Nirupama Kotru

Nirupama Kotru is an officer of the Indian Revenue Service,1992, and has served in the Income Tax Department at Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Pune. On deputation, she served as Director (e Governance) in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and as Director (Films) in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, where she looked after policy issues such as censorship, India’s participation in film festivals abroad, archiving, film schools and production of films. As Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture she has looked after prestigious national academies such as Sahitya Akademi and National School of Drama and national museums such as Indian Museum and Victoria Memorial Hall & Museum. Thereafter, she was posted as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministries of Coal, Mines & Minority Affairs. At present she serves as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax at Mumbai. She has released an album of bhajans called Upasana. She has also written around thirty articles on cinema and other topics such as parenting. She has co-edited an anthology on Hindi cinema titled The Swinging Seventies.