Suranjana Barua is an associate professor of linguistics at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati (IIITG). Her current areas of academic interest are sociolinguistics, gender studies and sociocultural and political history of Assam. She has also translated works by eminent litterateurs of Assam, namely Rajanikanta Bordoloi, Arun Sarma, Chandraprabha Saikiani, Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Bhupen Hazarika and Indira (Mamoni Raisom) Goswami.
