Prof Dr. Kapil Kapoor is an unchallenged authority in the field of Indian Knowledge Systems & a synonym for the same as he started the academic study of Indian Knowledge Systems in modern education systems across India in the 1970's.
But how is Prof Dr. Kapil Kapoor as a person? What's his life story? Who is the person behind & beyond the persona of a 'Thinker' par excellencè?
All this and much more in this biographical interview.
Speaker:
Member - PM's 75th year Amrut Mahotsav Committee
Member Exec Council - NMML (Now PMML)
Member, High Level Committee, IKS, Ministry of Education
And Chairman - Editorial Committee, Indian Historical Records Committee, National Archives
Former:
Chairman of IIAS, Shimla,
Chancellor Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University Wardha
2014-2018;
Rector (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) JNU from 1999-2002, Dean of the School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, JNU, from 1996-1999, Professor of English, Centre for Linguistics and English, & Concurrent Professor, Centre for Sanskrit Studies, JNU, New Delhi.
Editor-in-Chief, 11-Volume Encyclopaedia of Hinduism (sponsored by Parmarth Niketan / India Heritage Research Foundation, USA) that has recently (January 2012) been published and Chief Editor of the Sahitya Akademi sponsored Encyclopaedia of Indian Poetics, a UNESCO project (under publication).
Visiting Professor Irish Academy of Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster, U.K. (2005-2009).
Nominated Member, Advisory Board for India Studies,Trinity College (University)Dublin.
Nominated Birla Foundation Fellow in 2007 Nominated Member Governing Body, IIAS, Shimla. Nominated Member Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR). Nominated Satindra Singh. Noor Fellow Punjabi University Patiala 2011-2013.
Nominated Member, the Monitoring and Planning Committee of Central University of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath and Member General Council. Nominated Member of Sanchi University Mentor Group (SUMG)/General Council of the Sanchi University of Buddhist and Indic Studies, Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh.
Chairman MHRD Committee of Language Experts to develop a Comprehensive National Language Policy
UGC Emeritus Fellow at JNU 2007-2009. Adviser CBSE, New Delhi for English since 2000.
Nominated member of the Academic Council of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad and of the Executive Councils of Central University of Hyderabad and of Gurukula Kangri, Haridwar.
Books: (After 2005)
1. Mutual Regard: An Anthology of Indo-Irish Writings. (ed.) DK Printworld(P) Ltd. New Delhi. 2017
2. Indravijayam: The India Narrative. (Translated from Sanskrit). Rupa Publications. Delhi. 2017
3. Comparative Literary Theory. An Overview. DK Printworld(P) Ltd. New Delhi. 2014.
4. Encyclopedia of Hinduism RUPA Delhi 2012. International Edition Mandala Publications USA 2013.
5. Rati-Bhakti in India’s Narrative Traditions [Hindi] written as a Birla Foundation Fellow, 2007 – 2008. DK Printworld(P) Ltd. New Delhi. 2011.
6. Dimensions of Panini Grammar: Indian Grammatical System. DK Printworld(P) Ltd. New Delhi.
2005
7. Text and Interpretation: The Indian Tradition. DK Printworld(P) Ltd. New Delhi.
2005.
8. Indian Knowledge Systems (2 Vols.), (edited) DK Printworld(P) Ltd. New Delhi. 2002.
Earlier books include
9. Literary Theory, Indian Conceptual Framework. Affiliated East-West Press. 1998.
10. Canonical Texts of Literary Criticism. Academic Press, New Delhi. 1995.
11. Language, Literature and Linguistics.The Indian Perspective. Academic Press, New Delhi. 1994.
12. South Asian Love Poetry. Affiliated East-West Press. 1994.
13. Propositional Analysis of Punjabi Verbs. New Delhi.1985.
14. Abhinavagupta Manuscripts (by April 2018)
Teaching since 1960; supervised research of almost 70 students at JNU; more than 80 published articles; almost 90 invited keynote addresses.
Interviewer: Tanya
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