Kerala Law Academy founder Koliyakode N Narayanan Nair passes away

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Koliyakode N Narayanan Nair, 93, died right here at a personal hospital as a result of age-related points. He was the founder and director of Kerala Law Academy. The funeral will probably be held on Thursday. Condoling the dying of Nair, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan recalled his providers who had created a milestone of his personal within the State’s authorized research sector as a regulation professor and likewise as a authorized luminary. Pinarayi remembered that all through his life, Narayanan Nair relentlessly labored onerous to enhance the authorized research within the State and likewise made it widespread.

“Narayanan Nair actively intervened in social issues. His demise is a huge loss to the State’s legal studies sector. He was not only a dear friend of mine, but also his death is a personal loss for me”, mentioned Pinarayi.

Narayanan Nair is survived by his three youngsters, Raj Narayanan, Lakshmi Nair (cookery skilled and former principal, KLA), and Nagaraj Narayanan (senior lawyer, Kerala High Court). His spouse, Ponnamma, a former Indian Audit and Accounts Service official had predeceased him. Former Vamanapuram MLA and Cooperative Bank State president Koliyakode Krishnan Nair is his brother.

Narayanan Nair took his B.L diploma from the Government Law College, Ernakulam in 1953 and LLM and PhD in Law from the University of Kerala. In truth, he’s the primary PhD holder in regulation from the University of Kerala. He holds the document for being the longest-serving syndicate member in addition to a senate member of the University of Kerala.

Narayanan Nair performed a key position in establishing the National University of Advanced Legal Studies and Research (NUALS), Kochi. He had initially began his educating profession within the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram the place his college students included former Judges of the Kerala High Court like C S Rajan and D Sreedevi.

Other leaders who’ve condoled the dying of Narayanan Nair embody CPM Politburo chief Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and CPI secretary Kanam Rajendran. Kodiyeri recalled that Narayanan Nair has at all times been a powerful fellow traveler of the CPM. In his condolence message, Kanam Rajendran remembered him as “samadhanam Narayanan Nair” (peace Narayanan Nair) for establishing a peace organisation together with Sharmaji, former secretary of E M S Namboodiripad. He additionally mentioned that Narayanan Nair’s demise is anticipated to create an enormous void within the academic milieu of the State.