Dr. Kapil Kapoor is an Indian scholar of 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 Concurrent Professor 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. Prof. Kapil Kapoor is a prolific writer on Indian Knowledge Systems. Currently he is Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalalya.
Founder & Honorary Convener, Former Dean at Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India,