After completing her graduation in 1980 and post graduation in Botany in 1982, she did her doctoral work in 1988 from Kumaun University, Nainital, India. She was awarded Post-Doctoral by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India in 1990. She has a research experience of 25 years, she has published 25 research papers in various National/ International Journals. Her area of interest are Ethnopathology, Mycology and Ethnobotany. She has a teaching experience of 18 years.