"Sowmya was born in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India, to Mr. Gopala Krishna and Mrs. Vidyala Sumathi. She spent her childhood in Kakinada and then moved to Hyderabad after her Studies. She has done B.Tech from Kakinada Institute of Engineering and Technology and MBA from Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management Visakhapatnam, Diploma in Carnatic Music and an All India Radio Gold Medalist. She received training in Classical Music from Sri. Kakaraparti Veerabhadrarao and Smt. Peddada Suryakumari in Kakinada. She also got trained in Light Music from Smt. Uma in Kakinada. After shifting to Hyderabad she continued her training in Light Music with Sri. Vadali Phaninarayana. Sowmya performed in a classical music concert when she was in her 5th Standard. She entered Music Industry as a Playback singer in 2006 while pursuing B.Tech. She sang “Mounamenduku” song for “Classmates” movie which was composed by the Great composer Sri. Koti.