N. D. Sundaravadivelu

{{Short description|Ex Vice Chancellor of University of Madras, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = நெ. து. சுந்தரவடிவேலு 1940.jpg

| office = Vice Chancellor
University of Madras

| termstart = 1969

| termend = 1975

| chancellor = Ujjal Singh (1969–71)
K. K. Shah (1971–76)

| predecessor = A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar

| successor = Malcolm Adiseshiah

| honorific_prefix = Padma Shri

| birth_place = Neyyadupakkam, Madras Presidency, British India
(now Tamil Nadu, India)

| parents = Saradhambal (mother)
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),
Tamil Nadu, India

| children = K.S. Thiruvalluvan (1949–59)நினைவு அலைகள்; சாந்தா பதிப்பகம்; பக்கம் 289,290,377

| spouse = {{marriage|Kanthamma|1940}}நினைவு அலைகள்; சாந்தா பதிப்பகம்; பக்கம் 382

| relations = Kuthoosi Gurusamy
(brother-in-law)
Poondi Kumaraswamy
(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,{{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 }} serving for two terms.