An avid academic, Reena Bhardwaj chose to pursue a professional career in Business Management, while continuing to develop her musical interests on the side.

Reena describes her musical career as a "turn of fate" which came about while pursuing her master's degree at the London School of Economics, when she received an unexpected call from her most favourite Indian Composer, AR Rahman.

With Rahman, she recorded her debut song, "Yeh Rishta" for the Bollywood film soundtrack Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities directed by MF Hussain, which catapulted her from the world of academics to the top of the Indian Music charts.

She went on to co-write the popular song "Mausam" for Sawhney's 2006 album Philtre (V2) alongside memorable performances on "Koyal – Songbird" and "The Search".

One of her most notable performances was The BBC Proms 2007 at The Royal Albert Hall where she appeared alongside Nitin Sawhney, Natacha Atlas, & Anoushka Shankar.