Nandan ke janam Nadi me bhais rahaa. Uu aapan secondary ke parrhai khalaas kare ke baad, Delhi jaaae ke parrhis. Iske baad uu Leeds, London aur Canberra me bhi parrhis jahan se uske PhD milaa. Kuchh din talak India aur Fiji ke school me parrhae ke baad uu 1969 me University of the South Pacific me parrhae ke suruu karis.