Kapila Vatsyayan (कपिला वात्स्यायन) (25 December 1928 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian scholar of classical dance, art, architecture, and art history. She was a member of parliament between 2006 to 2012. She was the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. Vatsyayan was born in New Delhi.