[5][9][10] Her doctoral thesis on "Musical traditions of Vaishnava temples in Vraja" was supervised by renowned musicologist Professor Prem Lata Sharma, who essentially shaped Selina's views.

[9][11][12] The other personality to significantly influence Selina's academic outlook was the German scholar Professor Josef Kuckertz,[6][9] whose writings she compiled after his death and published them under the title Essays in Indian music in 1999.

In the course of this work, her intent of establishing an academic institution for the research, documentation and dissemination of Vraja art took firm roots,[5][6] a goal which materialized in 2004 when Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana was established by a group of dedicated artists and scholars including Selina Sharma and her husband Shashank Goswami.

[4][14] Between 1996 and 2005, Selina Sharma produced the major body of her publications including eleven books on various subjects of Indian music and philosophy, as well as a large number of articles.

[7][15][16] Since 2006, Selina Sharma concentrated her activities on the dissemination of the rare and endangered forms of folk and traditional art of Vraja.