Dr. Vatsyayan recently
photographed during a
visit to Sanchi

It is our honor to welcome Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, a world-renowned scholar of Indian art and architecture and of classical Indian dance, as keynote speaker of the 20th EASAA Conference.

Dr. Vatsyayan currently holds the following positions (selected):

Member Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament);
Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project, India International Centre;
Life Trustee and former President of the India International Centre.

She is also Founding Director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts;
former Secretary of the Department of Arts of the Government of India;
and former Member of the UNESCO Executive Board.