Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist in the print and electronic media. In 2001, she began her career with India Today TV channel as a Special Correspondent. In 2004, she joined NDTV as an Assistant Editor. In 2008, she joined ET Now as Chief Editor - News. She was named Policy Editor and Executive Editor for ET Now the same year.

In 2019, she resigned from her post as Executive Editor in ET Now to contest 2019 Indian general election as a Congress candidate, contesting from Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh.
Later the same year, she was appointed as AICC spokesperson, and widely participated in TV debates.
She was a star campaigner of the Congress in the UP Assembly elections held in 2022.