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{{Short description|Indian ambassador to USA}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Ambassador]]
| name = Pratap Kishen Kaul
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| order = [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]]
| office =
| occupation = Diplomat, Ambassador of India to USA
| term_start = 1986
| term_end = 1989
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| prime_minister = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|07|03}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|03|01|1929|07|03}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]]
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| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]], [[University of Allahabad]]
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'''Pratap Kishen Kaul''' (3 July 1929<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gale Group|author2=60th 96-97|title=The International Who's Who: 1996-97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s90MD22wtA4C|year=1996|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=978-1-85743-021-9}}</ref> – 2 March 2007) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Civil Servant and held several important and sensitive posts in the Government of India. He was from the 1951 batch of the Indian Administrative Service and served as the Cabinet Secretary, Government of India from 1985 to 1986. He was also the [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]] from 1986 to 1989.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |title=The Kauls are Everywhere |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/02/us/washington-talk-briefing-the-kauls-are-everywhere.html |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Wayne King |last=Irvin Molotsky |date=2 September 1986 |accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref><ref name = ind_emb_web>{{Citation |title = Ambassadors of India to the United States |publisher = Embassy of India - Washington DC |url = http://www.indianembassy.org/archive/gallery/amb(us).htm |accessdate = 2008-11-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090504235913/http://www.indianembassy.org/archive/gallery/amb(us).htm |archive-date = 4 May 2009 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kaul was a [[postgraduate]] in economics from the [[University of Allahabad]], and went on to earn a master's degree in [[public administration]] at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cabinet Secretary (former) P.K. Kaul cremated |url=http://www.indianmuslims.info/book/export/html/20226 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218005755/http://www.indianmuslims.info/book/export/html/20226 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=18 February 2013 |publisher=indianmuslims.info |accessdate=8 August 2012 }}</ref>

He died of cancer on 2 March 2007 in [[New Delhi]] aged 77. He is survived by his wife Usha, three daughters, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.<ref name=webindia>{{cite web| url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20070302/606491.html |title=Former cabinet secretary P.K. Kaul cremated |first=online news |last=webindia123 |date=2 March 2011}}</ref>

==Career==
===Civil services===
He was from the 1951 batch of the IAS and was assigned to the [[Uttar Pradesh]] cadre where he served for 14 years before moving to the government of India. He served in various capacities in New Delhi and was Deputy Secretary, Director, and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs. He was also Commissioner and Secretary of, the Industries department in the Government of Uttar Pradesh from 1973 to 1975. He was secretary of three important ministries and held the posts of commerce secretary, defense secretary, and finance secretary<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ilga.gov/house/transcripts/htrans85/HT050388.pdf |title=85th general assembly, house of representatives, Transcription debate |first=www.ilga.com |last=Illinois general assembly page |date=3 May 1988 |page=13}}</ref> of the [[government of India]]. He served as cabinet secretary of India from 1985-1986. He also served as alternate governor to [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF), [[World Bank]] (WB) and [[Asian Development Bank]] (ADB).<ref name="webindia"/>

As a [[Finance Secretary (India)|finance secretary]], Kaul played an important role in formulating policies for export and import promotion, infrastructure for movement and financing of exports, and developing free trade zones in India. Kaul also served as the alternate governor of the Asian development bank (ADB), World Bank (WB), and [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF).<ref name="webindia"/> Kaul was the chairman of the [[SEBI]] appointed committee which oversaw the implementation and facilitation of the SEBI Mutual Funds regulations, 1996. The committee helped the trustees of [[Mutual funds]] to best perform their role so that the mutual funds could be managed more ethically and responsibly.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mutual Funds 2000 |url=http://www.sebi.gov.in/cms/sebi_data/commondocs/pt1b3_h.html |publisher=sebi.gov.in |first=Securities & Exchange Board of India |last=SEBI |author-link=SEBI |accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref>
He was the [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]] from 1986 to 1989.<ref name="ind_emb_web"/>

===Advisory role===
Kaul was on the advisory council of the [[All India Kashmiri Samaj]] (AIKS). He also advised industrial and financial firms on financial management and corporate planning matters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scholarship Board: Pratap Kishen Kaul |url=http://karna.org/body_scholarship_board.html |publisher=karna.org |accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref> In 2005, he was appointed a head of a high-powered committee to review the functioning of Central Government Health Service (CGHS) by the government of India.
He was also a member of the Space Commission and the Atomic Energy Commission of India. He retired as cabinet secretary.<ref name="Pandits">{{cite book |author=T.N. Pandit |title=Kashmiri Pandits: A Contemporary Perspective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SP49MH_vl7UC&pg=PA163 |accessdate=8 August 2012 |year=1995 |publisher=APH Publishing Corporation, 5 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj |isbn=81-7648-812-7 |page=163}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Ambassadors of India to the United States]]
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Kashmiri people]]
[[Category:Kashmiri Pandits]]
[[Category:University of Allahabad alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni]]
[[Category:Cabinet secretaries of India]]
[[Category:Defence secretaries of India]]
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]

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