Kapil Kak is a retired officer of the Indian Air Force, who rose to the rank of Air Vice Marshal. Kak is a Kashmiri Pandit.[1][2] He was the Deputy Director at the Centre for Air Power Studies.[3] He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in 1981.[4] Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak is one of the many petitioners, who have moved the Supreme Court challenging the J&K Reorganisation Bill & the abrogation of Article 370. [5]
Former Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, a Kashmiri Pandit, recently spoke at a webinar organized by Anhad, Delhi on the ominous implications of the film and the "raging narrative" that it has unleashed.
Yet there are Kashmiri Pandits who have not let their trauma efface their memories of the state's syncretic culture and who vehemently oppose the 5 August decisions. Among them is Kapil Kak, a former Air Vice Marshal, who joined five other citizens in petitioning the Supreme Court against the government's decision to effectively nullify Article 370 and alter the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir.