N. D. Sundaravadivelu
Neyyadupakkam Duraiswamy Sundaravadivelu, 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, 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 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 by the Government of India.
On 15 October 1940, Sundaravadivelu married Kanthamma. The couple had a son named Thiruvalluvan.
Death
He died on 12 April 1993 in Madras.