Sushma has been learning Carnatic vocal for the past 12 years. She is currently learning from Mrs Lalitha Sivakumar, in Chennai, India. She won the best student award from SIFAS for her fifth year certificate course. She got her diploma in vocal music from SIFAS and was awarded “Best Student” and the title “Sangita Visharad” in 2003.
She has taken part in numerous competitions and won several prizes. She won the 2nd prize in the open category – Vocal conducted by National Arts Council in 2004. She has performed in the SIFAS festival, at the Chennai Music Festival and given performances at Calcutta, Hyderabad and Coimbatore.
