She had an aptitude for science, but the prerequisite for medicine of animal dissection pushed her to pursue microbiology instead.

Around the time he co-founded Sun Microsystems, she earned a master's degree in molecular biology from San Jose State University.

[4] In December 2008, it was announced that Khosla had been appointed to the Wikimedia Foundation advisory board.

[5] She has been on the boards of other organizations including the American India Foundation and DonorsChoose.

[6] She is married to the billionaire engineer and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, her childhood boyfriend.