Ravi L. Kapur (1938–2006) was Emeritus Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. He was a Fulbright scholar-in-residence at Harvard University in 1985-86, simultaneously holding visiting professorships at the Medical and the Divinity Schools and was also a consultant to World Health Organization, organizing national mental health programmes for Somalia, Oman and Indonesia. He was given the Eminent Psychiatrist Award in 1995.