Sankaran Mahadevan is an Indian classical vocalist in the Carnatic (South Indian) music tradition. He received his training from Professor T. R. Subramanyam, Mrs. Jayalakshmi Santhanam, and others. Dr. Mahadevan has given concerts and lecture-demonstrations on Carnatic music in the United States and India. He teaches vocal music at Kala Nivedanam. His senior students have performed at various venues, most notably with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra at the famed Ryman Auditorium in a special concert of spiritual music.

Dr. Mahadevan has composed numerous songs for concert settings, for the Bharatanatyam repertoire, and for devotional singing. He has also pioneered an attractive multi-media presentation style for Carnatic music performances, to help the audience absorb the meanings of the lyrics and other information along with the music. He is the vocalist for the arangetrams of Kala Nivedanam dance students. In addition, Dr. Mahadevan has produced two cassettes of devotional music for the Sri Ganesha Temple in Nashville.

Dr. Mahadevan is a professor of Civil Engineering at Vanderbilt University.