Dr. Pavithra has received her basic medical education from Vydehi Institute Of Medical Sciences,Bengaluru in 2011 and MS Ophthalmology from M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru in 2016.She has done short term fellowship in Cataract Microsurgery(Basic and Advanced) from Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai in 2017.
She has been practising general ophthalmology since 2018 and her areas of clinical interest include neuro-ophthalmology and glaucoma.