Rupam Kaur is an Indian-born American Pediatric Allergist & Immunologist, who came into the limelight in 2020 when she appeared on the hit Netflix show Indian Matchmaking.
Wiki/Biography
Rupam Kaur born as Kanwaljit Kaur Brar was born in 1982 (age 41 years; in 2023) in Punjab, India.
Rupam Kaur’s childhood photos with her parents
He moved to America in 1985 with his parents when he was three years old. He became inclined to pursue the medical profession after the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 was awarded to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in recognition of the organization’s pioneering humanitarian work on several continents. From 2000-2003, he attended Widener University, where he pursued a bachelor’s degree in political science and government. In 2008, he obtained his MD from Drexel University, Philadelphia. In 2012, he completed the Pediatric Residency Training Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, and received board certification from the American Board of Pediatrics. At Drexel University, he was appointed president of Physicians for Social Responsibility. In 2014, he completed the Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn and received board certification from the American Board of Allergy & Immunology (General).
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Rupam Kaur’s father’s name is Amarjit Singh, and her mother’s name is Jaipreet Kaur. He has two younger sisters, Manu and Jasleen.
Rupam Kaur’s childhood photos with her parents and sister
Rupam Kaur with her sister Manu
Husband & Son
In September 2020, she married Nitin Singh at a Sikh temple in Glen Cove, New York, whom she met through the dating app Bumble in 2019.
Nitin Singh and Rupam Kaur’s wedding day pictures
Nitin and Rupam were blessed with a son, Baaz Singh, on July 4, 2021. Previously, Rupam was married to a Sikh man for eight years and had a daughter. She had met her ex-husband in a Sikh camp after which they fell in love and married. Rupam Kaur decided to separate from her husband because of his infidelity. Similarly, Nitin also has a daughter from his previous marriage.
Rupam Kaur with her children
Others
In 2017, she dedicated an Instagram post to her maternal grandmother, maternal aunt and mother, which read,
Happy Mother’s Day to these 3 beautiful and inspiring women! On the right is my Nani, a loud revolutionary badass who is a refugee, writer and teacher. Having 4 daughters and working full time at a time when Indian society expects women to stay at home to set a good example for their sons. In the middle is my aunt, a University Dean, who quietly won her battle against breast cancer, and on the left is my mother who sacrificed herself for 30 years to give us (3 siblings) a better chance in America. He taught us to never listen to other people’s opinions about us and only care about our relationship with God. LOVE.”
From left to right, Rupam Kaur’s mother, maternal aunt, and maternal grandmother
Looking for Indian Dating
In 2018, Rupam Kaur, a divorced single mother living in Denver, agreed to film for the documentary Indian Matchmaking while meeting matchmaker Sima Taparia from India, which will air on Netflix in 2020. The show follows Sima Taparia, a marriage consultant from Mumbai, which tries its best to match its clients with their desired partners through an arranged marriage process. In the show, Sima tells Rupam that her status as a divorced single mother will limit her pool of suitors, and that she has a very slim chance of remarrying. During the show, Rupam didn’t find a match through Sima, but she found a guy through the online dating app Bumble and started dating him.
Relationships/Affairs
In 2019, Rupam was visiting family in New York when she decided to open Bumble. The profile of a man named Nitin caught her attention because it featured a photo of him with his daughter. In an interview, while talking about Nitin’s profile, he said,
I think that’s great because it’s another single parent in a relatively small community.”
After that, she approached Nitin and asked him out immediately but since Nitin was already occupied by his daughter, they could not meet. Later, Nitin flies to Denver, where Rupam lives, for their first date. They have interesting dates that include lunch, drinks at a rooftop bar and hikes, while discovering that they have a lot in common besides their faith and single parenthood, one of which is a love of 90s alternative music. The couple spent the next year going on long weekend dates in cities like Miami and Washington DC Finally, they introduced their daughter to each other. Later, Rupam and her daughter moved from Denver to New York, where Nitin asked her to marry him.
Rupam Kaur and Nitin
religion
Rupam Kaur follows the Sikh religion.
Career
He is a pediatric allergist with advanced training in dermatology. From 2015 to 2020, he served as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at National Jewish Health, a hospital in Denver. In August 2020, he began serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She moved from Denver, Colorado, to New York after her marriage, where she worked at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone.
Facts/Trivia
- Rupam Kaur is not a vegetarian.
Rupam Kaur Instagram post
- He sometimes likes to take alcoholic drinks.
A little Instagram post of Rupam Kaur
- She is an active member of the anti-domestic violence organization Sakhi for South Asian Women which works with the South Asian immigrant community in New York City to prevent abuse.
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