(Dr.) NR Madhava Menon - RN Patel Ipcowala School of Law & Justice

Living Legend of Law

Genesis  Born (1935) & brought up in Trivandrum, Kerala, India  Education:  B.Sc & B.L (Kerala University)  MA (Punjab University)  LL.M, Ph.D (Aligarh Muslim University)  Worked 5 decades to improve Indian legal education as stands today

Career • Advocate at Kerala High Court at the age of 20

• Teacher at AMU Law Faculty (ALIGARH) • Volunteered to setup National Law School of India

University, Bangalore (NLSIU) • NLSIU is the 1st in India to use the Harvard Law

School's case study method

IGNITED MIND (Architect of Integrated Law Degree) • Introduced 5 years integrated LL.B. Programme through two leading law

Universities (Founder Vice- Chancellor): • National Law School of India University, Bangalore • National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata ( Invited by W. Bengal Govt.)

Judicial Trainer •The Supreme Court of India requested him to

established the National Judicial

Academy

for

training judges (Founder Director, NJA, GOI)

Other Responsibilities • A member of various expert committees: • Legal Aid Committee(1973) • Civil Services Examination Reform Committee (2000-01) • Criminal Justice Reform (2002–2003) • Author of several books, articles and monographs on a variety of legal subjects

Cont’d… • Member of the Law Commission of India

• Chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata • Chairman of the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum

Awards & Recognition • Vocational Excellence Award in (1992: Rotary Club)

• Living Legend of Law Award in (1994: IBA) • Honored with the prestigious Padma Award in 2003 • Best Law Teacher Award (2009: Society of Indian Law Firms) • Conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) (Honoris Causa)

MAN IS WHERE HIS MIND IS

Dr. Madhava Menon at different Assignments

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