Pallavi has worked in the development sector since 2009 as a child rights paralegal. Her experience in child rights advocacy ranges from the field of elementary education to disability. She worked as a project manager with Saraswati Mandir Trust, an NGO working for inclusion of children with disability into the mainstream. She drove their initiative to include children with disabilities into regular schools and has also represented children before the State Child Rights Commission in violation of their Right to Education. Pallavi has secured Post-graduate Diplomas in Child Rights Law from the National Law School, Bangalore, as well as in Social Communication and Media from The Sophia B.K Somani Polytechnic. Before making a career shift to Child Rights Advocacy, she worked as a news reporter and journalist with Bloomberg UTV and CNBC.