Nirupama rao biography of williams sisters

Nirupama Menon Rao is a former

Nirumpama Rao birthplace was in Malappuram, Kerala. She was born on December 6, She graduated with a mathematics degree with honors from Madras University in Her father, Colonel P. Menon served as a lieutenant colonel in the Indian Army. Since Menon was serving in the army, she often had to transfer to different schools due to relocation, such as Bangalore, Pune, Lucknow, and Coonoor.

Rao has two sisters, Nirmala and Asha whom are physicians. After Rao completed her education, she worked in the Indian Foreign Service after successfully passing civil service exams for the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Administrative in She ended up going to Vienna, Austria to served the Indian Embassy from to One remarkable thing to note was that she learned how to speak and write German from the University of Vienna during this time period.

It is incredulous to know that someone that was her age during that time could master a foreign language within a year. It takes a lot of dedication and determination to complete this task or maybe she has a gift for language. In , she was a secretary in Sri Lanka. When she was there, she saw the attacks that happened during the events of Black July, which was the ethnic riots that occurred from the dates of July 24, to July 30, that began the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Rao has also witnessed another unfortunate event in Sri Lanka in during her time being a high commissioner over there.