Danu joined the AIFF Elite Academy in 2015 under Bibiano Fernandes, where he was picked to represent India in various youth levels.
[2] At the age of 15, he would have been the youngest player of India national U17 team which played 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Danu, the youngest member in the Indian camp, joined the team after the Portuguese manager Luís Norton de Matos became impressed with his dribbling ability and maturity at such a young age.
[4] But later, after India qualifying to 2018 AFC U-16 Championship, he was part of the u16 team, playing friendlies in exposure trips.
On 5 January 2019, at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 27 days, Rohit Danu has beaten his fellow team-mate Jitendra Singh's record of being the youngest ever goal scorer in the I-League and Indian top flight overall .