[1] She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Autonomous District constituency Assam in 1952.
Shen studied at Welsh Mission Girls' High School, Shillong, and Diocesan College, Calcutta.
[9] She also represented as delegate of the Indian republic in the UNO, in 1955, at 10th Gereral Council of United Nation.
After retiring as APSC Chairperson, she was also appointed as a Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in 1963.
[10] She played the violin, and took an interest in spinning and weaving clothes, collecting books, gardening, reading, and knitting.