Anil Wilson

Who was Anil Wilson?

Anil Wilson was an Indian educationist who served as Principal of St. Stephen's College, Delhi from 1991 to 2007.

Anil Wilson's father, M. M. Wilson, was a school Headmaster in Gorton Mission School Kotgarh, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Anil Wilson was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St Edward's School, Shimla. He graduated from Panjab University, later earning a Masters degree in English Literature from the Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Shimla. He was selected by the Public Service Commission to work as a lecturer in Colleges in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. During his early years as lecturer he went on to obtain his M.Phil and his Ph.D. He was awarded Ph.D. on his dissertation on the nobel laureate, Isaac Bashevis Singer's fiction titled "The Art and Vision of Isaac Bashevis Singer: An Interpretation".

In January 1991 he was selected to head St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Wilson was the eleventh Principal of the prestigious institute and the first to have been appointed without prior teaching experience at the same college. Throughout his tenure as Principal, however, he continued to serve as a lecturer in English to all three years of the undergraduate honours programme.