| K. Balasingam | |
| Native Name: | க. பாலசிங்கம் |
| Native Name Lang: | ta |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLC |
| Office1: | Unofficial Member (Tamil), Legislative Council of Ceylon |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Udupiddy, Ceylon |
| Alma Mater: | Jaffna College Royal College, Colombo |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Blank1: | Ethnicity |
| Data1: | Ceylon Tamil |
Kathiravetpillai Balasingam (ta|கதிரவேற்பிள்ளை பாலசிங்கம் ; 23 June 1876 - 4 September 1952) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and Executive Council of Ceylon.
Balasingam was born on 23 June 1876 in Udupiddy in northern Ceylon.[1] He was the son of Kathiravetpillai.[1] Balasingam was educated at Jaffna College and Royal College, Colombo.[1]
Balasingam had a son (Cumaraswamy) and a daughter.[1]
Balasingam joined the legal profession after finishing his education.[1] He practised law in Colombo and became a District Judge.[1]
After retirement Balasingam was appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1914 as the second Tamil member.[1] He was appointed to the Executive Council of Ceylon in 1924.[1] He played a key role in the establishment of the College of Ayurvedic Medicine, Hospital of Indigenous Medicine, State Mortgage Bank, Judicial Services Commission and the Public Trustee's Department.[1] He was also one of the earliest proponents of diverting the waters of the Mahaweli River to assist farming.[1]
Balasingam died on 4 September 1952.[1] A 60 cents commemorative stamp honouring Balasingam was issued on 22 May 1984.[1]
. Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. 1997. 21–22. S. Arumugam.