She completed her Master’s degree in Linguistics from North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Shillong, and a Post Graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Shillong. She joined MLCU in August 2006, and completed her PhD in English Language Education in a thesis entitled English Language Teaching in Teacher Education Colleges in the East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya: A Study’, from EFLU in 2011. Sanda is a member of the Working and Academic Committee of MLCU.