V. C. Kulandaiswamy

{{Short description|Indian academic and author}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= V C Kulandaiswamy

|image=V. C. Kulandaiswamy.JPG

|order= 1st Vice Chancellor of the

|office= Tamil Virtual University

|term_start= 2001

|term_end= 2016

|predecessor=

|successor=

|birth_date= {{Birth date|1929|7|14|df=y}}

|birth_place= Vangalampalayam, Karur district, Tamil Nadu India

|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=y|2016|12|10|1929|7|14}}

|death_place=Chennai, India

|spouse= K. Soundaravalli

|profession= Academician

|order5= Vice Chairman
Institute of Asian Studies

|order4= 2nd Vice Chancellor
Indira Gandhi National Open University

|term_start4= 1990

|term_end4= 1994

|predecessor4= G. Ram Reddy

|successor4 = Ram G Takwale

|order3= Vice Chancellor
of the Anna University

|term_start3= 1981

|term_end3= 1990

}}

V C Kulandaiswamy (14 July 1929 – 10 December 2016) was an Indian academic and author. He completed his Bachelor of engineering in Civil at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. He obtained his Master of Technology degree from IIT Kharagpur and obtained a PhD in hydrology and water resources from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States).[https://web.archive.org/web/20080629021617/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/25/stories/2008062559170300.htm KSOU VC criticises remarks of Kulandaiswamy][https://web.archive.org/web/20100111220946/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/09/stories/2010010954670600.htm 12,000 completion certificates pending with varsity: V-C ][https://web.archive.org/web/20121107071813/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/25/stories/2009122551300200.htm Association of private managements welcomes bid to upgrade colleges ]{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606102813/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/11/29/stories/2009112960481100.htm China, India powerhouses for growth: Zhang Yan]}}

Kulandaiswamy created an eponymous mathematical model for the rainfall-runoff relationship based on a general equation developed by him. Kulandaiswamy was a member of the UNESCO planning group (1978) for the preparation of the second six-year plan (1981–86) of the International Hydraulic Programme (IHP). He has authored more than 60 research reports and papers in the field of hydrology. He has authored six volumes of poems and seven of prose essays which earned him the Thiruvalluvar Award by Tamil Nadu government in 1999. He has received the Padma Bhushan (2002) and Padma Shri (1992), awarded by the president of India.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}

He worked for reform of Tamil script to make learning Tamil easier. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1988) for his book Vaazhum Valluvam. He died on 10 December 2016 after a short illness.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Distinguished-educationist-V.-C.-Kulandaiswamy-passes-away/article16791426.ece|title=Distinguished educationist V. C. Kulandaiswamy passes away|work=The Hindu|date=11 December 2016 |access-date=17 December 2016}}