Palak holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons). from Delhi University, after which she pursued the Young India Fellowship, a multidisciplinary post-graduate programme at Ashoka University. She went on to work with the Haryana Chief Minister's Office on multiple projects and in various capacities as a part of the Chief Minister's Good Governance Associates Programme. Most recently, she completed her Master's in Public Policy, with a specialization in Economics and Development, from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. There she co-founded SafeJoy, an initiative aimed at increasing the awareness, capacity, and willingness of children to report sexual abuse. Post her master's, she has been working as a Consultant with the Asian Development Bank on the Graduation Approach.