Amma was a housewife His native place is Kanyana a village in Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada District.
Nagaraja has done research on DNA topoisomerases, topology modulation, regulation of gene expression to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms and their importance in cellular function.
In addition, a large number of project assistants, summer fellows and postdoctoral researchers are trained under him.