S. N. Sadasivan
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S.N. Sadasivan is an Indian author, social historian, and public administration guru. Dr. Sadasivan is author of various books on Public Administration and Social History of India. Dr. Sadasivan (MA, LLB, PhD) is a retired professor of public administration who served at India’s premier institutes of public governance, such the Lal Bahadur Sastri Institute of Public Administration at Mussoorie, Uttaranchal, and the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. Dr. Sadasivan was also instrumental in setting up the Kerala Institute of Public Administration at Trivandrum in the early 1980s.
Dr. Sadasivan is the son of M.C. Narayanan (b:1893, d:1979), an early twentieth century social reform activist from the Central Travancore town of Mavelikara and a younger generation contemporary and follower of social reformer and saint Sree Narayana Guru.
Some of the books/published papers authored by Dr. S.N. Sadasivan:
- Party and Democracy in India (Published by McGraw-Hill Education - Europe, May 1978 ISBN 0070965919)
- A Social History of India – (Ashish Publishing House: ISBN 81-7648-170-X / ISBN 81-7648-170-X , Jan 2000). This book is a systematic and objective study of society beginning with the Aryan invasion. It takes a leap into the pristine past to distinguish between the myths and realities associated with the origin and development of social order and religion, and makes a critical assessment of the various schools of philosophical thought in India. The book contains a history of Buddhism and re-evaluates its organised, disciplined and peaceful course over a millennium to raise mankind intellectually, morally and spiritually on the sound foundation of reason. The work traces the circumstances that led to the creation of Chaturvarnya and its elaboration into the caste system that forms the framework of Hindu society.
- Administration And Social Development In Kerala (-1988)
- Productivity And Efficiency In Administration (ISBN 81-7484-055-9)
- District Administration – A National Perspective (IIPA -1988)
- River Disputes in India: Kerala Rivers Under Siege (ISBN 81-7009-913-8 – 2003)
- Political and Administrative Integration of Princely States (ISBN 81-7099-968-5 ,2005)
- Training for Administrative Excellence – in Indian Journal of Public Administration (XXXIII:4 10-12 1987).
- Party and Democracy in India – PHD thesis, Poona University
