Sunil Kothari

Sunil Kothari
Sunil Kothari in 2015
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Classical dance critic
Years active	1956 - present
Known for	Indian classical dance
Awards	Padma Shri
Website	sunilkothari.com

Sunil Kothari is a noted Indian dance historian, scholar and critic. He is also former Uday Shankar Professor at Ravindra Bharti University, Kolkata.

He completed M. A. in 1964 and PhD in 1977. Professionally, Sunil Kothari is a chartered accountant. He started his career with The Times of India. He freelances now as a writer. Currently he lives in Asian Games Village in Delhi.

He received Padma Shri award in 2001. He also received Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 for overall contribution to the Indian classical dance. He was awarded Kumar Chandrak in 1961 and Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2012.

He has written 12 books on different forms of Indian Classical Dance and allied Art-forms.