She has been actively teaching neural networks for the last 20 years. She did her master's in electronics in 1996 and PhD in 2011. During her PhD, she was awarded the prestigious DAAD fellowship to pursue a part of her research work in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. She had been awarded the best presentation award at International Conference Photonics 2008 for her paper. She is a member of professional bodies such as OSA (Optical Society of America), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), INNS (International Neural Network Society), and ISBS (Indian Society for Buddhist Studies). Amita has more than 40 publications in international journals and conferences to her credit. Her present research areas include machine learning, artificial intelligence, neural networks, robotics, Buddhism (philosophy and psychology) and ethics in AI.