[1] In 1977 she opted to study at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur Electrical Engineering and then completed her post graduation from COEP in Automotive Engineering, which was then an unusual and challenging choice of career for a woman in India.

Her areas of expertise are automotive safety, emissions and ambient air quality (AQM), E-mobility, sustainable transport, vehicle regulation, homologation, etc.

[2] She was keen on sport as a girl, learned to play the sitar and in time she was a champion at Bridge for her state.

At the time she was based in Pune so she travelled to get the award in Delhi at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Center.

After the ceremony Urdhwardeshe complimented the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his work in this area noting the largely untapped potential of under educated women in India.