According to then contemporary customs in India, while still a young girl she was married to Shanti Kumar Narottam Morarjee, the only son of Narottam Morarjee, founder of Scindia Steam Navigation Company, which later grew to be India's largest shipping firm.

Due to her amazing feat, she was also elected the president of Indian National Steamship Owners' Association in 1956 and next two years and again in 1965.

It was under her supervision that the company rose to fleet of 43 shipping vessels totalling 552,000 tonnes of dead weight.

We did business in merchandise for centuries, but our most precious cargo has been ideas of universal brotherhood and deep spirituality.

Our tradition of such transcendent goodwill to all has continued throughout.She died due to cardiac arrest on 27 June 1998 at the age of 89.