Ritu won her first assembly election in 2017 from Yamkeshwar constituency in Pauri Garhwal. A graduate from Meerut University and post-graduate from Rajasthan University, she taught at Noida's Amity University from 2006 to 2017 before turning full-time to politics. She is also currently the president of BJP's Uttarakhand Mahila Morcha unit.