Dr.Gnanaraj is an alumnus of the college doing his B.A. in Corporate Secretaryship during 1981-84. He did his schooling from the Sainik School, Amaravathi nagar, and his post graduation in Commerce from the PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. He did his Ph.D. in Commerce as a Junior Research Fellow of the UGC from the Madurai Kamaraj University.
He joined Bishop Heber in 2000 January, prior to which he was working in Bishop Thorp College, Dharapuram. He has published and presented papers in conferences and seminars and has coauthored a book on 'Financial Services'. His area of specialization is Organisational Behavior and his Ph.D. was on Job Stress.