Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty is the daughter of Ramesh Shetty who hails from Mulki, Mangalore and Kushala Shetty who hails from Thalipady Guthu, Kinnigoli, Mangalore. She was born to Tuluva community. Her schooling happened in Sri Narayana Guru English Medium School, Mulki followed by PUC at St. Aloysius Pre-University College, Mangalore, Karnataka. She received her education in EEE at Jain University, Bangalore and completed it with distinction.

In 2015, she participated in Manappuram Miss South India and won Miss Karnataka and Miss Beautiful smile and later participated in Manappuram Miss Queen and won the title of 1st runner up and later, went on to walk the ramp for many designers while she was still working for Accenture.

In 2016, she participated in Miss Diva - 2016 - Miss Universe India, where she was one among thousands of aspirants. She went on to win the Miss Supranational India ^[6] (Miss Diva - 1st runner up)^[7][8] title at the pageant and represented India at Miss Supranational 2016 in Poland on 2 December 2016. She also won 3 subtitles for her smile, body and her photogenic face. She was crowned by 2015 titleholder Stephania Stegman of Paraguay. She also won the title on Miss Supranational Asia and Oceania 2016 and thereby preceded her successor Aafreen Rachel Vaz who was crowned Miss Supranational Asia and Oceania 2015.

During her reign, she has traveled to France, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and numerous trips around Poland and India.