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Kapil Narain

Election Year: 2023

Election Constituency: Southern Africa

Scholar Status: Scholar in Residence

Rhodes Identifier: KwaZulu-Natal & Green Templeton 2023

Kapil Narain

Biography

Dr Kapil Narain is a multi-award-winning youth leader, One Young World ambassador, and Pan-African activist from Durban, South Africa. Passionate about research since his undergraduate (MBChB - Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine), he published 15 articles with his most recent being an editorial on Malaria vaccination strategies in Africa, featured in the World Health Organisation’s official Journal, the Bulletin. Recent accolades include serving on the Africa Union’s African Youth Front on Covid-19, Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans and Abe Bailey Travel Bursary. He is also Deputy Chair of the Active Citizens Movement, a human rights civil society organisation. Kapil intends to further his studies in immunology at Oxford, focusing on discovering novel immunogens to contribute towards HIV vaccine development.