Tanusree’s induction to music started when she was five, under her mother's watchful guidance and by seven, she won her first age group competition in Howrah. This wining streak continued in various age group competitions. Soon she found herself guided into serious classical training under the watchful eyes of Brajagopal Ganguly out of sheer passion & to gain further perfection. In 1977, she won the All Bengal Music Competiton arranged by Howrah RamkrishnaAthletic Club, and she also attained the Sangeet Prabhakar degree in 1980.

      Along with her studies where she later graduated both in Arts & Music from Calcutta University, she increased her trainings under stalwarts like Maya Sen, Purba Dam, Purabi Dutta, Prasad Sen and Nisit Sadhu. Having successfully joined the Yuvabani with A.I.R. in 1982 & later Yuvagajat with Doordarshan, Calcutta, her public performances increased in Howrah & Calcutta. She came to the limelight during Rabindra Sangeet Sammelan andthereafter started performing in major events liketheRabindra Janmotsav meetsof Rabindra Bharati Society & University, Govt. of WestBengalprogrames of Mahajati Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Vishwa Banga Sammelan & all other major cultural events like the Haldia Utsav, Banga Sanskriti Sanmelan etc. Critical acclaim from major personalities & all leading dailies and magazines flowed in regularly and her strature grew as a confident, mature and disciplined exponent. Invited to Bangladesh in 1993, for some solo performances, she was very successful and a local english Daily "The Daily Star", Dhaka remarked - "The young artist recently enthralled the connoisseurs of Rabindra Sangeet with her exquisite performance"