She is the first woman graduate in Commerce from the Annamalai University, India. She is also the first woman to secure a Master's degree in Commerce from the Aligarh Muslim University, India as a teacher candidate from Tamil Nadu. She holds an M.Phil degree from the University of Madras. She also holds a Technical Teachers' diploma(B.Ed) from the Teachers' College, Chennai. She has more than three decades of teaching experience at the school level, polytechnic level and collegiate level including under-graduation and post-graduation. She has handled various subjects like Accountancy, Business Studies, Business Management, Banking, Entrepreneurship and Human Relations