Bhishma K. Agnihotri has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in law and in community service. When he was only twenty-four years old, he became a trial judge in India and later received an appointment to the appellate court. In the late 60s, he moved to the United States to pursue higher education and earned advanced degrees from both the University of California at Berkeley and New York University. He then moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and took a position at the Southern University Law Center (SULC). He served as SULC's chancellor and Dean and was the longest-serving head of an American law school. Under his guidance, SULC became a nationally recognised institution. He was involved in establishing, serving
or heading various Indo-American organizations. His greatest contribution is helping AAPI for 16 years. As Ambassador-at-Large he travelled the world and helped to build ties between India and the Diaspora and unity amongst them. Following his term, he returned to Baton Rouge and began practicing law. He is teaching a seminar in global law at SULC.
