Uma has held various leadership roles in Corp Strategy/ Corp Finance/ Project Finance during the first 15 years of her career, with companies such as ICICI, Hoechst, and Total, and as an independent consultant. Over the past several years, Uma's interests have shifted to Education, with special focus on high school, pre-University, and college levels. Uma is a mentor to 50+ kids, across Grades 9-12, across the CBSE, IGCSE and IB streams, and supports students with subject knowledge, as well as their career planning.

Uma is a co-Founder of Mylspot, involved in the design and creation of EdTech products which combine curated/ structured content, with personalised delivery, and feedback.

Uma has Engineering degrees from IIT Madras and UCLA, as well as an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management.