Arun Kapur

ARUN KAPUR is an educator with several decades of experience in the private and public education spheres. He worked as a teacher and housemaster for more than a decade in the Doon School before becoming the founding headmaster of Vasant Valley School, now India's leading co-educational day school. Since 2008, he has been working with the Royal Academy in Bhutan, a project of His Majesty, the King of Bhutan, and he is currently director of the school. He also serves on the boards of many prestigious schools, as well as in various educational charities and NGOs. He is the founder and chairman of Ritinjali, an NGO established in 1995 for community development among marginalized societies in India. Widely read and widely travelled, Arun Kapur's understanding of children and their needs have added immense value to the various projects he is associated with. In December 2019, Arun Kapur was awarded the Druk Thuksey Award, the Royal Order of Bhutan, by His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk for his contribution towards education.