WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nirupama Rao has received more than 644,607 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nirupama Rao is the 7,126th most popular writer (down from 6,358th in 2019), the 1,320th most popular biography from India (down from 1,075th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.40

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  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nirupama Rao ranks 7,126 out of 7,302. Before her are Binyavanga Wainaina, Lui Morais, Scott Lynch, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Nicola Griffith, and Djaili Amadou Amal. After her are Tom Bergeron, Marissa Meyer, Peaches Geldof, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Dinesh D'Souza, and Will Self.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Nirupama Rao ranks 761. Before her are Richard Dannatt, Mike Simpson, Tim Russert, Mark Udall, Dave Freudenthal, and Rick Dees. After her are Andrew Puzder, Kate Grenville, Per-Kristian Foss, Lawrence J. DeLucas, Akiko Hayakawa, and Mari Miyamoto.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirupama Rao ranks 1,320 out of 1,861. Before her are Kriti Sanon (1990), Dino Morea (1975), Tanishaa Mukerji (1978), Nagma (1974), Himani Shivpuri (1960), and Ileana D'Cruz (1987). After her are Suniti Solomon (1938), Sudeep (1973), Yukta Mookhey (1977), Diana Edulji (1956), M. M. Keeravani (1961), and Yuvraj Singh (1981).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nirupama Rao ranks 143. Before her are Ram Swarup (1920), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Aravind Adiga (1974), Shashi Deshpande (1938), Urvashi Butalia (1952), and Ramachandra Guha (1958). After her are Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Chetan Bhagat (1974), Meena Alexander (1951), Anita Nair (1966), and Sanal Edamaruku (1955).

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