She was educated at Karve University, Sharda Niketan and College of Arts, Madras.
She entered politics by boycotting Simon Commission during her student life.
She was founder and honorary secretary of Indira Seva Sadan (Orphanage), Radhika Maternity Home, Vasu Shishu Vihar and Masetti Hanumanthu Gupta High School in Hyderabad.
[2] She worked in charge of Acharya Vinoba Bhave's first Paidal Yatra and President of Hyderabad Yadava Mahajana Samaajam and Vice-President of the All India Students Conference, Hyderabad Food Council and Andhra Yuvti Mandali.
Bai was elected to the Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly in 1952 and held the position of Deputy Minister of Education in Government of Andhra Pradesh from February, 1954 to October, 1956.