Promila Gupta came to South Australia from Chandigarh in India, settling first in Whyalla where she started her own restaurant.

She moved to Adelaide in 2002 where she has held community positions including Vice President of the Indian Australian Association of South Australia. She is now President of the association.

Promila is also a committee member of the Multicultural Education Committee and a presenter of 5EBI-FM’s Hindi radio program.

Since 2005, she has run Hindi language classes every Sunday. She has been Cultural Coordinator of a Music Club of India. She is Cooking Editor of the leading national newspaper of Sydney called The Indian Down Under; and is Chairperson of the Sargam Indian Musical Association Inc.

She has published two cookbooks and last year she won the  ‘Pride of Australia’ Award and ‘Citizen of the Year’ Award from the City of Campbelltown.