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'''Deepti Divakar''' (born October 31, 1958) is an Indian model and winner of [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/11/05/stories/2010110551051500.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022837/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/11/05/stories/2010110551051500.htm |archive-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Former-Miss-India-reaches-out-to-slum-dwellers/articleshow/6096128.cms | title=Former Miss India reaches out to slum-dwellers | date=6 April 2002 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=1 February 2019 }}</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
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Divakar was born in Bangalore. Her grandfather, Dr R.R. Diwakar, was India's first Information and Broadcasting minister and Governor of Bihar.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} She studied interior design at [[Parsons School of Design]], New York and [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. She has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Bangalore University and a Master of Arts degree in radio and television from [[San Francisco State University]].<br />
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Divakar has performed the classical Indian dance ''[[bharatanatyam]]'' in India, Europe and the United States. The World Development Parliament of West Bengal awarded her a national award in this endeavor, "Bharatha Natyam Maharathnam".{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />
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