Kapila Vatsyayan

Kapila Vatsyayan

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Kapila Vatsyayan Profile

  • Name:
  • Kapila Vatsyayan
  • Born:
  • December 25, 1928
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Delhi
  • Father:
  • Ram Lal Malik
  • Mother:
  • Satyawati Malik
  • Spouse:
  • S.h.vatsyayan Ajneya

Kapila Vatsyayan Biography

Kapila Vatsyayan is a scholar of Indian classical dance, Indian art and Indian architecture and she is a well-known art historian also. In 1970, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship by Sangeet Natak Akademi and in 2011, Padma Vibhushan by government of India. In 1998, she received the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award, given by Congress on Research in Dance and she won Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award in the year 2000. She was married to the noted Hindi Writer S.H.Vatsyayan Ajneya. Keshav Malik, well-known peot and critic is her elder brother. Her noted works include - The Square and the Circle of Indian Arts, Bharata: The Natya Sastra, and Matralaksanam. She has also served as secretary to the government of India and the Ministry of Education, department of Arts and Culture.

 

Kapila Vatsyayan was born in New Delhi on December 25, 1928 as the daughter of Ram Lal Malik and Satyawati Malik. She completed M.A. in English literature from Delhi University and M.A. (Education) from the University of Michigan. She did PhD from Banaras Hindu University. In 1987, she became the founder trustee and member secretary of Indira Kalakendra. In 1993, she became its director and held the post till year 2000. She was nominated as a member of the Upper house of Parliament of India in 2006; but she resigned the post following the office of profit controversy. In April 2007 she was re-nominated and the term expired in 2012.

 

She has published about 20 books related to Indian art. Bharata: The Natyasastra, Dance in Indian painting, Traditional Indian Theatre Multiple Streams, Traditions Of Indian Folk Dance, Concepts Of Space: Ancient And Modern, Arrested Movement Incredible India: Sculpture & Painting and Indian classical dance are a few among her solo works. She has also attributed to the books like Indian Sculpture and The Transformation of Nature in Art.

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Updated: October 03, 2017

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