legal educator and founder director of national law school of india university
N. R. Madhava Menon Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (born 4 May 1935) is an Indian legal educator, considered by many as the father of modern legal education in India.[1] He is the founder 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] Menon was honored by the Government of India, in 2003, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[5]