Vartika graduated in Psychology from Christ University, Bangalore, and is a certified Arts-Based Therapy Practitioner from the World Centre for Creative Learning Foundation (WCCLF), Pune. She is also a trained Drum Circle Facilitator and works with both children and adults through diverse art forms including visual arts, painting, music, dance, drama, storytelling, drum circles, and subtle energy work.

She currently serves as the Project Coordinator, Senior Psychotherapist, and Arts-Based Therapy Practitioner at Niramay De-Addiction Centre, where she works closely with individuals in recovery, designing and facilitating therapeutic and psychosocial interventions rooted in embodied and creative practices. She is also an Abundance Ambassador at Innishari Studio, contributing to spaces that integrate creativity, reflection, and meaningful human engagement.

Over the years, she has developed expertise in designing and executing large-scale campaigns and awareness programmes addressing critical social issues such as Road Safety, Drug De-Addiction, Child Abuse, and Open Defecation. One such initiative was the Drug De-Addiction Capsule conducted in collaboration with the Indian Army in December 2019 across remote locations in Kashmir. As part of a two-member team, she designed and facilitated interactive awareness sessions for the local populace and focused group sessions for youth, addressing substance abuse and guiding them towards pathways of rehabilitation.

Her work has consistently remained rooted at the grassroots, engaging with children, youth, and adults at risk. With a deep commitment to holistic development, she integrates creative arts into psychosocial processes to foster emotional resilience, self-awareness, and sustainable change.

In 2014, with the intent of creating a safe and reflective learning space for children and adults, she founded Machhli in Pune.

She also founded the Pune chapter of Protsahan India Foundation, a youth-led international non-profit organisation that uses arts-based approaches to foster Creative Education and Sustainable Livelihoods at the bottom of the pyramid, and led the chapter for four years. Additionally, she has been associated as a Consulting Psychologist and Arts-Based Therapy Practitioner with Aark Foundation, a de-addiction and rehabilitation centre in Pune.

Vishakha is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Yoga Counselor and a Passionate Traveler. She lays emphasis on living a healthy life by nourishing the body and mind with wholesome and natural food, meditation and yogic techniques. She shares the goodness of Ayurveda and Yoga with school and college children as she believes they have immense potential in uplifting the traditional sciences.

An Indian at heart, she aims at propagating the goodness of the Indian culture across the seven seas and stimulating thoughts by creating a hunger for knowledge.