Ameena Ahmad Ahuja is an Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist, known for her Urdu poetry-inspired art works.
[1] Ameena Ahmad Ahuja was born to a British mother and Nuruddin Ahmed, a barrister and litterateur.
[4] She has served as the official translator during the visits of Soviet dignitaries including Alexei Kosygin, Nikolai Bulganin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev to India.
[1] She was married to Vishnu Ahuja, a diplomat and former ambassador to the USSR and had opportunities to visit many countries, accompanying her husband, who has since died.
[5] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for her contributions to Arts.