title: Vasudevan
text: # Vasudevan
  
  Vasudevan is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name are:
  
  Given name:
  
  * Vasudevan Baskaran, former field hockey player from India
  * Gobichettypalayam Vasudevan Loganathan (1954–2007), Indian-born American professor at Virginia Tech, United States
  * M. T. Vasudevan Nair (born 1933), known as MT, Indian author, screenplay writer and film director
  * Madavoor Vasudevan Nair, veteran Kathakali artiste, recipient of the Padma Bhushan award from the government of India
  * P. K. Vasudevan Nair (1926–2005), known as PKV, the 9th Chief Minister of Kerala and a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI)
  * Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri, Kathakali artiste noted for chuvanna thaadi (red beard) roles in classical Kerala dance-drama
  * Kadammanitta Vasudevan Pillai, Padayani exponent from Kerala, India
  * Vayala Vasudevan Pillai (1945–2011), Malayalam-language playwright from Kerala
  * AV Vasudevan Potti (born 1951), lyricist in both the Malayalam film industry and Hindu devotional song industry
  * Vasudevan Srinivas (born 1958), Indian mathematician who specialises in algebraic geometry
  
  Surname:
  
  * Ash Vasudevan, the Founding Managing Partner of Edge Holdings, LLC
  * Damodaran M. Vasudevan, the Dean of the College of Medicine at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, India
  * Malaysia Vasudevan (1944–2011), Tamil playback singer and actor in the Tamil film industry
  * Meera Vasudevan (born 1982), Indian film actress and model
  * Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (1940–2008), Carnatic music vocalist from Kerala in south India
  * S. Vasudevan (born 1955), former captain of Tamil Nadu cricket team
  * Shakthi Vasudevan (born 1983), Tamil film actor
  * Srinivasan Vasudevan (born 1962), retired Indian professional tennis player
  * Sujith Vasudevan, better known as Sharreth, music director and singer
  * T. E. Vasudevan, Indian film producer, mainly in Malayalam
  