She has been making documentary films since 2007. Her work is rooted in non-fiction and inspired by the desire to make visible the poetry of everyday life. Sandhya holds an MFA in Film from San Francisco Art Institute, and an MA in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia University, New Delhi. Sandhya is the recipient of the President’s National Film Award of India for 2013, Indian documentary Producers’ Gold Award 2014, and has been an ATSA fellow (ARThink South Asia) in 2011. Her most recent films include - O Friend, This Waiting! (2012, funded by India Foundation for the Arts), Memory of a Light (2014, Produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust, India) and Light Falling on White Flowers (2009).