She graduated from the prestigious FTII (Pune) in Advanced Direction and Scriptwriting and emerged as one of the pioneering women to take up this field. Ms Menon was the Chief Producer and CEO of the Childrens Film Society. She has represented India at national and international seminars, colloquiums and festivals as keynote speaker, jury member or resource person. She is also a media educator associated with several institutions in various cities in India . Rashid Irani