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| death_date = [[Mysore]]
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'''Sivanandamandiram Narayanan Sadasivan''' (1926–2006) was an Indian author. Sadasivan wrote various books on public administration, the [[social history]] of India and management. He managed the activities of the Kerala Institute of Public Administration at [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iipakrb.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-03-31 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226084340/http://iipakrb.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==

For 14 years from 1964, Sadasivan worked for the [[Government of India]] as a teacher of Indian Civil Service trainees in various institutes across India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://readersend.com/product/political-and-administrative-integration-of-princely-states/|title = Political and Administrative Integration of Princely States, , S.N. Sadasivan, Mittal Publications, 8170999685|date = 14 January 2009}}</ref> He was a professor of Public Administration in the Kerala Institute Public administration in Thiruvananthapuram<ref>The Indian express, Trivandrum, Dated, 2 July 1988</ref>{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}} from 1978 to 1980. He served as a professor of public administration in the [[Indian Institute of Public Administration]], New Delhi,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iipa.org.in/upload/42nd%20APPPA%20Information%20Brouchure.pdf |title=Microsoft Word – 42nd APPPA Information Brouchure |access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref> and then in the Academy of Administration, [[Bhopal]] from 1988 to 1993.<ref>Political and Administrative Integration of Princely States Front Cover S. N. Sadasivan Mittal Publications, 2005</ref>

==Published works==
*''Party and democracy in India'', Tata McGraw-Hill: New Delhi (1977) – a revision of Sadasivan's thesis submitted to the University of Poona in 1963
*''District administration: A national perspective'', Indian Institute of Public Administration: New Delhi (1988) – editor
*''Dynamics of public policy'', Indian Journal of Public Administration. Vol. 31, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985))
*''District administration: A national perspective : National seminar on district administration : Selected papers and summaries'', Indian Institute of Public Administration: New Delhi (1988) – co-authored with Indian Institute of Public Administration<ref name="worldcat"/>
*''Citizen and administration'', Indian Institute of Public Administration: New Delhi (1984)
*''Productivity and efficiency in administration'', Phoenix Publishing House: New Delhi (2002)
*''Administration and social development in Kerala : a study in administrative sociology'', Indian Institute of Public Administration: New Delhi (1988) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274775|title=Administration and Social Development in Kerala}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://iipa.informaticsglobal.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?page=3&sortfield=title&shelfnumber=94&direction=asc&op=view | title=Indian Institute of Public Administration catalog › Contents of }}</ref>
*''Aspects of Kerala's administration'', Indian Institute of Public Administration: Trivandrum (1980) – editor<ref name="worldcat"/>
*''Political and administrative integration of princely states – With special reference to Kerala State, India'', Mittal Publications (2005)
*''River disputes in India: Kerala rivers under siege'', Mittal Publications: New Delhi (2005)
*''A Social History of India'', A.P.H. Publishing: New Delhi (2000)<ref name="worldcat">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au:Sadasivan,%20S.%20N.&fq=&dblist=638&start=1&qt=previous_page|title=Results for 'au:Sadasivan, S. N.' [WorldCat.org]}}</ref> This book analyses Indian history from the standpoint of the former religious face of India, the Buddhism and shatters the beliefs and myths propagated by Brahmanic institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2016/01/violent-brahmanization-of-mahabalis-own-country/|title=Violent Brahmanization of Mahabali's own country|date=11 January 2016}}</ref> His views on [[Pulayanarkotta]] has been mentioned in ''[[The Hindu]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-forgotten-king-of-pulayanarkotta/article6383352.ece|title=The forgotten king of Pulayanarkotta|first=Achuthsankar S.|last=Nair|newspaper=The Hindu|date=5 September 2014}}</ref> His opinions on various historical aspects, such caste systems, have been debated and cited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/ncert-becomes-party-to-an-attempt-to-wipe-out-memory-of-caste-oppression/297532 |title=NCERT Becomes Party To An Attempt To Wipe Out Memory Of Caste Oppression |publisher=Outlookindia.com |access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aapkatimes.com/cbse-removes-nadar-womens-struggle-right-cover-breasts/|title=CBSE removes Nadar Women's Struggle For The Right To Cover Their Breasts – Aapka Times – Aapka Times|date=25 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author= M. Christhu Doss | title=Missionary Insurgency and Marginality of Modernity in Colonial South India | journal=South Asia Research| year=2013 | volume=33 | issue=3| pages= 223–244| doi=10.1177/0262728013504665 | s2cid=145346462 }}</ref>
*''Case studies in public administration'', Trivandrum Kerala Regional Branch Indian Institute of Public Administration (1983)<ref name="worldcat"/>

Sadasivan also co authored/written chapters of few books on public administration.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

==Death==
Sadasivan died of cancer in 2006.<ref>Cancer Deaths in India; V. P. Singh, Polly Umrigar, Feroz Khan, Dilip Chitre, Nargis, Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, Rajendra Kumar, Subir Raha</ref>

==References==
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