Ranita works as an Assistant Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department at IIT Roorkee. She has completed her PhD from the Computer Science and Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur. Before that, she has done her MTech from IIEST Shibpur, and got job offers from companies like Amazon, Samsung Labs etc. However, she preferred to pursue higher studies to stay in the field of academics and teaching. She believes in the motto of free education and contribution.