Prithvi Nath Kaula was a librarian, Library and Information Sciences specialist and author who worked with the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India.
Kaula authored sixty books and monographs, six professional journals (founder-editor), over 400 scholarly journal, over 400 peer review, 43 bibliographies and 6000 notes.
Kaula was also the recipient of the Padma Shri award in the year 2004.