Nagarajan's parents are immigrants from
India. She was also a member of the
Fox Chapel Area High School choir. In 2001, Nagarajan was one of ten Pennsylvania students chosen to audition for the Multicultural National Honor Choir in San Antonio, Texas. She was a high school senior at the time. She graduated from Fox Chapel Area High School in 2002, where she starred in musical productions alongside famous playwright and composer, Michael Mitnick. She studied acting at
New York University (NYU) after high school at the Tisch School of Arts Drama department. She was cast as the female lead in the
Broadway musical Bombay Dreams as Priya during her second year at NYU. She married actor
Aalok Mehta, who co-starred in the musical. ==Career==