Sahana has been trained at Ganesa Natyalaya, Delhi, under the able guidance of renowned Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan for twelve years in the Tanjavur style of Bharatanatyam. She is a senior dance faculty member at Ganesa Natyalaya and also a member of her guru’s troupe and has danced at major festivals both in India and abroad. She has performed widely in India and abroad such as at Epicentre, Gurgaon, Gayatri Fine Arts, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Chinmaya Mission, India International Centre, DRDO, Pracheen Kala Kendra (Chandigarh), Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi and at the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Japan, among others and received critical acclaim for the same.

Sahana has also conducted numerous dance workshops in India and abroad and was selected to be the lead dancer for the Bharatanatyam segment, in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, 2010, held at New Delhi. Sahana has a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Delhi University. She has been awarded the Anupama Dua Scholarship for academic excellence at the undergraduate level and the University Endowment Scholarship for her Masters.