Kalyan Sundaram, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kalyan Sundaram

Indian civil servant

Date of Birth: 11-May-1904

Place of Birth: Kuttur, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 23-Sep-1992

Profession: civil servant

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Kalyan Vaidyanathan Kuttur Sundaram (11 May 1904 – 23 September 1992), also referred as K.
V.
K.
Sundaram, was an Indian civil servant, who holds the record as the first Law Secretary (1948–58) of independent India and second Chief Election Commissioner of India (20 December 1958 – 30 September 1967).
He also chaired the Fifth Law Commission of India for the period 1968–71.
He was the principal author of the White Paper which was used to guide the formation of India into states drawn along linguistic lines after its independence.
For this, he received personal thanks and high praise from Lord Louis Mountbatten.
He was also a Sanskrit scholar, translating for English audiences the works of the Sanskrit writer Kalidasa.
A man of humility and discretion, according to The Independent, Sundaram received in 1968 the second highest civilian award which can be bestowed by the Indian Government: the Padma Vibhushan.