She studied for a doctorate degree in linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where she was a founder member of the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students’ Association.
[6] As of 2018, Aruna is the Executive Director of Project Mukti,[7] which describes itself as "a Dalit Bahujan Adivasi women, gender non-conforming, and trans led start-up working to end caste apartheid in South Asia through a promise to openness and participatory innovation."
Describing her work, Aruna writes:[9]Dalit women have all the tools to succeed once we are removed from the shadow of violence and untouchability.
That is why our mission has always been to move past the narrative of atrocity and poverty and instead build technological equity and literacy among Dalit Bahujan women and gender minorities.
[9]In 2018, Aruna was the subject of controversy when she gave Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, two posters, which said "End Caste Apartheid" and "Smash Brahminical Patriarchy" during a meeting in New Delhi.