Satendra Nandan

Infobox Politician (general)
name= Dr Satendra Pratap Nandan"'


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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Nasinu - Vunidawa Indian Communal Constituency
term_start= 1982
term_end= 1987
predecessor= S.N. Kanhai
successor= James Shankar Singh
title2= Suva Rural Indian Communal Constituency
term_start2= 1987
term_end2= 1987
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successor2= Constitution abrogated
title3=Minister of Health and Social Welfare (Fiji)
term_start3=1987
term_end3=1987
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birth_date= 1940
birth_place= Nadi Fiji
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party= National Federation Party
Fiji Labour Party
residence= Canberra, Australia
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profession= Academic
religion= Hindu
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Dr Satendra Pratap Nandan (born 1940) is a Fiji Indian academic, writer and former politician.

Early life

Nandan was born in Nadi, Fiji. After completing his secondary education he studied in Delhi, Leeds, London and Canberra from where he obtained his PhD in English. After teaching in various schools in India and Fiji, he joined the University of the South Pacific in 1969.

Political life

He entered the House of Representatives in 1982 as a National Federation Party (NFP) member. As the NFP began to fragment, he joined the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in June 1986. He won the 1987 election on FLP ticket and was the Minister of Health and Social Welfare on the month long Bavadra Government.

Later life

After the coup of 1987, he migrated to Australia and took up a position at Australian National University in Canberra. At present he is the Professor of Literature and Director of the Centre for Writing. He has also provided his support to the newly established University of Fiji by taking up the position of Professor of Humanities and the Arts.

Publications by Nandan

* cite book
last = Nandan
first = Satendra P.
title = Requiem for a Rainbow
publisher = Pacific Indian Publications, Canberra
date = 2001
id =
* cite book
last = Nandan
first = Satendra P.
title = Faces in a village: Poetry from Fiji
publisher = Simon & Schuster, Sydney
date = 1991
id = ISBN 0-73180-202-0
* cite book
last = Nandan
first = Satendra P.
title = The Wounded Sea
publisher = Viti Publishers
date = 1977
id = ASIN: B0007AP8KU
* cite book
last = Nandan
first = Satendra P.
title = Fiji: Paradise in Pieces
publisher = Flinders University
date = 2000
id = ISBN 0725808535
* cite book
last = Nandan
first = Satendra P.
title = Lines across black waters
publisher = Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English, Adelaide
date = 1997
id = ISBN 0-72580-589-X 0-85174-111-8

Bibliography

cite book
last = Nandan
first = Kavita
title = Stolen Worlds: Fijiindian Fragments
publisher = Ivy Press International
date = 2005
id = ISBN 0-97572-230-1