Bela Raja is a counselor and special educator who has specialized in the area of Specific Learning. She started her career twenty four years back in Delhi under the guidance and tutelage of Dr Sunita Sodhi of Educare India, which was one of the premier institutions in the field of learning difficulties.

Bela went on to do an advanced course in special education with an organization called the KPAMRC Karnataka Parents Association for Mentally retarded Children) in Bangalore.