Pazha Nedumaran Krishnan Pillai Pazhaniyappan (Tamil: பழ.

நெடுமாறன்/கிருஷ்ணன் பிள்ளை பழநியப்பன்) is an Indian politician from the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

His son Palani Kumanan is a software engineer in The Wall Street Journal and shared the Pulitzer Prize for 2015.

[1][2][3] Nedumaran, who started his political career in 1969, was previously associated with the Indian National Congress party.

Later on, he founded his own political party, named Tamil Nadu Kamaraj Congress (TNKC), with the aim of advocating for the welfare of Tamils.