Nanda Lwin

{{Short description|Canadian music historian and journalist}}

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| name = Nanda Lwin

| caption = Nanda Lwin

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|31}}

| birth_place = London, Ontario

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| occupation = author, journalist, professor, engineer

| nationality = Canadian

| period = 1995–present

| subject = music

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| website = {{URL|http://www.nandalwin.com/}}

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Nanda Layos Lwin (born August 31, 1971, in London, Ontario){{Cite book |title=Contemporary Authors |publisher=Gale |year=2015 |location=Detroit}} is a Canadian author, music historian, journalist, civil engineer, and educator. He wrote the weekly ChartTalk column, a commentary of the current Canadian music charts; it appeared on canoe.ca from 1997 to 2002 and in The Hamilton Spectator from 2003 to 2006. He is the author and publisher of eight books including Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide (1999) and Top Albums: The Essential Chart Guide (2003), primarily documenting the chart history of the Canadian music magazine The Record.{{Cite book |last=Lwin |first=Nanda |title=Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide |publisher=Music Data Canada |year=2000 |isbn=1896594131 |location=Mississauga, Ontario}}{{Cite book |last=Lwin |first=Nanda |title=Top Albums: The Essential Chart Guide |publisher=Music Data Research |year=2003 |isbn=189659414X |location=Toronto}}

Lwin holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Toronto and a master's degree in engineering and public policy from McMaster University and is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario. He is currently teaching civil engineering technology at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology.{{Cite web |title=Nanda Layos Lwin |url=https://www.peo.on.ca/about-peo/awards/nanda-layos-lwin-peng-fec}}