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Kapoor
Language(s)
Punjab
Other names
Variant form(s)Kapur
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Kapoor or Kapur is a

Punjabi Hindu and Sikh communities.[1][full citation needed][2]

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
  • University of Illinois
  • California State University
  • Sukhbir Singh Kapoor, Indian writer and educator.
  • V.K. Kapoor, Vice Chancellor of Raffles University, Neemrana, Rajasthan.

Activists

  • Jaidev Kapoor, Indian freedom fighter who worked for the Hindustan Republican Association along with Chandra Shekhar Azad
  • Nita Kapoor, Indian-Norwegian activist. She has worked extensively with immigrants' issues in Norway and women's issues globally.
  • social entrepreneur
    .

Army

  • General Deepak Kapoor, chief of Army staff, Indian Army
  • H. L. Kapur, former Air Vice Marshal of Indian Air Force and a member of the Indian National Congress
  • Raj Kumar Kapoor, former colonel in Indian Army
  • Sanjeev Kapoor (air marshal), Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force. Currently, he is serving as the director general – Inspection and Flight Safety

Artists

Authors

Bureaucrats and politicians

  • Ajay Kapoor (politician), MLA in Uttar Pradesh
  • Anita Kapur, Indian IRS officer. She is former Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
  • Harbans Kapoor, BJP Senior politician
  • Jaspat Roy Kapoor, Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Uttar Pradesh.
  • Kishan Kapoor, Indian politician and the member of BJP. He is the sitting Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Kangra Lok Sabha
  • Mudassar Kapur, Pakistani-Norwegian politician
  • Pavan Kapoor, Indian diplomat and current Indian Ambassador to Russia.
  • Pooja Kapur, Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. She was formerly the Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria and North Macedonia
  • Sanjay Kapoor (politician), Indian Congress politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
  • Sat Pal Kapur, Indian politician in Patiala, Punjab.
  • Savita Kapoor. Indian politician and the MLA from Dehradun Cantonment Assembly. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • Chief Minister of Delhi
    .
  • Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
    .
  • Yashpal Kapur, leader of Indian National Congress and a close aide of Indira Gandhi.

Businessmen

Chefs

Directors and producers

Film actors

See also: Kapoor family

Journalists

Science and technology

Singers and dancers

  • Geeta Kapoor
    , Indian choreographer and television personality.
  • Himani Kapoor, Indian singer and finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005.
  • Kanika Kapoor, singer
  • Mahendra Kapoor, Indian playback singer who sang "Mere Desh ki Dharti".
  • Meena Kapoor. Indian playback singer
  • Raman Kapoor, Indian singer and songwriter. He was a contestant on the TV shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Rising Star.
  • Sneha Kapoor, Indian salsa dancer, choreographer, and instructor. She is popularly known as "The Indian Salsa Princess".
  • Steven Kapur
    , also known as "Apache Indian", pop singer

Sportspersons

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9789351188858
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-19977-169-1
    . Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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