She taught at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and headed the Department of Publications.
She was Editor Communicator (IIMC),[2] and also worked for Indian and Foreign Review (Ministry of External Affairs).
As Editor, Publications Division she edited a number of books on varied themes.
[7] Bhagyalakshmi won the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai prize for short stories[11][when?]
and the 2000 Jyeshta Literary Award for her collection of short stories written in Telugu, Maromajili.