She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Art History from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath - Bengaluru, Master of Arts (MA) in History from Annamalai University - Chennai and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from Bangalore University [REF].
She served as a member of the Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy (KLA)[REF] in Bangalore from 1995 to 1998 under the directorship of C Chandrashekhar [REF].