In India, she was the president of the Saroj Nalini Dutt Memorial Association, an organisation dedicated to Women's work, from 1970 to 2003.
For a time her father was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi and was also jailed by the British Indian Government for his political activities against British Rule in India, and young Aroti spent her years of childhood travelling to many places in India, and was educated mainly at home.
Eventually, when her father became President of the Bengal Legislative Council, Aroti graduated from the University of Calcutta, majoring in philosophy.
Saroj Nalini Dutt (Aroti's mother-in-law) was the one who started Mahila Samitis (Women's Institutes) in rural Bengal in 1916.
The concept of Mahila Samiti is based on the development of women–to make them literate and self-reliant by giving them a vocation, as well as assisting them with their health, nutrition, family, welfare, and childcare needs.
The objectives of the association were increased to include – She also vastly expanded the association's activities to include an Industrial Training School, a Primary Teachers Training Institute, a Primary school, an Adult High School, Computer training facilities, a Production and "Kantha" centre (to enable the products of the students being sold directly by them), a Non-formal education and Literacy program, an Urban Family Welfare Centre, a Printing Press, a Family Counseling Centre, a "Save Sight" program on an ongoing basis, a Working Women's Hostel, two Old-Age Homes, a library, and a Mother and Baby Clinic.
But the activity that gave her the most satisfaction was starting a centralised Rural Training Centre – the Mirpur Training Centre in a village in Bengal, to promote literacy, income generation, health, nutrition, family planning, clean water and sanitation in 100 villages around Mirpur.