Padmashree Prof.(Dr.) N.R. Madhava Menon

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

THANK YOU