Famous People with Name Nirupama

Nirupama Dey            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Nirupama Dey: was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 who advanced to 12th place with public votes.

Nirupama Mankad            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Nirupama Mankad: a former Indian tennis player.Nirupama Mankad is the daughter of G. Vasant, a leading tennis player in India in his time. She survives her husband, the late Ashok Mankad, a former Indian Test cricketer. Their son Harsh Mankad is an Indian Davis Cup player.Mankad won the Asian Women's tennis championship in 1965 at the age of 17. She played Wimbledon junior event in 1965 and partnered Anand Amritraj in the mixed doubles event in 1971, reaching the second round. She was India's top ranked tennis player between 1965 and 1978, winning the national championship seven times during this time. She won the Indian government's Arjuna award in 1980.

Nirupama Dutt            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Nirupama Dutt: an Indian writer. Noted for a passionate personal style, she writes poems in Punjabi, and sometimes transcreates them in English.she is an established presence in the field of Punjabi poetry and short fiction. A senior journalist with thirty years of experience, she has worked with leading Indian newspapers and journals. She has published one volume of poems – Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi (A Stream Somewhat Dark) – for which she was awarded the Delhi Punjabi Akademi Award in 2000. Her poetry has been translated into English, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and Urdu and featured in various anthologies. In 2004, she co-edited with Ajeet Cour an anthology of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) poetry entitled Our Voices.