[3][5] Raman began to develop her coaching abilities during her playing absence while encouraging her teammates and studying basketball.
Raman graduated from Tufts University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and went on to receive a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 2001.
[9][11] On September 11, 2020, the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced Raman was hired as an assistant coach.
[3] Grizzlies head coach, Taylor Jenkins, was "blown away" by Raman and had no qualms in hiring her despite her relative unknown status.
[14] Her parents were born in India and moved to the United States after they graduated from college; her mother is from Nagpur and her father is from Chennai.