[2] She was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and immigrated with her family to the United States at the age of eight.

[2] She collaborated on music with her sister, Vandana Iyer, and her boyfriend, Shankar Tucker, whom she met in college.

[2] Vidya Iyer regularly sings in a band organized by Tucker, along with percussionist Jomy George.

She has performed at Festivals Des Artes on Réunion; for INK Women; in Suriname; in Dubai; and at the Meru Concert Series in the Netherlands.

One of her mashups is "Lean On" and "Jind Mahi", for which she had a collaboration with several other musicians, including Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, and Roginder "Violinder" Momi.