Bir was born in Amritsar. She graduated from Lady Shri Ram College for Women before moving to the Delhi school of economics to obtain her post graduate education in economics. She also passed the University Grants Commission (NET) examination for professorship in economics.
She also took part in many conferences and workshops related to teaching and learning, at places including Harvard Graduate school of economics and Indian Institutes of Management - Ahmedabad.
She has worked in the Indian education system for more than 15 years, and she was a curator for Learn Shift India 2012, a conference held at Delhi, which was aimed at exchanging ideas on transforming Indian education. In the early years of her career, she was appointed to give special lessons in Economics to the children (Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra) of the late Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. She has worked with some of the most well-known educational institutions of India, including Mallya Aditi International School, Hyderabad Public School and several others, as head of the department and as a coordinator, before joining Podar as a principal.
She was featured in newspapers, magazines, and bulletins conducted by news channels like NDTV which concentrated on education and other issues related to students.
She has been selected for Kon Boon Hwee Scholars award (2013) for the inspirational mentorship she has offered. Additionally she is one among the 80 outstanding educators selected by Microsoft for their Mentor School program, which was held at Barcelona.
She was a presenter and a co-panelist, representing India at Google Symposium organised at Mountain View, California, November 2014. At around the same time, this year, 2016, acknowledging the pivotal role she played in the fields of Technology and, she has been appointed as a member in the advisory board of Google"s Global.Edu, a global initiative to bring on-board various leaders, educators, teachers and students for transforming the education.
She co-authored two books on economics.
She has been a member on the board of education reforms committee of Kapil Sibal and later, had been appointed as a member of the governing body of CBSE India.