She is a primary school teacher by profession and is the mother of Shalini Malhotra and Pravind Jugnauth.

Over the years, she generally retained a high approval rate as wife of the prime minister.

Due to various pressure from other political parties and unpopularity of then government, the note was subsequently removed from circulation while prime minister Jugnauth apologized in parliament stating that it was a mistake for which he was terribly sorry.

[1] Sarojini Ballah married Sir Anerood Jugnauth on 18 December 1956.

They have two children, Shalini (Mrs Malhotra) and Pravind who was the Prime Minister of Mauritius between 2019 up to 10 November 2024.