Kapila Vatsyayan

Kapila Vatsyayan 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.