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N. R. Madhava Menon
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Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (4 May 1935 – 8 May 2019) was an Indian civil servant, lawyer and legal educator, considered by many as the father of modern legal education in India.[1] He is the founder of National Law Universities system and first director of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal and the founder-vice-chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS).[2][3][4] He has also served as Chairman of Indian Statistical Institute from 2002 to 2003.
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Born | (1935-05-04)4 May 1935 |
Died | May 8, 2019(2019-05-08) (aged 84) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Other names | Appu |
Alma mater | University of Kerala (BSc, LLB) Aligarh Muslim University (PhD) Panjab University (MA) |
Occupation(s) | Legal educator, lawyer |
Years active | 1956–2019 |
Known for | Founding the National Law School of India University and the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences |
Spouse | Rema Devi |
Children | Ramakrishna Menon |
Parent(s) | Ramakrishna Menon (Father) Bhavani Amma (Mother) |
Awards | Padma Shri (2003) Padma Bhushan (2020) Living Legend of Law Plaque of Honour Rotary Club Award for Vocational Excellence |
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Menon was awarded the Padma Shri in 2003[5] and Padma Bhushan in 2020 by the Government of India.
He was a member of the Law Commission of India and also member of several expert Committees including on Legal Aid (1973), Civil Services Examination Reform (2000-2001), and Criminal Justice Reform (2002-2003), Police Act Drafting Committee (2005-2006) and the Committee on Draft National Policy on Criminal Justice (2006-2007) and Committee on Restructuring of Higher Education in India appointed by the Government of India. He was a Central Secretariat Service officer.