# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anita-kaul
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:30:47.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anita-kaul"
name: "Anita Kaul"
slug: "anita-kaul"
description: "Anita Kaul was an Indian Administrative Service officer best known for her contributions to the Indian education sector. She was a defining voice of the Right to Education movement and one of the principal architects of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 which made education a fundamental right for every child in India. Anita was also well known for her role in expanding the Nali Kali approach to primary schools in India. Heralded as one of Karnataka's most 'successful, innovative and revolutionary' reform programs, the pedagogic innovations of Nali Kali during Anita Kaul's tenure have been described as 'little short of a renaissance' in Indian education. Her initiatives received national acclaim for their impact on India's educational landscape. Beyond education, she played a crucial role in policy and governance, serving as Secretary, Department of Justice, where she worked on judicial reforms and access to justice initiatives. Anita Kaul retired as Secretary, Department of Justice, the highest ranking civil servant in the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India."
tagline: "Indian Administrative Service officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anitakaulias.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-09-19"
deathDate: "2016-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.869726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump