Varsha holds a B.Tech in Biotechnology from Sathyabama University, where her undergraduate research focused on investigating antibacterial compounds from seaweed-associated endophytic microorganisms. She later completed an MSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Sheffield, where her projects involved gene editing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR/Cas9 and molecular cloning approaches to study plastic-degrading enzymes.