She specializes in the study of theoretical high energy physics, including Light front quantization, resummation in quantum chromodynamics.
Being inspired by the works of physicist Marie Curie and mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, she pursued a doctorate at IIT Kanpur.
She returned to India in 1994 and spent a brief time in Allahabad before joining as research associate at the University of Mumbai in October 1994.
She continued her research on high energy physics, quantum chromodynamics and light front field theories.
In November 2008, she was promoted to be a professor and appointed the head of the department of physics,[4][2] a position which she held from 2013 to 2016, and again from 2019 to present (Mar 2020).