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			{{Short description\|Ex Vice Chancellor of University of Madras, India}}
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	~~[[File:~~நெ. து. சுந்தரவடிவேலு 1940.jpg\|~~thumb\|N. D. Sundaravadivelu in 1940 during his wedding]]~~		{{Infobox officeholder
	~~Dr '''N. D. Sundaravadivelu''' (Nayyadupakkam Duraiswamy Sundaravadivelu ) (1912–1993) was the~~ Vice Chancellor of [[University of Madras]]~~, India,<ref>{{cite news~~ \|~~title~~=~~Speakers extol the value of functional literacy~~ \|~~url~~=~~http:~~/~~/www~~.~~hindu~~.~~com/2010/01/29/stories/2010012954490500~~.~~htm~~ \|~~work~~=[[~~The Hindu~~]] \|~~date~~=~~29 January 2010~~ \|~~accessdate~~=~~14 October 2011~~ \|~~archive-~~date=12 ~~October 2010~~ \|~~archive-url~~=~~https:~~/~~/web~~.~~archive~~.~~org~~/~~web~~/~~20101012025745~~/~~http:~~//~~www.hindu.com~~/~~2010/01/29/stories/2010012954490500.htm \|url~~-~~status=dead~~ }}~~</ref> serving for 2 terms.~~		\| image = நெ. து. சுந்தரவடிவேலு 1940.jpg
			\| office = Vice Chancellor<br/>[[University of Madras]]
			\| termstart = 1969
			\| termend = 1975
			\| chancellor = [[Ujjal Singh]] (1969–71)<br/>[[Kodardas Kalidas Shah\|K. K. Shah]] (1971–76)
			\| predecessor = [[A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar]]
			\| successor = [[Malcolm Adiseshiah]]
			\| honorific_prefix = [[Padma Shri]]
			\| birth_place = [[Neyyadupakkam]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br/>(now [[Tamil Nadu]], India)
			\| parents = Saradhambal (mother)<br/>Duraiswamy (father)
			\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1993\|04\|12\|1912\|10\|12\|df=y}}
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1912\|10\|12\|df=y}}
			\| death_place = [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]),<br/>[[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
			\| children = K.S. Thiruvalluvan (1949–59)<ref>நினைவு அலைகள்; சாந்தா பதிப்பகம்; பக்கம் 289,290,377</ref>
			\| spouse = {{marriage\|Kanthamma\|1940}}<ref>நினைவு அலைகள்; சாந்தா பதிப்பகம்; பக்கம் 382</ref>
			\| relations = [[Kuthoosi Gurusamy]]<br/>(brother-in-law)<br/>[[Poondi Kumaraswamy]]<br/>(nephew-in-law / son-in-law)
			}}

			'''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,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Speakers extol the value of functional literacy \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/29/stories/2010012954490500.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=29 January 2010 \|accessdate=14 October 2011 \|archive-date=12 October 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012025745/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/29/stories/2010012954490500.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref> serving for two terms.

			== 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<ref name="thehindu19610126">{{cite news \|title=Bharat Ratna for Two \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1125876.ece \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=26 January 1961 \|accessdate=14 October 2011 \|archive-date=16 February 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216035122/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/This-day-that-age/article15533941.ece \|url-status=live }}</ref> 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]]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=2201 \|title=padmashri_awards_list\|access-date=19 March 2012 }}</ref> by the Government of India.<ref name=thehindu19610126/>		Earlier he served as educational adviser to the government of Tamil Nadu and was Director of Public Instruction<ref name="thehindu19610126">{{cite news \|title=Bharat Ratna for Two \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1125876.ece \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=26 January 1961 \|accessdate=14 October 2011 \|archive-date=16 February 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216035122/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/This-day-that-age/article15533941.ece \|url-status=live }}</ref> 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]]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=2201 \|title=padmashri_awards_list\|access-date=19 March 2012 }}</ref> by the Government of India.<ref name=thehindu19610126/>

			== 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]]).

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	[[Category:University of Madras ~~faculty~~]]		[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Madras]]
	[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]		[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]
	[[Category:Vice ~~Chancellors~~ of the University of Madras]]		[[Category:Vice chancellors of the University of Madras]]
	~~[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education~~]]


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[[File:நெ. து. சுந்தரவடிவேலு 1940.jpg|thumb|N. D. Sundaravadivelu in 1940 during his wedding]]
Dr '''N. D. Sundaravadivelu''' (Nayyadupakkam Duraiswamy Sundaravadivelu ) (1912–1993) was the Vice Chancellor of [[University of Madras]], India,<ref>{{cite news |title=Speakers extol the value of functional literacy |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/29/stories/2010012954490500.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 January 2010 |accessdate=14 October 2011 |archive-date=12 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012025745/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/29/stories/2010012954490500.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> serving for 2 terms.

Earlier he served as educational adviser to the government of Tamil Nadu and was Director of Public Instruction<ref name="thehindu19610126">{{cite news |title=Bharat Ratna for Two |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1125876.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 January 1961 |accessdate=14 October 2011 |archive-date=16 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216035122/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/This-day-that-age/article15533941.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=2201 |title=padmashri_awards_list|access-date=19 March 2012 }}</ref> by the Government of India.<ref name=thehindu19610126/>

== References ==

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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}
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[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1993 deaths]]
[[Category:University of Madras faculty]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]
[[Category:Vice Chancellors of the University of Madras]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]

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