[1] She is of Indian descent with family origins from Calangute, Goa[2][3] who was born and brought up in Tanzania.

Richa Adhia grew up in Mwanza, Tanzania and went to Lake English Medium Primary School.

She later moved to the city of Dar Es Salaam and went to Shaban Robert Secondary School.

[4] She later founded Richa Adhia’s Foundation (RAF) which worked with the elderly to provide shelter and free eye treatments supported by IPP Media.

[6] In addition to being a model, TV host and an event organizer, Richa has also acted in the following movies/TV shows: In 2018 she married Haninder Sachdeva, an UK based hotelier and entrepreneur and settled in the United Kingdom where they run a hotel asset management company called Eight Continents Hotels and Resorts