Nita Kapoor (born 24 November 1956) is an Indian-Norwegian cultural director. She has worked extensively with culture, media and communications as well as immigrants' issues in Norway and women's issues globally. She migrated to Norway from

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in 1967. She has

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education from the

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(1979) and business administration from the BI School of Management (1987). During the

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, she was appointed political advisor in the

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. From 1998 to 2000 she was the information director of

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. In 2004 she took over as the new cultural director of the

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, succeeding

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, the former Minister of Culture to whom Kapoor was political advisor. Nita Kapoor was promoted to new director for the Norwegian Peace Corps in May 2009. She has been a board member of MiRA Senteret and Antirasistisk Senter (1979–1993),

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(1986–1989), Save the Children Norway (2001–2003) and

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(2003–2007); and a member of the Norway's Contact Committee for Immigrants and the Authorities (1990–1992) and the Broadcasting Council (1998–2003). She has written several books.

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1956 births Living people Indian emigrants to Norway Norwegian Hindus Norwegian people of Indian descent University of Oslo alumni BI Norwegian Business School alumni Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub