Ambassador of India to the United States of America
In office 1 August 2011 – 5 November 2013
Preceded by
Meera Shankar
Succeeded by
S Jaishankar
28th Foreign Secretary of India
In office 1 August 2009 – 31 July 2011
Preceded by
Shivshankar Menon
Succeeded by
Ranjan Mathai
Indian Ambassador to China
In office 1 November 2006 – 31 July 2009
Preceded by
Nalin Surie
Succeeded by
S Jaishankar
Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
In office 1 August 2004 – 30 September 2006
Preceded by
Nirupam Sen
Succeeded by
Alok Prasad
Personal details
Born
(1950-12-06) 6 December 1950 (age 73) Malappuram, Kerala, India
Occupation
IFS
Profession
Civil Servant
Website
www.nirupamamenonrao.net
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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.[1][2]
^Nirupama Rao takes over as Foreign Secy Press Trust of India / New Delhi, Business Standard, 1 August 2009.
^Nirupama Rao is India's new foreign secretary The Times of India, 1 August 2009."Chokila Iyer was first woman, Indian Foreign Secretary in 2001."
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...
President of the UNSC Natwar Singh, former Minister of External Affairs NirupamaRao, former Foreign Secretary Pankaj Saran, former Deputy National Security...
America, Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit being the first. She was succeeded by NirupamaRao on August 1, 2011. Shankar, an officer of the 1973 batch, was posted...
15 August 2009. NirupamaRao takes over as Foreign Secy Press Trust of India / New Delhi, Business Standard, 1 August 2009. NirupamaRao is India's new...
decades. Parenting: The Art and Science of Nurturing, (co-authored by NirupamaRao, Byword Books, 2013) Play: Experiential Methodologies in Developmental...
actor Mohanlal, veteran playback singer K J Yesudas(2010), diplomat NirupamaRao, E. Sreedharan (2012), M T Vasudevan Nair (2013) former Indian Cricketer...
office 1 October 2006 – 31 July 2009 Preceded by Shyam Saran Succeeded by NirupamaRao Ambassador of India to China In office 3 August 2000 – 7 July 2003 Preceded...
assistance with Israel in the late 1960s. Her lieutenant, P. V. Narasimha Rao, later became prime minister and approved full diplomatic ties with Israel...
severe economic crisis, the newly elected prime minister, P. V. Narasimha Rao, inducted the apolitical Singh into his cabinet as finance minister. Over...
Pinheiro, Indian foreign minister and ambassador to the United States NirupamaRao, American diplomat and Dayton Peace Accords author Richard Holbrooke...
teaching at the university for two years. Harsh V Shringla Navtej Sarna NirupamaRao Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar "Arun K Singh profile". Indian Embassy. 20...
began under the tutelage of Guru Maya Rao. She learnt both Kathak and Bharatanatyam as a young child. Nirupama met her spouse as a young adult when both...
Kalinga Literary Award 2018 to Padmaj Pal, Kalinga Karubaki Award 2018 to NirupamaRao". 30 May 2018. "Distinguished Alumnus Award | IIM Calcutta". www.iimcal...
record of 5–6. Rao also is the fourth female tennis player in history representing India to enter the top-200 world rankings, after Nirupama Sanjeev, Shikha...
attend the function by his senior, Sudhakar Rao (Husband of former foreign secretary of India NirupamaRao). This was widely criticised by his wife Jayashree...
Malayalam film industry and drama. Nilambur Balan - Malayalam actor. NirupamaRao - Former foreign secretary of India. P. Sreeramakrishnan - former speaker...
Mukherjee's political career was revived when Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao appointed him Planning Commission head in 1991 and foreign minister in 1995...
Pakistanis. On May 17, 2020, Sethi took part in a conversation with NirupamaRao, former Foreign Secretary of India, to discuss how art intersects with...
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