Dr Harshitha graduated from Bengaluru Medical College. She went on to complete her MD in Psychiatry from the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. Following this, she did her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community Psychiatry and worked as a Senior Resident at NIMHANS. She has presented at many National and international conferences and has received research grants. She has received the prestigious Druva Kumar award for her work in psychotherapy and has been a certified life skills Educator to build psychosocial competence in youth.She works as a General Adult Psychiatrist and has good experience in Adolescent wellbeing, Dementia, Women’s Mental health, Psychotherapy, Common and Severe Mental disorders.