Personal Life and Education - Born in Lyallpur, British India (presently Faisalabad, Pakistan) - Youngest of seven children - Father was a family physician who practiced for 30 years - Has two brothers, Dr. Ram S. Nanda and Dr. Surender Nanda, who are orthodontists in the United States of America - Currently resides in Connecticut - Received bachelors and masters degrees in dentistry and orthodontics from King Georges Medical College, Lucknow University - Thesis on Cephalometric Study of the Dentofacial Complex of North Indians was selected for the scholarship research grant from the Indian Council of Medical Research - Joined Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1967 and received PhD in Philosophy in 1969 - Joined Loyola University in Chicago in 1970 and received certificate in orthodontics under Dr. Charles Burstone

Career - Joined the University of Connecticut in 1972 - Promoted to full professor in 1979 - Head of the Department of Orthodontics since 1992 - Editor-in-chief of Progress in Orthodontics - Member and past president of the North Atlantic component of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Publications and Honors - Authored and edited seven textbooks - Published more than 200 publications and peer-reviewed journals - Given keynote lectures in more than 40 countries - Received awards and honors from U.S and international orthodontic organizations - Honored with a Life Time Membership to the Indian Orthodontic Society

Monographs and Editorships - Published monograph on embryological development - Edited Symposium in Orthodontics, translated into multiple languages - Edited Management of Complex Orthodontic Problems - Edited Adult Orthodontics in Dental Clinics of North America - Served as guest editor for Infromationau aus Orthodontie and Kieferorthopadie

Notable Achievements - Father was a family physician who practiced for 30 years - Two brothers are orthodontists in the United States of America - Published research in the January 1969 issue of Angle Orthodontist - Received certificate in orthodontics under Dr. Charles Burstone - Received a Life Time Membership to the Indian Orthodontic Society