Graduate from Punjab University and a diploma in Nursing. When she married, she had to leave the job.
 
Given her skills in the formulation of therapeutic treatment plans for slum beneficiaries, Neelam began to work with SNSF in the urban slums of Shivalik Nagar, Jadhmajri, Kunjal and Chatipura (Baddi) under the Urban Reproductive and Child health Program granted by Health and Family Welfare of the Himachal Pradesh State Government. As a health worker, she provided a range of health services. Through her intervention. SNSF touched the lives of 40,260 people.