She is a PhD in Mathematics from IIT-Delhi. She retired from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, Delhi, recently as Associate Professor after a long and successful career spanning 35 years, during which she taught mathematics to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Though she taught almost all the branches under mathematics spread over various points of time, algebra has always been the one closest to her heart. 
Dr Shah is a prolific writer, having written six textbooks on different topics of mathematics and having contributed several research papers to various international journals.