The second part consists of tributes paid by her on different occasions to a large number of eminent persons - statesmen and educationists, religious leaders, art historians and museologists, and her gurus and colleagues in different disciplines. These pen-portraits vividly bring out the personality of these great people in diverse fields and make for interesting reading.
Dr. Vatsyayan has been acclaimed as Editor of two major volumes The Concepts of Space and The Concepts of Time. Besides, she has been General Editor of seven volumes of IGNCA's Kalatattvakośa series, an inter-disciplinary exploration of Indian key concepts, as also of the Kalamülaśāstra series on fundamental texts bearing on Arts. She has edited The Cultural Heritage of India, Vol. VII (in two parts) for the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, and co-edited Aesthetic Theories and Forms in Indian Tradition, for the Centre for Studies in Civilizations.
Dr. Vatsyayan has been Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Arts, a member of the Rajya Sabha; member of the UNESCO Executive Board, and President, India International Centre. She is currently chairperson of IIC-Asia Project.
She is a recipient of many honours, including Padma Vibhushan from the Government of India and D.Litt honoris causa) from several universities in India and abroad; so also the first Asian woman to be awarded the Thalia Prize by the International Association of Theatre Critics.
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