Varsha has over 19 years of experience in the media and Communications domain both in the profit and not for profit sector. A specialist in media and public policy advocacy initiatives, her sustained interest in research continues as a NFAI (National Film Archives of India) research fellow in 2009, followed by a Netherlands Fellowship in 2017. In 2019 she was selected among 10 young leaders globally for the Winterschool for Thinktankers in Geneva as part of the Think Tank Initiative Fellowship. More recently in August 2022, she was selected as a Changemaker by Change.Org India 2022. She completed her PhD on Gender Advocacy in Digital Media in India from Symbiosis International University in September 2022.