Noopur Desai is an art critic and writer writing in Marathi and English. Currently, she is a researcher at the Asia Art Archive in India and is based in New Delhi.

She is also a PhD scholar at the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. In the past she has worked as a researcher with Jackfruit Research and Design, Bangalore, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong and Devi Art Foundation, Delhi; and in research and programming at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Mohile Parikh Centre, and G5A Foundation, Mumbai. Noopur is the recipient of FICA Ila Dalmia research grant 2015 for her project ‘Formulating Dialogical Art: An Archival Project of Public Art Interventions’. She is Honorary Director of Council for Arts and Social Practice (CASP).