Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah (born 25 October 1929) was the 25th Chief Justice of India. He served as Chief Justice from 1993 to 1994. He currently serves as the Chancellor of

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning is a ''deemed-to-be-University'' located in Sri Sathya Sai District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was founded by Sri Sathya Sai Baba on 22 November 1981. There are four campuses of the university, three ...

(Deemed University). and on the Advisory Board of ''Foundation for Restoration of National Values'', a society established in 2008 that strives to restore National and Cultural Values of

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. He earned

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from University of Mysore and Bachelor

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from the

Bangalore university Bangalore University (BU) is a public state university located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by Univer ...

. He started practicing law in 1951. He was appointed Permanent Judge of the

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on 6 November 1975. He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 5 October 1987. Finally, he became the 25th Chief Justice of India on 12 February 1993 and subsequently retired on 24 October 1994. Post retirement, he has continued to work on anti-corruption and

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issues, including support for the launch of the

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Centre for Governance in 2003. He served as the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission from 1996-1998 and in 2000 he headed

National Commission to review the working of the Constitution The National Commission to review the working of the Constitution (NCRWC) also known as Justice Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah Commission was set up by a resolution of the NDA Government of India led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 22 February ...

. He is currently serving as the chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam.

Honors

*Padma Vibhushan - India's Second Highest Civilian Honour from the President of India in 2004. * Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) - Pondicherry University * Doctor of Laws (LL.D) (honoris causa) - Manipal University * Honorary Doctorate from Rani Channamma University, BelagaviRCU organise first convocation on Feb 16 – Chennaionline News

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