She was born with cerebral palsy, a condition caused by lack of oxygen to the brain either during pregnancy or at the time of delivery.
Jeeja conducted workshops and presented papers in many seminars and conferences in both national and international forums.
She received the Shri N.D. Diwan Memorial Award for Outstanding Professional Services in Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities by the National Society for Equal Opportunities of the Handicapped (NASEOH), Mumbai.
She has also acted as a lead supporting character in a film called One Little Finger: Ability in Disability directed by Dr. Rupam Sarmah.
She was the first elected board member of the National Trust (a statuary body under the Government of India) for persons with autism, cerebral palsy, multiple disabilities and mental retardation from 2008 to 2011.
She served president of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) India Chapter from May 2017 to July 2018.
She represented the Civil Society as a part of Indian delegation to the hearing of the India Country Report on UNCRPD in the 22nd Session of the United Nation in Geneva in September 2019 Jeeja believes in equality of all people.