Education
University of Auckland.
University of Auckland.
He was the first local person to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Fiji. He served on numerous boards and committees and was the patron of several sporting organisations. He was appointed Fiji"s first Ombudsman in 1972.
At the time of his retirement in 1987, he was the longest serving national ombudsman in the world.
After Fiji became a republic in 1987, he was re-appointed as a judge and served for many years as the President of the Fiji Court of Appeal. Tikaram was the President of the Fiji Football Association from 1959 to 1960 and is credited with making the Association multi-racial and initiating moves to have its name changed from Fiji Indian Football Association.
He was the great uncle of actor Ramon Tikaram and singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram.
He was a member of the International Commission of Jurists from 1984 to 1989.