Born on 8 December 1993, in Varanasi, Shanvi did her schooling at Children College Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh and graduation at the Thakur College of Science and Commerce in Mumbai and completed her B.Com degree in 2016. Shanvi has one elder brother and one elder sister, Vidisha Shrivastava. She made her debut in 2012 in B. Jaya's Lovely while she was still studying.