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Kapoor
Kapoor/Kapur is a Khatri clan found in the Punjabi Hindu and Sikh communities. Notable people Notable people bearing the name ''Kapoor'' include: Academia * Anuradha Kapur, professor at National School of Drama * Deepak Kapur, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico. * Ilan Kapoor, professor of Critical Development Studies at York University. * Jagdish Chandra Kapur, Indian social scientist, entrepreneur and the founder of ''Kapur Surya Foundation'' * Kapil Kapoor, Indian scholar of linguistics and literature and an authority on Indian intellectual traditions in JNU. * Mahendra Nath Kapur, served as Principal of Modern School, New Delhi, for thirty years. * Ratna Kapur, law professor and former director of the Centre for Feminist Legal Research in New Delhi, India * Shiv G. Kapoor, professor at the University of Illinois * Sudarshan Kapoor, professor emeritus, California State University * Sukhbir Singh Kapoor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Kapoor
Ilan Kapoor (born 1959) is a professor of Critical Development Studies at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an influential postcolonial scholar, considered one of the first to bring both psychoanalysis and postcolonial analysis to the field of Development Studies. He is the author of five books and numerous articles on postcolonial politics, psychoanalysis, participatory development, and celebrity humanitarianism. Work on participation Kapoor first came to prominence in the early 2000s through a series of influential journal articles on participatory development (the practice of involving beneficiaries of international development programs in decision-making). Kapoor is critical of such a practice, arguing that while it looks noble and promising (when adopted by the World Bank or any other international agency), it is often an excuse to further neoliberal policies, and can even result in authoritarian and exclusiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaidev Kapoor
Jaidev Kapoor (24 October 1908 — 19 September 1994) was an Indian revolutionary who worked for the Hindustan Republican Association along with Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh. As a teenager, he was interested to join the HRA and later, he met Azad and became a comrade of Singh. Many biopics were made on Singh and Kapoor was also portrayed in them. Like, in ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' (2002), Kapoor was played by Sunil Grover and many more. Early life Jaidev was born in 1908 on Diwali eve in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Shaligram Kapoor, was a member of Arya Samaj. Jaidev learned wrestling under the tutelage of Chhote Maharaj and Thakur Ram Singh. Revolutionary activities While studying in DAV College, Kanpur, D.A.V. College in Kanpur, he, along with Shiv Verma, joined Hindustan Republican Association formed by Sachindra Nath Sanyal. A few years later (1925–27), Kapoor was entrusted with the task of developing the revolutionary network in Banaras. Accor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shruti Kapoor
Dr. Shruti Kapoor (born 25 September) is an Indian economist, women's rights activist, and social entrepreneur. She is the founder of Sayfty, an initiative that aims to educate and empower young women and girls against all forms of violence. Background Born in Kanpur, India Kapoor moved to the United States in 2000. After earning a master's degree in economics from Marquette University, she worked as an economist for the World Bank in Washington, DC for two years. Following this, she moved to California to complete her PhD in economics, and remained a consultant for the World Bank. After graduating with a doctorate degree, Kapoor taught economics at Occidental College for a year. Activism and social entrepreneurship Dr. Kapoor founded Sayfty in June 2013 as an initiative to educate, and empower young women and girls against all forms of violence. The initiative aims at training young women and girls in self-defense, the use of safety tools including pepper-spray, awareness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukhbir Singh Kapoor
Sukhbir Singh Kapoor OBE ( Punjabi: ਸੁਖਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਪੂਰ) is a writer and educator. Currently vice chancellor of The International School of Sikh Studies and Khalsa College London, has served as a professor and administrator at universities in several countries. He has written 50 books on various topics, including Sikhism, economic theory, business administration, accounting practice and Panjabi poetry. His numerous articles have appeared on many English and Panjabi magazines, and he has received numerous awards, including the Punjabi Academy Award from the Government of Delhi. He has also organized many symposia for drama and poetry and has directed many plays. Kapoor is the chief editor of the ''Sikh Courier International''. Kapoor was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honors. Education He studied at the Universities of Punjab, Agra, Glasgow and London. His academic and professional achievements include qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapil Kapoor
Kapil Kapoor (born 17 November 1940) 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 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. He is the son of Indian actor and producer Kamal Kapoor and nephew of actor Ravindra Kapoor. As such he is related to the Kapoor family. Career Kapil Kapoor has been teaching for fifty-two years; 41 scholars worked for PhD and 36 for M.Phil. under him. He was Dean of the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU, from 1996–1999 and Rector (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) of the University from 1999–2002. In 2018, he was appointed chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) at Shimla. Previously, he was Chancellor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudarshan Kapoor
Sudarshan Kapoor (also: Sudarshan Kapur) is a professor emeritus, California State University at Fresno, where he taught during several decades. In 1992 Beacon Press published his ''Raising Up a Prophet. The African-American encounter with Gandhi''. Kapoor is an advocate of non-violence, and an activist practicing Gandhi's philosophy at both the local and national levels. A supporter of the African-American struggle for justice, he also serves as a resource on its story. Professional life Born in the Punjab, India, Kapoor came to the United States in 1963. In 1967 he began to teach at Cal State Fresno, where he became Professor of Social Work, Community Development and Peace Studies. He founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University. He also started the Peace Garden project, which currently honors Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar E. Chavez, and Jane Addams. In 1992 mayor Karen Humphrey appointed Kapoor to the Human Relations Commission of Fresno. He served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepak Kapoor
General Deepak Kapoor PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC (b. 1948) served as the 22nd Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army, appointed on 30 September 2007 and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee appointed on 31 August 2009. Biography Kapoor was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery on 11 June 1967. He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kunjpura; National Defence Academy Khadakwasla (30th Course) and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. His career in the Indian Army spans four decades, during which he has held varied command and as well as staff appointments. A veteran of the 1971 Indo-Pak War in the eastern theatre (Bangladesh), he is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington and has completed the Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow and the National Defence College course at the National Defence College in New Delhi. He served as the Chief Operations Officer for UNOSOM II (United Nations Operation in Somalia II) during 1994-95 and was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nita Kapoor
Nita Kapoor (born 24 November 1956) is an Indian-Norwegian cultural director. She has worked extensively with culture, media and communications as well as immigrants' issues in Norway and women's issues globally. She migrated to Norway from India in 1967. She has cand.mag. education from the University of Oslo (1979) and business administration from the BI School of Management (1987). During the Labour Jagland's Cabinet, she was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Culture. From 1998 to 2000 she was the information director of Norwegian State Railways. In 2004 she took over as the new cultural director of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, succeeding Turid Birkeland, the former Minister of Culture to whom Kapoor was political advisor. Nita Kapoor was promoted to new director for the Norwegian Peace Corps in May 2009. She has been a board member of MiRA Senteret and Antirasistisk Senter (1979–1993), SOS Rasisme (1986–1989), Save the Children Norway (2001–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khatri
Khatri is a caste of the Indian subcontinent that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the subcontinent, they were mostly engaged in mercantilistic professions such as banking and trade, they were the dominant commerical & financial administration class of Late-Medieval India some in Punjab often belonged to hereditary agriculturalist land-holding lineages, others were engaged in artisanal occupations such as silk production and weaving while some were scribes learned in Sanskrit and Persian too During the British colonial era, they also served as lawyers and engaged in administrative jobs in the colonial bureaucracy. Some of them served in the British Indian army after being raised as Sikhs. The Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak, a Bedi Khatri. Subequently, all the Sikh religious leaders or Gurus were Khatris. During the Sikh Empire, many Khatris formed the military vanguard of the Khalsa Army and it's administrative class as Dew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindko
Hindko (, romanized: , ) is a cover term for a diverse group of Lahnda dialects spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in several areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. There is a nascent language movement, and in recent decades Hindko-speaking intellectuals have started promoting the view of Hindko as a separate language. There is a literary tradition based on Peshawari, the urban variety of Peshawar in the northwest, and another one based on the language of Abbottabad in the northeast. In the 2017 census of Pakistan, 4.65 million people declared their language to be Hindko. Hindko is mutually intelligible with Punjabi and Saraiki, and has more affinities with the latter than with the former. Differences with other Punjabi varieties are more pronounced in the morphology and phonology than in the syntax. The word ''Hindko'', commonly used to refer to a number of Indo-Aryan dialects spoken in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian People
Indians or Indian people are the Indian nationality law, citizens and nationals of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at over 1.4 billion people, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous country, containing 17.7 percent of the global population. In addition to the Indian population, the Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India, Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and the Western world. While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day Republic of India, it was also formerly used as the identifying term for people originating from Pakistan and Bangladesh during British Raj, British colonial era until 1947. Particularly in North America, the terms "Asian Indian" and "East Indian" are sometimes used to differentiate Indians from the indigenous peoples of the Americas; although the Native American name controversy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was founded in 1867. Enrolling over 56,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the University of Illinois is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the country. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". In fiscal year 2019, research expenditures at Illinois totaled $652 million. The campus library system possesses the second-largest university library in the United States by holdings after Harvard University. The university also hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and is home to the fastest supercomputer on a university campus. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
