N. D. Sundaravadivelu

Neyyadupakkam Duraiswamy Sundaravadivelu (12 October 1912– 12 April 1993), known as N. D. Sundaravadivelu, from a Kondaikatti Vellalar family, was an Indian academic who served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, from 1969 to 1975,^[3] serving for two terms.

Padma Shri N. D. Sundaravadivelu
Vice Chancellor University of Madras
In office 1969–1975
Chancellor	Ujjal Singh (1969–71) K. K. Shah (1971–76)
Preceded by	A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
Succeeded by	Malcolm Adiseshiah
Personal details
Born	(1912-10-12)12 October 1912 Neyyadupakkam, Madras Presidency, British India (now Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	12 April 1993(1993-04-12) (aged 80) Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Spouse	Kanthamma ​ (m. 1940)​ [1]
Relations	Kuthoosi Gurusamy (brother-in-law) Poondi Kumaraswamy (nephew-in-law / son-in-law)
Children	K.S. Thiruvalluvan (1949–59)[2]
Parent(s)	Saradhambal (mother) Duraiswamy (father)

Birth

Sundaravadivelu was born on 12 October 1912 to Saradhambal and Duraiswamy in Neyyadupakkam, a village in present-day Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Legacy

Earlier he served as educational adviser to the government of Tamil Nadu and was Director of Public Instruction^[4] for several decades. He was the main architect of the midday meal scheme for schoolchildren introduced during K. Kamaraj's chief ministership. He brought in an "educational revolution" in Tamil Nadu for which he was awarded the Padma Shri^[5] by the Government of India.^[4]

Personal life

On 15 October 1940, Sundaravadivelu married Kanthamma (younger sister of Dravidian movement writer Kuthoosi Gurusamy). The couple had a son named Thiruvalluvan (December 1949 - December 1959).

Death

He died on 12 April 1993 in Madras (now Chennai).