Dr. Sunita is a Social Activist and former Executive Director of Assam Centre for Rural Development (NGO). She is a Gender Consultant, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan Mission, Govt. of Assam and Assam Mahila Samata Society (Mahila Samakhya Programme). She is a Columnist in local dailies and weeklies, including Amar Asom, Sadin and Pratidin. She is a prominent Resource person in seminars, trainings and workshops organized by NIRD, NABARD, NIPCCD, IIE, IIBM, Women Studies Research Centre, Gauhati University, Administrative Staff College, Guwahati, Institute of Research for Schedule Castes and Tribals, Guwahati, Girls’ Polytechnic, Guwahati, Nehru Yuvak Kendra, etc Invited as Penal member on various social issues in local television channels

As Executive Director of Assam Centre for Rural Development, a leading NGO of Assam working on the issues of Women Empowerment, Children and Women’s Trafficking and Child Rights & Welfare, Child labour, Rights for the Persons with Disability, she was directly involved in project formulation, implementation, administration, and networking with the Government and International Organizations and monitoring of the NGO’s programmes