She trained in music under the guidance of Gangubai Hangal, in Hubli. She has done a double graduation. She has written two books on music - Swaranand and Naadbrahm, for which she received Goa Konkani Akademi and Konkani Bhasha Mandal award. She also wrote the biography of Pt. Prabhakar Karekar.[4] She released an album called Goph at Swaranjali, a tribute concert to Gangubai Hangal.[5] She was one of the poets at Uttējana, a poetry recital in Konkani, in 2014.[6] In 2016, she performed at Vasant Bahar - Konkani Geetancho Haar, a Konkani musical programme.[7] In 2017, she performed at Ghumttachem Fest, in Socorro, Goa.[8] She was also part of the Multilingual Poetry Convention organised in Dadar, Mumbai, by Sahitya Akademi.[9] She hosted the Swarasamrani Girijatai Kelkar music festival in 2018.[10] She was also part of The Navhind Times' series, Your Career Matters in 2019.[11]
^"Video has not killed this radio star". The Navhind Times. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019. ... radio jockeys Leeta Dias, Usha Naik, Shakuntala Bharne...
^"Celebrating seven festivals at Socorro". The Navhind Times. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2019. ... singers Shakuntala Bharne, Oluv and others added to the musical quotient.
^"साहित्य अकादमीतर्फे बहुभाषिक काव्यसंमेलन". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 29 March 2019. येत्या २६ एप्रिल रोजीही काव्यवाचनाचा कार्यक्रम आयोजित करण्यात आला असून यामध्ये हितेन आनंदपरा, शकुंतला भरणे, प्रशांत मोरे व दयालखी जशनानी हे कवी सहभागी होणार आहेत
^Walavalkar, Devendra (29 November 2018). "फोंड्यात १ व २डिसेंबर रोजी गिरीजाताई केळेकर संगीत महोत्सवाचे आयोजन". Goa Khabar (in Marathi). Retrieved 29 March 2019. कार्यक्रमाचे निवेदन दुर्गाकुमार नावती, सौ. दिपा मिरिंगकर, सौ. शकुंतला भरणे, धर्मानंद गोलतकर, नरेंद्र तारी, गिरीश वेळगेकर व चिन्मय घैसास हे करणार आहे.
