N. R. Madhava Menon
Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (4 May 1935 – 8 May 2019) was an Indian lawyer and educator. He has been called the main figure of modern legal education in India. He was founder and director of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the National Judicial Academy. He also served as founder and vice-chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS). Menon was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, by the government in 2003. He was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Menon died of liver cancer in Thiruvananthapuram on 8 May 2019. He was 84.[1]
N. R. Madhava Menon Media
N.R Madhava Menon presenting report of the committee on draft National Policy on Criminal Justice to the 25th Home Minister of India Shivraj Patil in New Delhi 2007.
13th Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu presenting Professor N.R. Madhava Menon, Best Law Teacher Award for 2018 to Prof. R. Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor of National Law School of India.
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References
- ↑ "NR Madhava Menon, Indian legal educator, passes away at 84". The Indian Express. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.