of Parliament of India, the Rajya Sabha in 2006, though subsequently in March 2006, she resigned following an office of profit controversy. In April 2007, she was renominated to the Rajya Sabha, with a term expiring in February 2012. Awards Vatsyayan received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1970. In the same year she was awarded a fellowship from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund to survey cultural institutions and contemporary art developments in the United States and Indonesia. She was awarded the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1975. In 1992 the Asian Cultural Council honoured her with the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award for outstanding professional achievement and her significant contribution to the international understanding, practice, and study of dance and art history in India. In 1998, she received the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award, given by Congress on Research in Dance (CORD). In 2000, she was a recipient of Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award and in 2011, she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. Bibliography References External links Interview on formative influences Interview on Australian radio 1928 births 2020 deaths Indian women science writers Indian social sciences writers Women artists from Delhi Delhi University alumni University of Michigan School of Education alumni Banaras Hindu University alumni Indian women academics Indian art historians Indian arts administrators Dance writers Dance research 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians Fellows of the Lalit Kala Akademi Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows Indian women historians 20th-century Indian historians 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian women scientists 20th-century Indian scientists Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts Women writers from Delhi 20th-century Indian women artists Indian women scholars 20th-century Indian non-fiction writers 21st-century Indian non-fiction writers Scholars from Delhi Women educators from Delhi Educators from Delhi Women members of the Rajya Sabha