Perinpanayagam Sivaparan

Perinpanayagam Sivaparan (; born 28 August 1976; commonly known by the nom de guerre Nediyavan) is a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel and leading member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.

Early life and family Sivaparan was born on 28 August 1976 in Vaddukoddai in northern Sri Lanka His family were from Sangarathai near Vaddukoddai. He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College. Nediyavan later worked at the LTTE's International Co-coordinating Centre (ICC) headed by Castro (Veerakulasingam Manivannan). Former Sri Lankan diplomat K. Godage has alleged that KP's arrest was the result of betrayal by Nediyavan.

Nediyavan worked in a nursery school in Norway. He was head of the Tamil Coordinating Committee (TCC) in Norway. He was questioned by the Norwegian police in August 2009 for unspecified reasons. After being interrogated for two days by a Dutch judge and five state attorneys he was later released on bail. The police warned Nediyavan not to engage in or promote violence whilst living on Norway. In April 2014 the Sri Lankan police issued international arrest warrants (Interpol red notice) for 40 LTTE members including Nediyavan.