New Delhi: The retiring Indian foreign Seretary Ms. Nirupama(Sudhakar)Rao has been appointed the new  INDAIN AMBASSSADOR TO USA. Nirupama is expected to retire by july and from IFS, to take over as the ambassador. Earlier she had served at the same embassy in I.F.S.cadre, as asecretary beoe the amdbassador.
Nirpama, from Kerala `Malappuram district, is the daughter of an Army officer colonel PM Menon, 2ho served in Bangalore. She studied in Moint Carmel college for B.A.(Hons) and married Sudhakar Rodao IAS., OF Udupi. Her sister was a doctor in Navy, with the title of Rear Admiral Ms. Nirmala Kannan.
Nirupama was the first Lady ambassad or to China. She was also the first spokeswoman in the Foreign Affairs ministry. She has shown greater participation and in brilliance External Affairs than S.M.Krishna her boss now in last 2 years. In the Indo-Park summit at Agra, when Gen.Perez Mkusharraf was Pak President, and Atal Bechari Vajpayee (BJP)was Indian Prime Minister, it was Nirupama who went round as External Minisster, it was Nirupama who went round as External Affairs secretary. Ms.Rao loves English poetry, writes lines, and has published a collection. After chokila Aiyar, Nirupama Rao is the second lady Foreign Secretary, in 2009.