Ved Prakash Nanda

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.

He was as a member of the executive committee of the American Society of International Law (the American branch of the International Law Association), becoming vice president and an honorary VP until his death. He was also the David Dudley Field Patron. and a founder of the Hindu Temple of Denver.

Writing and publications Nanda acted as a faculty adviser to the Denver University Law Review and the Denver Law Forum. From 1991 he wrote a regular international affairs column for The Denver Post. international law with regard to interventions, and environmental policies.

Recognition and honours In 2006 Nanda was honored with a founding gift from Denver University alumni and friends to launch the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law.

In 2023 he was awarded the Charles Siegal Distinguished Service Award.

Personal life and death Nanda married Katherine Kunz in 1982. She died on August 28, 2023.

Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state for President George W. Bush, was a former student of Nanda. She had kept in touch with him. In the U.S. Congress in 2017, Rep. Mike Coffman commented that his work has inspired a countless number of students to become a part of the conversation on Human Rights and International issues.

Nanda died on 1 January 2024 following a fall at his home.