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In April 2010, he was part of a high-level national delegation to the BRIC-IBSA Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In April 2010, he was part of a high-level national delegation to the BRIC-IBSA Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


On 8 July 2015, Dr. Pillai<ref name="Value-based education and self development">{{cite news|title=Value-based education and self development|url=http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=80447&boxid=11960&ed_date=2015-07-08&ed_code=820015&ed_page=3|accessdate=9 November 2015|publisher=epaper.dnaindia.com|date=8 July 2015}} started Training programme titled Faculty Development for value-based education and self development to ensure holistic development of the students.
On 8 July 2015, Dr. Pillai<ref name="Value-based education and self development">{{cite news|title=Value-based education and self development|url=http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=80447&boxid=11960&ed_date=2015-07-08&ed_code=820015&ed_page=3|accessdate=9 November 2015|publisher=epaper.dnaindia.com|date=8 July 2015}}</ref> started Training programme titled Faculty Development for value-based education and self development to ensure holistic development of the students.


== Publications ==
== Publications ==

Revision as of 13:56, 9 November 2015

Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai (born 17 May 1946, in Kerala, India) is an Indian educationist, social entrepreneur, institution-builder, and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of the Mahatma Education Society, a not-for-profit trust that manages 48 educational institutions, from schools and colleges to institutions of architecture, management, engineering, vocational education, and teacher training. The institutions are spread over 5 locations (Chembur, Gorai, Panvel, New Panvel, and Rasayani) and serve over 30,000 students. The Mahatma Education Society[1] employs over 2000 teachers, many who have been trained in-house.

Early life and education

Born into a family of agriculturists, Dr. Pillai[2] is one of six children. To acquire an urban education, he was sent to Mumbai in 1962, at the age of sixteen. After completing his post-graduation in English Literature, he worked for a year as a lecturer of English in Somaiya Polytechnic College, Mumbai. Later, he completed his doctoral thesis on the works of the renowned English poet, William Wordsworth, traveling through the length of the Lake District to track the poet's life and sources of inspiration. In 1970, Dr. Pillai[3] established the Chembur English High School under the aegis of the Mahatma Education Society . Experiencing the first stirrings of social entrepreneurship, Dr. Pillai set about building an inclusive system of education, founded on the belief that knowledge was the deserving preserve of all.

Family

Dr. Pillai is a long-standing resident of Chembur. In 1981 he married Dr. Daphne Pillai,[4] a lecturer of English Literature at Jaihind College Mumbai. Dr. Daphne Pillai later moved to Hinduja College, Mumbai, where she worked for twenty years and headed the English department. Her experience was invaluable to the Pillai Group. She is today the Secretary and Chairperson of the Management Board of the Mahatma Education Society and the Principal of the Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science at New Panvel, a re-accredited A-grade institution. Dr. Daphne Pillai was also the Founder President of Soroptimist International, Mumbai-Chembur,[5] and has been responsible for several initiatives for the empowerment of women,[6] including an adult literacy drive in slums. They have three children: Dr. Priam Pillai, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston; Dr. Minerva Pillai, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Berkeley, California; and Franav Pillai, a Berkeley alumni in Economics and the brains and team leader behind Alegria[7], one of the largest college festivals in India.

Achievements

Dr. Pillai's foremost achievement lies in creating an educational infrastructure in areas of little or no development, areas like Panvel, New Panvel, and Rasayani. In his capacity as a grassroots educator and social entrepreneur, he draws on the transformative powers of education to create self-sufficiency and spur the economic development of a region.

Dr. Pillai[8] is the founder of the Dr. Pillai Global Academies[9] in Gorai and Panvel, international schools that offer the International Baccalaureate[10] and University of Cambridge schooling programmes. The schools[11] have won many accolades for their state of art of infrastructure and innovative teaching methodologies.

To create teachers who would be mentors, he started four teacher training institutes.

He is the Managing Director of Vidyadhan Educational Development Ltd., an enterprise that specializes in providing educational services and financial support to the needy.

He is also the Chairman of Erudite Education Mission, a non-profit organization that fulfills the CSR objectives of the group.

In 2006, Dr. Pillai started an international management exchange programme with St. Mary's College of Business & Economics, California, with a view to expose students to global advancements in management.

On 6 December 2007, Dr. Pillai was felicitated by Dr. Vijay Khole, the then Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mumbai, for his contributions to social and institutional engineering in education.

In April 2010, he was part of a high-level national delegation to the BRIC-IBSA Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On 8 July 2015, Dr. Pillai[12] started Training programme titled Faculty Development for value-based education and self development to ensure holistic development of the students.

Publications

Dr. Pillai [13] is the author of "Edunation: The Dream of an India Empowered,[14] " a book[15] that offers insights into what can be done to transform India's education sector.[16]

See also

Mahatma Education Society

References

  1. ^ "Well-rounded Education". No. 5 November 2015. epaper2.mid-day.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Global education: A road filled with challenges". Epaper.timesofindia.com. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  3. ^ "Education can Iron out Inequities". www.thenewindianexpress.com. The New Indian Express. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Educationist". www.si-istanbul2015.org. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Shaping Minds". www.sibombaychembur.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Dr. Daphne Pillai Nurtures Young Minds". www.magnamags.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Alegria - The festival of Joy". epaper.dnaindia.com. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  8. ^ "The IGCSE approach to keep your child ahead". www.pressreader.com. Mid-Day. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Learning the Right Way". epaper.timesofindia.com. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Next Generation Schools - Dr. Pillai Global Academy". epaper2.mid-day.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  11. ^ "We are creating today's citizens for tomorrow's global world". www.dnaindia.com. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Value-based education and self development". epaper.dnaindia.com. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai's book EduNation launched". www.instantpublish.blogspot.in. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Article - 'India Empowered...' Dream Of An Educationist". Epaper.timesofindia.com. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  15. ^ "Article Window". Epaper.timesofindia.com. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  16. ^ "Humanist Within". Epaper.timesofindia.com. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2015-10-15.

Further reading

EduNation: The Dream of an India Empowered, Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai, ISBN 978-93-5085-685-7

Milestones

1970
Established the Chembur English High School. The fees were set at ten rupees per month and increased by a mere rupee a year to make education affordable to all.
1981
Opened a Mahatma Night Junior College in Chembur, to encourage the working class to return to academics
1985
Established the first unaided D.Ed College in Maharashtra - Mahatma Junior College of Education, Chembur
1986
Began a Mahatma Night Degree College of Commerce, Chembur to increase the employment potential of working students.
1990
Started the Mahatma School of Academics and Sports.
Started the first unaided B.Ed. College in Maharashtra - Pillai College of Education, Chembur
1991
Started the first unaided college of Physical Education in Maharashtra - Vidyadhiraja College of Physical Education and Research, New Panvel
Started the first unaided degree college of architecture in India - Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel.
1995
Started registered NGO by MES - Euridite Education Mission (EEM) under the Siciety's Registration Act 1860 and the Bombay Public Trust 1950.
1998
Started the first unaided college of Arts, Science and Commerce - Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science.
Started Management Institute at the Pillai Campus in New Panvel- Pillai Institute of Management studies and Research
1999
Started Engineering College - Pillai Institute of Information Technology, Engineering, Media Studies and Research
2000
Started polytechnic institution - Pillai Polytechnic, New Panvel
2002
Started distance education centre in New Panvel - Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU)
2004
Started Research Forum by MES Management Board in recognition of a need to foster research practices among various departments of the Mahatma Education Society.
2005
Launched an International Exchange Program for our management students. Held annually in collaboration with St. Mary's College, USA, the program provides invaluable exposure to our students, at companies like Apple, Google, Genetech, IBM, Microsoft and Sun Micro-systems.
2007
Started the International School - Dr. Pillai Global Academy at Borivali, Gorai. The focus is to create global career options for students, while promoting local initiatives in community service and nation-building.
Started the B.Ed. College in New Panvel - Pillai College of Education and Research
2008
Started Pillai HOC College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Rasayani
2009
Started an International School - Dr. Pillai Global Academy, New Panvel.
Started CBSE School in New Panvel - Mahatma International School
Started following Institutes in Rasayani

  • Pillai HOC College of Engineering and Technology
  • CBSE School and Junior College - MES HOC International School and Junior College of Science and Commerce
  • Pillai Polytechnic
  • Pillai HOC Institute of Management Studies and Research

2010
Started the B.Ed. College in Rasayani - Pillai HOC College of Education & Research
2012
Started Pillai Centre for Advances in Library Information Technology and Research
2013
Pilai College of Education and Research, New Panvel started Research Centre for Ph.D.
2014
Mahatma Education Society launched a research centre in collaboration with New York University(NYU) - Urban Expansion Observatory
2015
Started Edukidz International
Started Pillai Centre of Entrepreneurship

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