Satendra Nandan is an Indian academic, writer, and politician. He is a member of the

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, and is also host of some

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Early life

Nandan was born in

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, India. After completing his secondary education he studied in

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, from where he obtained his degree in engineering. After teaching in various schools in India, he joined the

University of the South Pacific The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and is owned by the gov ...

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, Fiji in 1969. As a young academic in India, he taught at the all-boys' boarding school

The Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, who prevised a school mod ...

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Political life

He entered in politics in Fiji as a member. As the

National Federation Party The National Federation Party is a Fijian political party founded by A.D. Patel in November 1968, as a merger of the Federation Party and the National Democratic Party. Though it claimed to represent all Fiji Islanders, it was supported, in p ...

began to fragment, he joined politics. He won the election on the

Fiji Labour Party The Fiji Labour Party (FLP; fj, Ilawalawa Cakacaka ni Viti), also known as Fiji Labour, is a political party in Fiji. Most of its support is from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an i ...

ticket and was the Minister of Health, Social Welfare and Women's Affairs on the month-long Bavadra Government. He served as National Spokesperson for the party.

Later life

After the coup of 1987, he migrated to Australia and took up a position at the

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in Canberra. At present he is a

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and director of the Centre for Writing. He has also provided his support to newly established journals at the University of Fiji by taking up the position of professor of humanities and the arts.

Publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nandan, Satendra Indo-Fijian writers Fiji Labour Party politicians Indian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji) 1939 births Living people The Doon School faculty National Federation Party politicians Health ministers of Fiji University of the South Pacific faculty University of Fiji faculty Australian National University faculty