Professor Kaul completed his doctoral studies at Yale. Prof. Kaul taught first at Zakir Hussain College, University of Delhi, and then joined the Department of English, University of Delhi, where he continued until his retirement in 1992. Prof. Kaul also served as Associate Professor at Yale and as Visiting Professor at Oberlin College in the United States. Professor Kaul conceptualised and actualised the M Phil programme in the Department of English, based on graduate seminars, peer-group discussions, and rigorous writing and research. He was also an iconic teacher at the Master's level. His Ph.D supervisees remember him with respect, affection and admiration.