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Indian civil servant

Nirupama Menon Rao (born 6 December ) is a retired civil servant of batch Indian Foreign Service cadre who served as India's Foreign Secretary from to , as well as being India's Ambassador to the United States, China and Sri Lanka (High Commissioner) during her career.

In July , 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]

Early life and education

Nirupama Rao was born in Malappuram, Kerala.

Her father, Lt. Colonel P.V.N Menon, was in the Indian