Studied at Cluny Convent Girls School and Stella Maris Girls High School- Bangalore.MBBS and MD (Microbiology) from Bangalore Medical College (BMC), Bangalore University.Diploma in STD/HIV/AIDS- from Consortium of Thai Training Institutes for STDs and AIDS (COTTISA), Bangkok, Thailand.Presently Consultant Microbiologist at Apex Regional STD Centre and State Reference Laboratory for HIV, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.Also Professor at Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC), New Delhi.Lead Assessor - National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL)Technical Assessor for Microbiology & Serology- National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL)Member Secretary- Institutional Ethics Committee-VMMC & SJHAcademic Counsellor- Certificate Course on Healthcare Waste Management (CCHWM), IGNOU.Editor- South Asian Edition of Lippincott Illustrated Reviews-Microbiology (Published by Wolters-Kluwer-2019 and 2023)Co-author of book- Hospital Acquired Infections-Power strategies for Clinical Practice.(2006)Ex-Executive Committee Member- Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists-Delhi Chapter.Zonal Representative (North zone) and Executive Committee member of Indian Association for the Study of STDs & AIDS (IASSTD&AIDS).