Kapila Vatsyayan
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Kapila Vatsyayan (born December 25, 1928) is a leading scholar of classical Indian dance and Indian art and architecture.
Dr. Vatsyayan received her M.A. from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from the Banaras Hindu University. She is the author of many books including The Square and the Circle of Indian Arts, Bharata: The Natya Sastra, and Matralaksanam. She was the founder-director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (Indira Kalakendra) in Delhi. 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 served briefly as a Rajya Sabha M.P. in March 2006. She is the sister of poet and critic Keshav Malik.
[edit] Awards
- In 1998, she received the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award, given by Congress on Research in Dance (CORD)
[edit] External links
- Interview on formative influences
- Interview on Australian radio
- Resignation from Rajya Sabha news item
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