Ved Prakash Nanda
Indian-American academic (1934–2024)
Ved Prakash Nanda (November 20, 1934 – January 1, 2024) was an Indian-American lawyer, academic, and writer, and was president of the American Hindu Swayam Sevak (HSS).
Early life and education
Ved Prakash Nanda was born in 1934 in Gujranwala in British Raj India, now in Pakistan. During the partition of India, he and his family migrated to Punjab state in India.
He obtained BA and MA degrees in economics from Punjab University; LL.B and LL.M degrees from Delhi University; and then an LL.M from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.
He then obtained postgraduate fellowship work at Yale University.
Career
Nanda was a professor of international law at the Sturm College of Law, University of Denver, Colorado. He founded the International Legal Studies Program there in 1972.
In 2006 Nanda was honored with a $1 million founding gift from Denver University alumni Doug and Mary Scrivner to launch the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law, where he became director. His final titles at the university of Denver were as a Distinguished University Professor, and as Thompson G. Marsh Professor of Law.
Other roles
Nanda was a president of the World Jurist Association sometime before 2000, and later an honorary president.
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