Born in 1951 in Guwahati, Dr. Bora received his Masters Degree from the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow in 1974, and his Doctorate in Physics from the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad. For almost 25 years since then he has been active in plasma physics research, most recently at the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) in Gandhinagar.

His primary interest has been radio Frequency heating and current drive in tokamaks. He has been the project leader of the RF group in IPR since its inception. In the past 15 years the group has developed CW heating and current drive systems based on high power commercial tubes at MW levels and different frequencies. In his earlier days he was involved in microwave diagnostics and bolometers in tokamak plasmas.

He was designated as ITER Deputy Director-General for CODAC, Heating and Current Drive Systems, and Diagnostics, in July 2006.