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{{short description|Indian businesswoman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = February 2020}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Rupa Gurunath
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1974<ref name="age"/>
| birth_place =
| nationality = [[Demographics of India|Indian]]
| education = [[Postgraduate diploma|PG diploma]] (Computer Science)<ref name="india cements">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiacements.co.in/wholetime-director.php|website=www.indiacements.co.in|title=Whole Time Director|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>
| alma_mater =
| occupation = {{unbulleted list|President of [[Tamil Nadu Cricket Association|TNCA]]|Director of [[India Cements|India Cements Limited]]}}
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| spouse = [[Gurunath Meiyappan]]<ref name="spouse" />
| children =
| parents = [[N. Srinivasan]]
}}

'''Rupa Gurunath''' is the president of [[Tamil Nadu Cricket Association]] (TNCA). She is the first woman to hold office.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/former-bcci-chief-srinivasans-daughter-rupa-gurunath-elected-tnca-president/articleshow/71307144.cms|title=Former BCCI chief Srinivasan's daughter Rupa Gurunath elected TNCA President - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dinakar|first=S.|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/former-bcci-chief-srinivasans-daughter-rupa-gurunath-elected-tnca-president/article29517177.ece|title=Rupa takes over as TNCA president|date=2019-09-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-23|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She is the whole time director of the [[India Cements|India Cements Limited]].<ref name="india cements"/>

== Corporate career ==
In the 87th Annual General Meeting, Rupa was elected unopposed as president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, making her the first woman to head a state unit of the Indian cricket board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/n-srinivasan-s-daughter-rupa-gurunath-becomes-1st-woman-to-head-a-state-unit-of-bcci-1603411-2019-09-26|title=N Srinivasan's daughter Rupa Gurunath becomes 1st woman to head a state unit of BCCI|last=ChennaiSeptember 26|first=Press Trust of India|last2=September 26|first2=2019UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23|last3=Ist|first3=2019 13:06}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/cricket/report-former-bcci-chief-n-srinivasan-s-daughter-rupa-gurunath-elected-tnca-s-first-woman-president-2792661|title=Former BCCI chief N Srinivasan's daughter Rupa Gurunath elected TNCA's first woman president|date=2019-09-27|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>

Rupa is also in the board of eight different companies that include The [[India Cements]] Limited which owns the [[IPL (cricket)|IPL]] team [[Chennai Super Kings]].<ref name="age">{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketscreener.com/business-leaders/Rupa-Gurunath-0889G3-E/biography/|title=Rupa Gurunath - Biography|last=MarketScreener|website=www.marketscreener.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27704639/n-srinivasan-daughter-rupa-gurunath-takes-charge-tamil-nadu-cricket-association-chief|title=N Srinivasan's daughter Rupa Gurunath takes charge as TNCA chief|date=2019-09-26|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Rupa is the daughter of Indian [[industrialist]], former president of the [[Board for Control of Cricket in India|BCCI]], and former chairman of the [[International Cricket Council|ICC]], [[N. Srinivasan]].

Rupa is married to [[Gurunath Meiyappan]], a former Chennai Super Kings official and member of the [[AVM Productions|AVM]] family, who was banned for life from any involvement in cricket for his role in the [[2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case|2013 IPL betting scandal]] by the [[Lodha Committee]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name="spouse">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/who-is-gurunath-meiyappan/article20617328.ece1|title=Who is Gurunath Meiyappan?|last=Kannan|first=Swetha|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian business executives]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Indian cricket administrators]]

Rupa Gurunath - Revision history

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