VN Kaul
| Vijayendra Nath Kaul | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 January 1943 |
| Residence | Greater Kailash 2, New Delhi |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | St. Stephens College Delhi |
| Occupation | former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (2002-08) |
| Employer | Govt. of India |
| Organization | C&AG, UN IAAC |
| Home town | New Delhi |
| Term | 6 years |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
| Website | vnkaul |
Vijayendra Nath Kaul, a distinguished civil servant, was the tenth Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) from 2002 to 2008. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
Vijayendra Nath Kaul was born to Shri Satindra Nath Kaul and his wife Padmavati ( née Kak ) in Jammu in a Kashmiri Brahmin family with a long history of public service. His great grandfather Rai Bahadur Radha Kishen Kaul was the High Court Judge of Jammu & Kashmir and head of the judiciary in the State up to 1913. His grandfather Pandit Narendra Nath Kaul, an early Indian cantabrigian, was the Revenue Minister in the Council of Ministers of Maharaja Pratap Singh of Jammu & Kashmir.
V.N.Kaul started school at Presentation Convent in Srinagar but after a couple of months he moved to Rev J.D.Tytler's school in Delhi. He completed Senior Cambridge in 1959 from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. He got his B.A. (Hons) and master's degrees from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi in 1964 and he joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1965. Kaul was allocated the Madhya Pradesh cadre of the IAS and began his civil service career as Assistant Collector, Bilaspur District in Madhya Pradesh. His other field postings in Madhya Pradesh were Collector and District Magistrate, Shahdol District, Collector and District Magistrate, Durg District and Commissioner, Indore Division.
Kaul has worked at senior levels in the government and in the United Nations. He served in the Indian Administrative Service up to 2002 and retired as Secretary,Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on being appointed the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Prior to serving as Petroleum Secretary he was Secretary in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and the Ministry of Coal. Earlier, he was Finance Secretary, Secretary, Commerce and Industry and Principal Secretary, Finance and Home Departments of the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
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