Educated in St. Mary’s High School, Kathmandu, Charu completed her Senior Cambridge in 1980 from the same institute. She attended the Tri–Chandra Multiple Campus, Kathmandu for Intermediate in Science with Biology as major and Bachelor in Sociology and Psychology. Obtained her Bachelor in Education (B. Ed) with Major in School Administration and School Supervision from Kathmandu Shiksha Campus and completed her Masters in Sociology from Tribhuwan University. Charu started her career as a teacher in 1984 from Kinder Hearts School, joined I.J Pioneer School as one of the Pioneer teachers in 1985 and continued to work as a teacher till 1989. For the next three years, she worked as Administration and Marketing Director for Himalayan Holidays Group from 1990 till 1992.

In 1993 she rejoined I. J. Pioneer as the Principal and continued in the said position till 1998 during which period, she uplifted the school from Primary to Secondary level – a commendable job. In 1999, she established her own school (New Millennium High School) and worked as Founder Principal and teacher till 2003. Currently Charu is the Administration and Human Resources Director of Himalayan Holidays Group whose sister company is Himalayan Logistics & Recruitment Pvt. Ltd. Fluent in English, Hindi and Nepali Language, she was an active member of the Private and Boarding School Organization Nepal (PABSON) and was a pioneer member of SDA (School Development Associates).

Charu is also the Secretary of the Mother’s Club- a non-governmental-non-profit organization and is actively supporting the New Youth Development Society orphanage as her social service work through “MISSION HIMALAYA” a not-for-profit non-Governmental organization founded by herself and her husband Bibhu Thakur – established to address the problems faced by women, children and the elderly people of the rural Himalayan villages and farmlands. Charu loves to read, write, teach, travel, go trekking, hiking, river rafting, jungle safari, enjoys cooking, has ‘green thumb’ and loves nature.