Kapoor, Kapil

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Name (Latin)
Kapoor, Kapil
Other forms of name
Kapil Kapoor
Kapūra, Kapila
Date of birth
1940-11-17
Occupation
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 71540460
Wikidata: Q6366608
Library of congress: n 84207320
TAU10: 000565000
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Wikipedia description:

Kapil Kapoor (born 17 November 1940) is an Indian scholar of History linguistics and literature and an authority on Indian intellectual traditions. He is former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and served as professor at the Centre for Linguistics and English, and at the Centre for Sanskrit Studies there before retiring in 2005. He is Editor-in-Chief of the 11-Volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism published by Rupa & Co. in 2012. The Government of India awarded him with the civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 2023.

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