Chitra describes her early education at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Banaras, Nigeria, and till the point of joining CEPT University. She details her school curriculum, studies, and extracurricular activities children took part in. She also shares several anecdotes which made school life enthralling, both in Banaras and Nigeria. She further talks about reading The Economist and gaining a sensitivity towards water and electricity, since both resources were scarce in Nigeria and required sustainable utility. Recounting influential times from her life, she talks about meeting eminent personalities like Rajiv Sethi and Nari Gandhi. The latter had also remarked on how she should go to Baroda for her architecture studies instead of CEPT. 

She further talks about how she did not wish to stay on and study in Banaras after coming back from Nigeria. She details her journey of sitting for entrance examinations and joining architecture studies immediately after. She remarks how initially she did not push herself enough in terms of gaining work experience and how she didn’t struggle enough. Talking about her time studying at CEPT, she details the specific areas she became interested. She also talks about her experience of working on her final year thesis and the processes involved, as well as the guidance she received. She further mentions the things she learned at her internship in Goa, mastering the design for sloping roofs, and other details of life in Goa. Describing her learning experiences in more detail, she mentions the different courses and professors she engaged with at CEPT University.