Sanjay Kaul is a development policy analyst, a former IAS officer (1979-2007), and corporate leader (2008-21). He has over four decades of rich professional experience in both the government and the private sectors. During his long tenure as a civil servant, Kaul worked in leadership positions across sectors - development, health, nutrition, education, child development, food and agriculture, and industry, including in the Prime Minister's office. He also had a successful long tenure in the private sector as head of a leading agri-business company. His current interests include human development concerns. He was recently appointed Chairman of the Government of India Task Force on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and is an advisor on ECCE to the Government of Karnataka as well. He serves as a member of the Managing Committee of five schools managed by the Delhi Public School Society. He is also presently an Independent Director of SEWA GRIH RIN Ltd. (SGRL), an affordable housing finance company.