Dr. S Aswathy hails from a family of musicians. She was initiated into music by her father r. Ramakrishna pillai at an early age and later came under the tutelage of  Late Sri. harippad T.K.padmanabha pillai ( disciple of Tanchavur Sankara iyer) which gave an excellent shape & direction to her music. Later she got training under the great violin vidvan Sri.B.Sasikumar  of All India radio trivandrum. She is an ' A' Grade artist of AIR  & Doordarsan 9 Both Carnatic & Light vocal). She has performed many prestegious stages including SRSN of DD National programmes of AIR like Akashvani Sangeeth Sammelan.