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{{short description|Social scientist}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jagdish Chandra Kapur
| image = Путин и Джагдиш Капур.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|02|16}}
| birth_place = India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|11|19|1920|02|16}}
| occupation = Entrepreneur, social scientist
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}
'''Jagdish Chandra Kapur''' (February 16, 1920 - November 19, 2010) was an Indian social scientist, entrepreneur and the founder of ''Kapur Surya Foundation'' and ''Kapur Solar Farms''. He was also the Editor of ''World Affairs Journal'',<ref name="World Affairs, The Journal of International Issues">{{cite journal | url=http://www.worldaffairsjournal.com/masthead.asp | title=World Affairs, The Journal of International Issues | author=Chanda Singh | journal=World Affairs, the Journal of International Issues | issn=0971-8052 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202100245/http://www.worldaffairsjournal.com/masthead.asp | archive-date=2 December 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> a publication aiming at and providing a platform for better interaction between the developed and the developing nations.<ref name="World Affairs objective">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldaffairsjournal.com/about.asp | title=World Affairs objective | access-date=11 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202100109/http://www.worldaffairsjournal.com/about.asp | archive-date=2 December 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 2010, with the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third-highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of science and technology.<ref name="Padma announcement">{{cite web | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57307 | title=Padma announcement | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>

==Life sketch==
{{quotebox|align = right|qalign=center|width=24em|''Jagdish Chandra Kapur was a towering figure in reconfiguring the new world order, a major public intellectual in Asia, and a source of inspiration for us,'' '''wrote [[Tu Weiming]], about Jagdish Chandra Kapur on hearing the news of his death''', ''I cherished his willingness to share his broad vision with me. I look forward to an opportunity to continue his seminal work on intercivilizational dialogue in Cultural China.''<ref name="Tu Weiming">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlyE9QN9WGM | title=Tu Weiming | website=[[YouTube]] | date=24 October 2011 | access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>}}

Jagdish Chandra Kapur was born on 16 February 1920. He did his graduate studies at the [[Punjab University, Chandigarh|Punjab University]] and secured his master's degree from the [[Indian Institute of Science]] in [[Bangalore]]. Later, he went to the United States and had higher studies at the [[Cornell University]] at [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]], New York.<ref name="WPF bio">{{cite web | url=http://wpfdc.org/about-us/about/126-co-founders-and-co-chairmen/18501-jagdish-kapur-16-02-1920-19-11-2010-co-chairman-and-co-founder-of-the-wpf-dialogue-of-civilizations | title=WPF bio | access-date=11 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725170815/http://wpfdc.org/about-us/about/126-co-founders-and-co-chairmen/18501-jagdish-kapur-16-02-1920-19-11-2010-co-chairman-and-co-founder-of-the-wpf-dialogue-of-civilizations | archive-date=25 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Kapur's activities are largely centred on the four institutions he has helped found viz. the ''World Public Forum'', ''World Affairs'' journal, ''Kapur Foundation'' and ''Kapur Solar Farms'' and the social activities such as organising seminars and delivering keynote addresses on topics such as science and technology, urban and rural development and future of mankind.<ref name="WPF bio" />

The World Public Forum is a consultative body which serves as a platform for various [[non-governmental organisations]] (NGO), public, academic, cultural, spiritual, social and business institutions for exchange of views and ideas on global problems and their resolutions. ''Dialogue of Civilizations'' or ''Rhodes Forum'' is one such initiative by WPF.<ref name="Dialogue of Civilizations">{{cite web | url=http://wpfdc.org/dialogue-of-civilizations | title=Dialogue of Civilizations | access-date=11 August 2014 | archive-date=6 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806223249/http://wpfdc.org/dialogue-of-civilizations | url-status=dead }}</ref> WPF was founded by Jagdish Kapur,<ref name="Watching America">{{cite web | url=http://watchingamerica.com/News/8711/by-2010-the-united-states-will-cease-to-exist-as-a-nation | title=Watching America | access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> along with [[Vladimir Yakunin]], former President of the [[Russian Railways]] and has participation from many known personalities such as [[Alfred Gusenbauer]], Federal Chancellor of Austria, [[Fred Dallmayr]], Professor of [[Notre Dame University]], Nicholas Papanicolaou, president of Titan Corporation, Greece, [[Walter Schwimmer]], former Secretary-General of the [[Council of Europe]] and [[Hans Koechler]], Director of Research Emeritus at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France Henri Favre.<ref name="WFP about">{{cite web | url=http://wpfdc.org/about-us/about | title=WFP about | access-date=11 August 2014 | archive-date=6 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806073804/http://wpfdc.org/about-us/about | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Surya Foundation, a [[non-governmental organisation]] and its sister concern, Surya Solar Farms, are founded by Kapur and focus on research on renewable energy such as [[solar energy]] and putting them to practical uses. The Foundation, apart from publishing journals on quarterly intervals, organises meetings and seminars on the subject. It is also involved in charitable activities in the areas of health and education.

Kapur's efforts on dissemination information and knowledge on renewable energy and the future of mankind are effected mainly through the journal, the ''World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues''.<ref name="Journal main page">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:wa&type=eboard | title=Journal main page | access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> It attempts to take the views of the developing nations into the notice of the developed nations and thereby attempt to bridge the gap of information flow between them. The readers of the journal include politicians, academics, leaders and the general public.<ref name="WFP">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:wa&type=home | title=WFP | access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref>

Jagdish Chandra Kapur died on 19 November 2010, aged 90, due to age related illnesses.<ref name="WPF bio" />

==Awards and recognitions==
* [[Padma Bhushan]] – 2010<ref name="Padma announcement" />
* Kanpur Municipal Corporation has honoured Jagdish Chandra Kapur by naming a road after him, stretching from Vijay Nagar to Sastri Nagar.<ref name="Jagdish Chandra Kapur road">{{cite web | url=http://in.placelandia.com/map/jagdish-chandra-kapoor-road-vijay-nagar-shastri-nagar-kanpur-uttar-pradesh-india.html | title=Jagdish Chandra Kapur road | access-date=10 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812035312/http://in.placelandia.com/map/jagdish-chandra-kapoor-road-vijay-nagar-shastri-nagar-kanpur-uttar-pradesh-india.html | archive-date=12 August 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Writings==
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=alMuAAAAMAAJ | title=India, an uncommitted society | publisher=Vikas | author=Jagdish Chandra Kapur | year=1982 | pages=229 | isbn=9780706918786}}
* {{cite book | title=A Design for a Cold Storage Plant to Store One Thousand Tons of Mangoes and Also a Ten Ton Ice Plant | publisher=Cornell University | author=Jagdish Chandra Kapur | date=September 1947 | pages=132}}
* {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Our-Future-Consumerism-J-C-Kapur/dp/B002Q3QW6A | title=Our Future: Consumerism Or Humanism | publisher=Kapur Surya Foundation | author=Jagdish Chandra Kapur | year=2005 | pages=297 | asin=B002Q3QW6A}}
* {{cite journal | title=India in the Year 2000 |journal = India International Centre Quarterly|volume = 2|issue = 1| publisher=Publications Division, India International Centre | author=Jagdish Chandra Kapur | year=1975 | pages=3–12|jstor = 23001718}}
* {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Public-enterprise-management-select-bibliography/dp/B0007AWC9U | title=Public enterprise management : a select bibliography | publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat | author=Jagdish Chandra Kapur and Martin Boodhoo | year=1979 | location=London | pages=61 | asin=B0007AWC9U}}
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/Kapur-Surya-Foundation/author/10993493 | title=The Human Condition Today: Some New Perspectives | publisher=Clarion Books | year=1988 | isbn=9788185120294}}

He has also published more than 50 papers and articles on the subject of the future of mankind.<ref name="WPF bio" />

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==External links==
* Indian Journals.com<ref name="Indian Journals.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:wa&type=eboard | title=Indian Journals.com | access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>
* Reference on [[Library of Congress]]<ref name="Library of Congress">{{cite web | url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83055527.html | title=Library of Congress | access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>
* Reference on [[Libraries Australia]]<ref name="Libraries Australia">{{cite web | url=http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an36232281 | title=Libraries Australia | access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>
* Reference on [[National Library of Australia]]<ref name="National Library of Australia">{{cite web | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1233865?c=people | title=National Library of Australia | access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>
* Jagdish Chandra Kapur in dialogue with [[Tu Weiming]] on 11 July 2010<ref name="Tu Weiming"/>
* Reference on the University of Chicago Library<ref name="The University of Chicago Library">{{cite web | url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/alphabrowse/results?from=Jagdish%20Chandra&source=author | title=The University of Chicago Library | access-date=10 August 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
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Vijaykumar96 at 03:21, 22 October 2024