Meenal has had a studio art practice in the medium of oil on canvas and metal sculpture, from 2007 onwards, along with architecture. She studied architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi from 1995 to 2000 and Master of Architecture in Conservation at the Texas A&M University, USA from 2000 to 2002. A further course in metal sculpture at the Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington DC in 2006, is where she considers a serious intention to make art emerged. She currently resides and practices in Bangalore.