Dr. Malini V completed her BDS from College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, Karnataka in the year 2007 and completed the compulsory one year internship in the same institute in the year 2008. On completion of the above, she worked as a Consultant Dental Surgeon from May 2008 to August 2011 at Subhiksha Dental Clinic, Shenoy Nagar Chennai. She had managed the clinic independently performing all the professional work. From September 2011 to February 2013 she worked as Dental Surgeon at Aesthetic Dental Clinic, Kottur Garden under Dr. Geeta Shreekar Chennai. From March 2013 till May 2015, she worked as Dental Surgeon at Dr. Vikram Dental Clinic, Adyar, Chennai.
She joined to pursue her Masters degree course in preventive and paediatric dentistry from June 2015 to Jun 2018 from Mar Baselios Dental College Kothamangalam, Kochi. Since July 2018 she is working as consultant pedodontist in and around Kochi.
Currently, she is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Paediatric Dentistry since January 2021. Her areas of interest are early childhood caries, myofunctional appliances and oral biology. She is involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate academic activities and research programme. She has authored and published seven articles and two articles are under review process.