Dr. Nithin Nagaraj has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK, Surathkal, 1999), a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York, USA (2001), and a PhD from National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru (NIAS, 2010). He has previously held positions at GE Global Research, IISER-Pune, and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. He is currently Professor and Head, NIAS Complex Systems Programme, and a member of NIAS Consciousness Studies Programme. His research areas include Brain-inspired Artificial Intelligence, Chaos Theory, Information Theory, and Complexity theories of Causality and Consciousness. He has co-authored over 40 international peer-reviewed journal publications, and 75+ national and international conference paper presentations with over 1750 citations and H-index = 20 (Google Scholar). He has delivered over 150 invited talks at various national and international forums. He is the co-inventor of 8 US patent applications (2 patents granted) and 2 Indian patent applications. He was conferred the  Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding service and contribution towards Research and Education by the NITK Surathkal Alumni Association (September 2024). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and an invited member of the Advisory Council of METI: Messaging Extra Terrestrial Intelligence International, USA.