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Nirupama Rao

1950 - Today

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Nirupama Menon Rao (born 6 December 1950) is a retired civil servant of 1973 batch Indian Foreign Service cadre who served as India's Foreign Secretary from 2009 to 2011, as well as being India's Ambassador to the United States, China and Sri Lanka (High Commissioner) during her career. In July 2009, she became the second woman (after Chokila Iyer) to hold the post of India's Foreign Secretary, the head of the Indian Foreign Service. In her career she served in several capacities including, Minister of Press, Information and Culture in Washington DC, Deputy Chief of Mission in Moscow, stints in the MEA as Joint Secretary, East Asia and External Publicity, the latter position making her the first woman spokesperson of the MEA, Chief of Personnel, Ambassador to Peru and China, and High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Nirupama Rao is the 7,268th most popular writer (down from 7,130th in 2024), the 1,401st most popular biography from India (down from 1,321st in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nirupama Rao ranks 7,268 out of 7,302. Before her are Djaili Amadou Amal, Stefan Molyneux, A. L. Kennedy, Gints Zilbalodis, Margot Lee Shetterly, and Tom Bergeron. After her are Lama Abu-Odeh, Najat El Hachmi, Kristin Cashore, Chuck Hogan, Hitomi Kanehara, and Vince Flynn.

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Among people born in 1950, Nirupama Rao ranks 766. Before her are Mark Udall, Akiko Hayakawa, Minako Takashima, Mike Simpson, Miki Sugawara, and Mari Miyamoto. After her are Winston E. Scott, Rick Dees, Kate Grenville, Takao Orii, Rafael Macedo de la Concha, and Kazuko Hironaka.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirupama Rao ranks 1,401 out of 1,861. Before her are Nassar (1958), Soundarya (1972), Sunil Mittal (1957), Dipak Misra (1953), Bhanupriya (1967), and Yo Yo Honey Singh (1983). After her are Shankar Mahadevan (1967), Shantanu Narayen (1963), Archana Puran Singh (1962), Revathi (1966), Arshad Warsi (1968), and Mahesh Manjrekar (1958).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nirupama Rao ranks 152. Before her are Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), K. R. Meera (1970), Ramachandra Guha (1958), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), Meena Alexander (1951), and Dinesh D'Souza (1961). After her are Tapan Kumar Pradhan (1972), Chetan Bhagat (1974), Sharmila Rege (1964), Anuradha Roy (1967), Tarun Tejpal (1963), and Anupama Chopra (1967).

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