Raghavan iyer gandhi biography

Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer
Born	()10 March Madras, India
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Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Academic, Philosopher
Spouse	Nandini Nanak Mehta (–) (his death)
Children	Pico Iyer

Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer (10 March - 20 June ) was an Indian academic, political theorist and philosopher.

Educated at Oxford, he was professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara from to , when he retired as professor emeritus. A founding member of the Santa Barbara branch of the United Lodge of Theosophists, he also co-founded the Institute of World Culture in Santa Barbara in , and remained its president until

Early life and background

Born in Madras (now Chennai), India on 10 March , Iyer was the son of Narasimhan Iyer and Lakshmi Iyer.

A child prodigy, at age 15, he joined the University of Bombay, at Elphinstone College, where he met Nandini Nanak Mehta who would