11 Facts About Sunita Kohli

Sunita Kohli is an Indian interior designer, architectural restorer and furniture manufacturer.

Sunita Kohli has restored and decorated Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House Colonnade, the Prime Minister's Office and Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

Sunita Kohli was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1992.

Sunita Kohli's father took her to auctions and sales, looking for old lamps and furniture.

Sunita Kohli converted her interest into an antiquarian business through which she sold Davenport desks and Regency wine tables.

Sunita Kohli learnt restoration of furniture from local craftsmen, which led to the start of her restoration business.

Sunita Kohli established Sunita Kohli Interior Designs, an interior design firm in New Delhi, in 1971.

Sunita Kohli designed the National Assembly Building in Thimpu, Bhutan.

Sunita Kohli has been involved in the restoration and redecoration of numerous British Raj period buildings in New Delhi, including Rashtrapati Bhawan, the Prime Minister's Office, Parliament House and Hyderabad House.

Sunita Kohli has been on the National Advisory Board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC.

In 1971, Sunita Kohli married Ramesh Sunita Kohli, an equity investor and alumni of the Doon School in Dehradun, St Stephens College and Delhi University's faculty of law.