She who hails from Gandhi Bazar in Bengaluru (then Bangalore) started as a cricket player, playing for Padma Socials as a wicketkeeper.
Mr Rajappa of the Football association called some of the cricket girls and they were coached by 1948 Olympian Raman.
E Ramakrishna Rao, former India player and ITI coach, helped her to find a place to play football.
[4] Her daughter Amoolya Kamal was part of the Incheon Asian Games where Chitra was the goalkeeper coach.
[7] She joined the Indian camp on a trial basis but impressed the coach Sushil Battacharya and was selected as the first goalkeeper for the Thailand tour.