Name Kapila Vatsyayan | Role Historian Movies Dance of the Wind | |
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Born 25 December 1928 (age 95) ( 1928-12-25 ) Delhi Alma mater Delhi University, University of Michigan, Banaras Hindu University Spouse Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (m. ?–1987) Education University of Michigan, Banaras Hindu University Parents Ram Lal Malik, Satyawati Malik Books The square and the circle of t, Bharata - the Nāṭyaśāstra, Plural Cultures and Mon, Traditional Indian Theatre, Traditions of Indian Folk Dance Similar People Keshav Malik, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Bettina Baumer, Jayant Narlikar, Rajan Khosa | ||
Occupation scholar, art historian | ||
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Kapila Vatsyayan (born 25 December 1928) is a leading Indian scholar of Indian classical dance, art and architecture, and an art historian. She was the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi, and continues to be its chairperson.
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- Early life and background
- Career
- Awards
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In 1970, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's national academy for music, dance and drama. This was followed by the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by Lalit Kala Akademi, India's national academy for fine arts in 1995. In 2011, the Government of India bestowed upon her the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour.
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Early life and background
She was born in Delhi to Ram Lal and Satyawati Malik. She earned an M.A. in English literature from Delhi University. Thereafter, she completed an M.A. in Education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a PhD at the Banaras Hindu University.
Her elder brother was the poet and art critic Keshav Malik (1924–2014).
Career
She is the author of many books including The Square and the Circle of Indian Arts, Bharata: The Natya Sastra, and Matralaksanam.
In 1987, she became the founder trustee and member secretary of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (Indira Kalakendra), Indian premier arts organisation in Delhi. Thereafter in 1993 she was made the academic director, a post she held till 2000, when she was retired by the NDA government. In 2005, when Congress government (UPA) was back in power, she was made the chairperson of the institution. She has also served as secretary to the government of India and the Ministry of Education, department of Arts and Culture, in which she was responsible for the establishment of many institutions of higher education in India. She is also the chairperson of Asia Project, of India International Centre (IIC), Delhi.
She was nominated as a member of the Upper house of Parliament of India, the Rajya Sabha in 2006, though subsequently in March 2006, she resigned following the office of profit controversy. Thereafter in April 2007 she was renominated to the Rajya Sabha, with a term expiring in February 2012.
Awards
Vatsyayan received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1970. In the same year she was awarded a fellowship from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund to survey cultural institutions and contemporary art developments in the United States and Indonesia. She was awarded the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1975. In 1992 the Asian Cultural Council honoured her with the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award for outstanding professional achievement and her significant contribution to the international understanding, practice, and study of dance and art history in India. In 1998, she received the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award, given by Congress on Research in Dance (CORD). In 2000, she was a recipient of Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award and in 2011, she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India.
She was married to the noted Hindi Writer S.H. Vatsyayan Ajneya (1911–1987), whose birth centenary was observed in 2011.