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{{Short description|Indian musicologist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri
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| birth_date = 2 January 1929
| birth_place = Kandiyur, [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|11|16|1929|1|2}}
| death_place = New Delhi
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| occupation = Musicologist
| yearsactive = Since 1949
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| spouse = Sakuntala
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| children = 2 sons and a daughter
| parents = N. S. Padmanabha Ayengar Lakshmi Sundari
| website = {{url||Profile}}
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Maya Award Tansen Award Tyagaraja Award Ashoka Mayur Award National Handloom Award Asian Cultural Award Hakim Khan Suri Award Kalai Kavalan Award Guruvayur Elephant Award Rashtriya Ekta Award
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'''Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri''', popularly known as '''N. P. Sheshadri''', was an Indian [[musicologist]], scholar, administrator<ref name="Stream">{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/IndianWhosWho198081/TXT/00000194.txt | title=Stream | publisher=Stream | date=2015 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Decorated for service to culture">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/02/15/stories/2002021501220600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020501191855/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/02/15/stories/2002021501220600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 May 2002 | title=Decorated for service to culture | date=15 February 2002 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> and the founder secretary of National Cultural Organization.<ref name="NCO turns 56">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/nco-turns-56/article3062361.ece | title=NCO turns 56 | work=The Hindu | date=17 October 2006 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> He was known for his services for the promotion of Indian culture and heritage.<ref name="Decorated for service to culture" /><ref name="N.P. Seshadri passes away">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/np-seshadri-passes-away/article143499.ece | title=N.P. Seshadri passes away | work=The Hindu | date=19 November 2009 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Dr. N. P. Seshadri remembered">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/dr-n-p-seshadri-remembered/article2637885.ece | title=Dr. N. P. Seshadri remembered | work=The Hindu | date=18 November 2011 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> Seshadri was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2002, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri was born in a [[Tamil Brahmin]] family to N. S. Padmanabha Ayengar and Lakshmi Sundari at Kandiyur in the South Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]] on 2 January 1929.<ref name="Stream" /> He graduated in commerce (BCom) and continued his education to secure a doctoral degree (PhD).<ref name="Stream" /> His career started in 1949 by joining the [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]] where he, later, became the economic investigator, a first time appointment by the [[Planning Commission of India]], in 1950.<ref name="Stream" /> He stayed in that post till 1953 during which time he was involved in organizing exhibitions related to the [[Five Year Plan (India)|five year plan]] under the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref name="Stream" /> In 1953, he was transferred to the National Cooperative Development Warehousing Board for a three year term and in 1956 to 1957, he worked at the Publicity and Information Division of the Planning Commission. In 1958, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Song and Drama Division of the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].

1968, he moved to the ''Cultural, Protocol and Trade Promotion Division'' as a joint director and in 1972, he took charge of the ''Asia '72'', present day [[India Trade Promotion Organization]],<ref name="He popularised handlooms, Indian tea">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/he-popularised-handlooms-indian-tea/article52683.ece | title=He popularised handlooms, Indian tea | work=The Hindu | date=22 November 2009 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/fm-unveils-portrait-of-dr-np-seshadri/article1-638901.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205105652/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/fm-unveils-portrait-of-dr-np-seshadri/article1-638901.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 February 2015 | title=Hindustan Times | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=16 December 2010 | access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> event of the Ministry of Commerce where he stayed till 1975. The next two years were spent at Planning Commission as a deputy director and in 1977, he was appointed as the joint development commissioner of the ''Handlooms Export Promotion Council'' (HEPC)<ref name="HEPC">{{cite web | url=http://india.gov.in/official-website-handloom-export-promotion-council | title=HEPC | publisher=HEPC | date=2015 | access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref> under the Ministry of Commerce, a post he held till hs retirement from the government service.<ref name="Stream" /> Seshadri served as the cultural advisor to the ''Trade Fair Authority'' for Agri Expo of 1977.<ref name="Stream" /> He was the secretary of All India Music Society during 1949-50, was a member of the [[Subramanya Bharathi|Bharati]] Centenary Celebration Committee in 1979 and was involved in the organization of Handloom Pavilion in Moscow in 1978.<ref name="Stream" />

Seshadri was known for his efforts for the promotion of Indian culture and heritage.<ref name="Decorated for service to culture" /> He founded the National Cultural Organization (NCO)<ref name="Dr. N. P. Seshadri remembered" /> in 1950, inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref name="N.P. Seshadri passes away" /><ref name="NCO turns 56" /> Under the aegis of this organization, he organized many cultural festivals in Delhi, such as the ''Tansen Festival'', ''[[Thyagaraja]] Festival'', ''[[Purandaradasa]] Festival'' and ''[[Subramanya Bharathi|Bharati]] Festival''.<ref name="He popularised handlooms, Indian tea" /><ref name="Hindustan Times" /> His contributions have been reported in popularizing Indian handloom.<ref name="Decorated for service to culture" /> During his tenure as the joint development commissioner of HEPC, he introduced the ''Janata [[Sari]]'' and ''Janata [[Dhoti]]'', selling the garments through HEPC outlets, at {{INR}}15 ({{USD}}0.30) apiece.<ref name="He popularised handlooms, Indian tea" /><ref name="N.P. Seshadri passes away" /> His efforts were also reported behind the drive to popularize [[Indian tea]] during his stint as the director of the Tea Promotion Council; his presentation of a packet of Indian tea to [[Lady Diana]] have been written about by the media.<ref name="He popularised handlooms, Indian tea" />

Seshadri died on 16 November 2009, aged 81,<ref name="N.P. Seshadri passes away" /> succumbing to old age illnesses,<ref name="He popularised handlooms, Indian tea" /> leaving behind his wife, Sakuntala, two sons, N. S. Parthasarathy and N. S. Padmanabhan, and daughter Raji Gopalan.<ref name="Stream" /><ref name="He popularised handlooms, Indian tea" />

==Awards and recognitions==
Seshadri received Maya Award from the Guild of Architects in 1978 and the first Mian Tansen Award from the Dhrupad Society in 1979,<ref name="Stream" /> followed by other awards such as Tyagaraja Award, Ashoka Mayur Award, National Handloom Award and Asian Cultural Award.<ref name="Decorated for service to culture" /> He is also a recipient of Hakim Khan Suri Award, Rashtriya Ekta Award, Kalai Kavalan Award, Puradaradasa Award and Guruvayur Elephant Award. The [[Government of India]] honoured Seshadri in 2002 with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Decorated for service to culture" /><ref name="He popularised handlooms, Indian tea" />

==See also==
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* [[Musicology]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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==External links==

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
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[[Category:Indian musicologists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicologists]]

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