Prof. Dr. A. Lakshminath, Chancellor, A. P. University of Law, Visakhapatnam and Pro-Chancellor/Vice-Chancellor, Chanakya National Law University, Patna, former Dean and Registrar, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad is an academician in the field of law for four decades and has done substantial research in the areas of Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence and Human Rights.

He has authored ten books and one hundred articles and edited seven law journals. He is Fellow of Salzburg Seminar, Austria and Fulbright Visiting Professor at the University of Massachusetts, U.S.A. and Visiting Professor at Law School, Banaras Hindu University.  He was Chief Co-ordinator and Senior Consultant in World Bank, National and State sponsored projects.

He was senior Consultant for Projects on good governance sponsored by Andhra Pradesh State Government. He is the recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award by International Association of Educators for World Peace, Alabama, USA, 2007 and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Education Award, 2008 for outstanding contributions in the promotion of technical, vocational and General Education in India.