Sanhita graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She has completed an LLM from Harvard Law School, and an MA in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, specializing in international human rights law. Prior to working with the ICJ, she was a Policy Advisor on Economic, Social and Cultural rights at Amnesty International, where she researched and wrote on sexual and reproductive health and rights concerns in Nepal and South Africa.