Satendra Nandan is an Indo-Fijian academic, writer, and former politician.
10 Facts About Satendra Nandan
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Satendra Nandan subsequently obtained a master of Arts from the University of Leeds and a PhD from Australian National University.
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Satendra Nandan taught at various schools in India, including the all-boys' boarding school The Doon School in Dehradun.
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Satendra Nandan joined the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji in 1969.
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Satendra Nandan was appointed to Sidiq Koya's shadow cabinet as education spokesperson, but resigned in 1985 as the National Federation Party began to fragment.
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Satendra Nandan subsequently resigned from the party and became an independent.
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Satendra Nandan contested the 1987 election as a candidate for the Fiji Labour Party, and was re-elected.
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Satendra Nandan was appointed Minister of Health, Social Welfare and Women's Affairs in the government of Timoci Bavadra, but was removed from office by the 1987 Fijian coups d'etat.
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Satendra Nandan worked as a professor of literature and director of the Centre for Writing.
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Satendra Nandan returned to Fiji in 2005, where he helped establish the University of Fiji.