Nirupama Rao

Trivia

• In July 2009, she became the second woman to hold the post of Indian Foreign Secretary, the head of Indian Foreign Service.
• Prior to this she has remained served in the Indian Missions in Washington,and Moscow, a stint in the Ministry of External Affairs as Joint Secretary (East Asia) making her the first woman spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry, Ambassador to Peru and China, and High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
• In 2000, she was assigned as head of division in the External Affairs Ministry in charge of multilateral economic relations.
• In 2001-2002, she was selected as Joint Secretary and official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.
• After that she as the High Commissioner to Sri Lanka (2004-2006), followed by a posting as Indian Ambassador in China in November 2006, where she worked until her posting as Indian Foreign Secretary in 2009.
• Nirupama Rao was the Spokesperson on foreign affairs during while A.B.Vajpayee was the Prime Minister. Nirumapa Rao gave a she-touch to the diplomatic affairs of the country.
• She entered the Civil Service in 1973 and started career in Foreign Affairs Department.
• She served in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Nepal. Later she became Deputy Secretary, External Affairs Department. Now she is serving as Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka.