Jainy, who has a doctorate in Chemistry, took to bird watching about ten years ago and when it became her life’s guiding devotion, she resigned from her job at Infosys and turned to full-time bird photography. She travels most of the time, it could be to any destination her heart desires, be it Alaska or the Andamans, Mishmi hills or Mizoram, or the famous Dr.Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary at Thattekad - a place very close to her hometown in Kerala. Less than ten years of serious bird photography and she has photographed and documented more than 1100 birds in the country.