S. S. Sivasankar is an Indian politician and writer from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).

He has represented Andimadam (2006–11),[1] and Kunnam (2011–16; 2021-)[2] constituencies in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Sivasankar was born on 24 March 1969 in the village of Devanur near Andimadam in present-day Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu.

His father S. Sivasubramanian was an ardent supporter of the Dravidian movement and was instrumental in strengthening the DMK in the district.

[5] Sivasankar's political career began when he participated in an Anti-Hindi conference organized by the DMK in Tiruchirappalli in December 1978.

[6] He entered full-time politics in 1993, and was elected as the DMK Secretary of the Andimadam Union in 1999.

[7] In the 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Sivasankar successfully contested in his home constituency of Andimadam.

On 31 January 2014, he was suspended for an entire assembly session for tearing up a copy of the customary speech by Konijeti Rosaiah, then Governor of Tamil Nadu.

[8][9] In the 2016 Assembly election, Sivasankar contested from Ariyalur constituency and lost by 2,621 votes.

On 29 March 2022, his portfolio was transferred to Raja Kannappan and he in turn replaced the latter as Minister for Transport.

[13] Sivasankar was one of the participants in Season 14 episode 21 of the television show Neeya Naana hosted by Gopinath Chandran on Vijay TV.

In this episode (titled "Gopinath discusses Tamil Nadu") that aired on 10 February 2013, a student presented her position against reservation, citing 'arbitrary' caste-based concessions.

In reply, Sivasankar famously gave an explanation:[14][15] Student-1: ....It was said that there is no fee for female students appearing for the GATE [exam] .

Do you know how oppressed they were?...For the sole reason that you've got an opportunity for education, that you've entered a college, that your friends think ill, you say no [to reservation] This is your personal view.

Do you know data regarding the number of SC students receiving high marks and getting placed in open quota for the last 5-10 years?