Singh was bright in her studies and finished her postgraduate degree in history from the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Chandigarh.

She won the women's singles title at the Punjab State Championship at the age of 15 and made her foray into the national games.

[citation needed] She won a silver medal in the team event at the Jinnah Centenary Championship in Karachi in 1976.

It was the same year that she became a member of the Indian team that participated in the Uber Cup competition against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.

[4] Ami Ghia and Singh reached the quarterfinals at the All England Championship in 1979 where they lost to the top seeded Indonesian pair of Verawati Vaharo and Imelda Wigeono.