Chothy Nair started learning Bharatanatyam at the age of three. She took her first steps in Mohiniyattam at the age of 9 and Kuchipudi at the age of 12. She completed her graduation in Choreography from Natya Insitute of Kathak and learnt Choreography under the able guidance of Guru Smt Dr Maya Rao and Maddhu Natraj Kiran. Her creative independent thinking took shape when she took the big step to choreograph "Ashtanayika," a musical dance production in association with Kalamandalam Sathyabhamas dance academy staged in VJT Hall Trivandrum and Jani's School of Dance.