A Chemistry, Botany and Zoology Graduate, Mrs Deepa got into MBA in Andhra University in 1994. The same year, she got selected for a job at the prestigious Stock Holding Corporation India Limited, through the highly competitive IBPS examination. Entering into a new domain, and taking a plunge into the financial markets, she very soon made it her forte. Twists and turns in life landed her in a job at R Systems Pune, a company that was into IT solutions for loans

Again, back to her pavilion in Mumbai, Mrs Deepa moved into Educational Technologies Limited, a company that was into providing programs for holistic development of children from 0 to 8 years of age. This was a major sales profile job that also gave her an opportunity to globe trot based on her performance on the job.

What stayed constant with her was her association with children through different NGOs like AKANKSHA, SOSVA, and Teach for India. When the entire globe was battling the pandemic, she got into another assignment with White Hat Junior teaching online coding classes to children belonging to different classes. This association landed her into an assignment with the very popular NGO, UDAAN, for its CSR activities. Mutual admiration for each other's work got her a lifetime dream offer of working full time with them.

Today, she works with a Municipal school and heads the STEAM Lab there and is associated with over 200 kids from grade 1 to 4. She is a person who strongly believes that it is never too late to learn anything and so has added German to her long list of languages known. She is highly passionate about reading, traveling, practicing yoga, running and searching for new adventures that set her soul on fire.

Performing 230 suryanamaskaras uninterrupted, running challenging marathons and going on prestigious treks have been her passion and does them with great elan.

As a part of empowering women through knowledge and awareness, the Women Empowerment cell, GITAM has started a talk series called "Women of Passion and Achievement" with accomplished women to know about the effort and determination it took to make it all possible! 1St in the series is an enlightening session with Dr. Priyadarshini Ghosh, an accomplished Indian Classical and Contemporary dancer and dance scholar, Visiting Lecturer, Theatre Arts, and Performance Studies, at Brown University, and Artistic Director, at Natyanova Performing Arts Centre.

A wonderful session was conducted on 25th January 2023 from 10 to 11 am at VDC. With about 25 students from different institutes and faculty, both women and men attended the event. Dr. Ghosh talked about the presence and significance given to Women in performance arts through the ages and in different parts of India. But how the respect declined in a particular era and the efforts and struggles of women not only to sustain in the profession but also how they rebuilt it back to the glorious present. She also highlighted the various benefits of dance and performing arts as a means of expression, finding identity, and rehabilitation for women traumatized in different settings. Dr. Ghosh also mentioned the role and effects of Dance, Movement Therapy (DMT) in rehabilitation. The attendees appreciated the different dance courses already available by the school of Humanities GITAM. The enlightening and empowering session ended by facilitating the guest with a symbol of the goddess Saraswathi as a token of appreciation. Dr. Nalini Bikkina, Director GITAM School of Gandhian Studies and Advisory Board Member for Women Empowerment Cell (WEC), GITAM, Chairperson WEC, Dr. Madhuri Kasi, members WEC Dr. Padmavathi, Dr. Alice Rinky and Dr. Deepsika, Ms. Shalinee Soumya of the Women Empowerment Cell participated in the session.