Kapila Vatsyayan
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25 December 1928 Delhi |
| Alma mater | Delhi University, University of Michigan, Banaras Hindu University |
| Occupation | scholar, art historian |
Kapila Vatsyayan (born 25 December 1928) is a leading Indian scholar of classical Indian dance, Indian art and Indian architecture and art historian. She was the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi, and continues as its chairperson.
In 1970, she was awarded 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, given by Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art in 1995. In 2011, she was a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, awarded by the Government of India.
She was born in Delhi, to Ram Lal Malik and Satyawati Malik. She did M.A. in English literature from Delhi University. Thereafter on did her M.A. (Education) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor followed by PhD from the Banaras Hindu University.
Her elder brother was poet and critic Keshav Malik (1924–2014).
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.
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