Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maithili Rao
Subject does not satisfy the requirements of  or  at this time. A search of http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Maithili+Rao&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=on Google Scholar finds a few publications but not enough to establish her as a leader in her field. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&btnmeta_news_search=1&q=maithili+rao&oq=maithili+rao&aq=f&aqi=d1d-o1&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=3587l5567l0l6894l12l12l0l7l1l1l212l871l0.4.1l5l0#q=maithili+rao&hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=ar:1&sa=X&ei=WgUKT6u2EtDy2gW9p-GaAg&ved=0CA8QpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=2aae5dfaa34e656e&biw=1044&bih=678 Google News archive finds only an entertainment writer by the same name. Possibly a case of 
— User:MelanieN, 21:08, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:ACADEMIC||WP:BIO||WP:TOOSOON (Wikipedia:Notability)