Maitreyee's childhood fascination for the arts, specially the folk forms of music and dance, took her to the deep interiors of rural Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in search of her objective - the preservation, promotion and propagation of the folk culture of rural India. Her specific contribution has been the promotion and projection of the folk arts of Purulia, Bankura, Birbhum, Midnapur and other culturally rich districts of West Bengal.

For a better understanding of the folk form, she found it necessary to learn a classical form of dance. After her initial training in Kathak with Smt. Kanan Sen in Kolkata, she joined Kathak Kendra in Delhi, under the tutelage of Smt. Vaswati Misra and thereafter Pt. Birju Maharaj. She is also a graduate of Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata , majoring in Manipuri Dance ( for which she was awarded a gold medal ). She has specially studied and trained in the three different Chhau dance forms viz: Mayurbhanj, Purulia and Seraikella.

The realisation of her dream came with the formation of her own dance company - " Lok Chhanda Cultural Unit " ( a repertory of over 40 dancers and musicians ). Maitreyee and her company have performed widely all over India and abroad. They were specially commissioned to perform for Sri. Atal Behari Vajpeyee, the Hon. Prime Minister of India, during his tour of Mauritius in 2000.

Maitreyee has performed in the U.S.A., Canada, Germany, Ireland, Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, South Africa, Mauritius, Reunion and Bangladesh. She has participated in some of the major dance festivals in India. She has helped co-ordinate and choreograph numerous dance festivals for the ICCR, Sangeet Natak Akademi and the Department of Culture. She has also choreographed several productions for private institutions and organizations.

Awarded the Charles Wallace Fellowship in 2003, she visited England and Scotland for dance workshops, choreographic collaborations and performances. In 2004, she went to Germany for a work shop cum performance tour. In 2005, she conducted a month-long workshop in London, to acquaint students with the nuances of Indian Folk Culture, with special emphasis on music & dance.

Most of her choreographic compositions have been based on extensive research of different forms and styles of dance and music. She has also experimented with the juxtaposition of the classical and the folk, especially with the Chhau dance forms. She has won wide critical acclaim for her choreographic compositions.

Her research project, under auspices of the Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India, was on " RAIBENSE " - the traditional martial dance form of West Bengal. She has also directed two tele-films for Doordarshan, India - " TUSHU " ( a near extinct ritual dance form of Bengal ) and " PANCHAYATI SYSTEM ".

Recently she choreographed a presentation for United Nations, Department of Culture and Ministry of Power and private organizations like Seher amongst others. She has used a huge number of artistes from all over India performing both folk and classical dance forms in these performances.

Maitreyee's vision for the future is to seek the dying and lost cultural traditions of India, to carefully nurture them and hopefully preserve them for posterity.