Mysore Nagaraja is a licensed Professional Engineer in the States of New York and New Jersey. He received his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from University of Mysore in India and went on to get MS from Brigham Young University. He held several positions before joining New York City Transit. During his earlier assignments he managed large capital construction projects for M.W Kellogg Company.

Nagaraja then joined New York City Transit as a project manager in August 1985, was promoted to assistant vice president in October 1986, to deputy vice president in June 1989, and to senior vice president and chief engineer in 1996. As Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer at MTA New York City Transit where he oversaw all aspects of the Capital Program including the reconstruction of the 1 & 9 subway line section within a year and four days of its destruction during the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.

Nagaraja is now the president of the newly created Capital Construction Company by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. His new role will see him presiding over multi-billion dollar capital expansion projects in New York City. Then there are over 300-400 engineers and hundreds others in every position from supervisor to computer programmer to conductor and token booth clerk working under his supervision.

For his hardships and dedication to the work Nagaraja received the Milton Pikarski Distinguished Leadership in Transportation Award from CUNY’s City College in 1998.

He is also the recipient of other awards such as the Environmental Action Coalition Green Star Award, June 2001 and the the Municipal Engineers of the City of New York 2000 Municipal Engineer of the Year. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a professional member of the American Institute of Steel Construction.