She competed in the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships held at Rosario, Argentina, and won the gold medal in the recurve junior mixed team event with partner Jemson Singh Ningthoujam.

[3][4] She joined the Tata Archery Academy at Jamshedpur in 2014, where she trained under Dharmendra Tiwari, Purnima Mahato and Ram Awdesh.

[5] However, a week prior to the event, the 18 athletes and coaches from India’s planned 35-person delegation were denied visas to enter the US.

[7] At the Indoor Archery World Cup (Stage 2), held from 10 to 11 December 2016 in Bangkok, Bhakat competed in the women's individual recurve competition where she defeated Prachi Singh 6–2 in an all-Indian first round match, but lost 0–6 to Jeon Hunyoung in the pre-quarter-finals.

[2][12] Later that year, she was among the 24 members who were selected to compete for the Indian national team in the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships at Rosario, Argentina following the completion of their training at Sonipat, Haryana.

[13] At the World Youth Archery Championships, Bhakat competed in the recurve junior mixed team event with her partner Jemson Singh Ningthoujam, and together they were seeded ninth.