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Sinniampalayam Kumaraswamy Paramasivan (26 February 1919[a] – 30 January 2022) was an Indian politician who served as member of Third Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, between 1962 and 1967. Paramasivan was known for his efforts toward setting up Aavin milk co-operative in the Erode district of Tamil Nadu as a part of the Operation Flood initiative during India's White Revolution. For his contributions to the milk cooperative movement in the region he was called Paalvalatha Thanthai (transl. Father of the Dairies)
Paramasivan was born in Sinniampalayam, a village near Erode (in the then Madras Presidency) as the tenth child to Kumarasamy Gounder and wife Kuppayi Ammal. He completed his early schooling from Ramakrishna Vidyalaya in Erode before going to Madras (now Chennai) and graduating from high school from the Mahajana High School. He later obtained his degrees from Presidency College and the Madras Law College. He was suspended from college for one year for participating in the Quit India Movement in 1942. During this time he also represented Presidency college as a captain of the football team.
S. K. Paramasivan joined the Indian National Congress in the 1950s. He was the president of Muthugoundenpalayam Panchayat Board for 10 years before becoming the member of Parliament from Erode constituency in the Third Lok Sabha in 1962 serving through its term until 1967. He also held office as the President of Coimbatore District Congress Committee.
During his time as a member of the third Lok Sabha, he was a member of the select committee on the seeds bill of 1964, which was constituted to regulate quality of seeds for sale. He also raised the issue of excise duties on processed handloom cloth and yarn and its impact on handloom operators and others employed by the industry. Some of the other questions brought up by Paramasivam in the sittings of the third Lok Sabha included diversion of the Cauvery river's water to the city of Madras, to remediate the city's water shortage, education of coronary heart diseases, plans for the Indian Railways to remediate issues with the then newly manufactured first-class coaches manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory in Perambur near Madras, and expansion plans for the Janata express train that operated between Madras and Delhi. He also served as a member of the select committee that studied on amendments to the Central Silk Board Act of 1948.
S. K. Paramasivan and his family with Jawaharlal Nehru
