Vaishnavi hails from a farmers' family in the small village of Asu in Satara district, Maharashtra.

[2][4] In 2017, she played her first big tournament taking part in the 7th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship held in Ramanathapuram.

Then, she took part in the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2021, Potchefstroom, South Africa where India finished fourth.

[5] She was named as the captain of the Junior India team for the under-23 5-Nations Tournament in Dublin, Ireland in July 2022.

In 2023, she was part of the Indian team that won the biennial six-nation women's Asian Champions Trophy.