She holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Mysore. She was awarded the prestigious ICSSR Post-Doctoral Fellowship by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, for the period 2022–2024, and qualified the UGC-NET-JRF examination in 2012. She has ten years of teaching and research experience and joined KLE Law College on 5 September 2024. Her areas of specialization include Development Economics, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, and Public Policy.