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{{Infobox person
| name = Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|05|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kerala
| death_date = 
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = Dr. Daphne Pillai
| children = Dr. Priam Pillai<br/> Dr. Minerva Pillai<br/> Franav Pillai
| occupation = Indian educationist, social entrepreneur, institution-builder, and philanthropist
| known_for = Founder and CEO of the Mahatma Education Society
| notable_works = The author of book EduNation: The Dream of an India Empowered
| website = {{URL|http://www.drvasudevanpillai.com|Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai}}
}}
'''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<ref name="Well-rounded education">{{cite news|title=Well-rounded education|url=http://epaper2.mid-day.com/epaper/05-nov-2015-252-edition-Mumbai-Page-28.html|accessdate=2015-11-15|publisher=epaper2.mid-day.com|date=2015-11-05}}</ref> employs over 2000 teachers, many who have been trained in-house.

== Early life and education ==
Born into a family of [[agriculturists]], Pillai is one of six children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDEwLzA0LzA4I0FyMDEzMDA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |title=Global education: A road filled with challenges |publisher=epaper.timesofindia.com |date=2010-04-08 |accessdate=2015-10-15}}</ref> 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, Pillai<ref name="Education can Iron out Inequities">{{cite web|title=Education can Iron out Inequities|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/Education-can-Iron-out-Inequities/2015/04/20/article2767584.ece|website=www.thenewindianexpress.com|publisher=The New Indian Express|accessdate=2015-11-07|date=2015-04-16}}</ref> established the [[Chembur English High School]] under the aegis of the [[Mahatma Education Society]] .

== Family ==
Pillai is a long-standing resident of [[Chembur]]. In 1981 he married Dr. Daphne Pillai,<ref name=Educationist>{{cite web|title=Educationist|url=http://www.si-istanbul2015.org/page/speakers/Pillai_Daphne.php|website=www.si-istanbul2015.org|accessdate=2015-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030141/http://www.si-istanbul2015.org/page/speakers/Pillai_Daphne.php|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> a lecturer of English Literature at Jaihind College [[Mumbai]].<ref name="SAVVY Felicitates Successful Business Women From Different Fields - 'SAVVY Honours - Celebrating Success' Awards 2016">{{cite web|title=SAVVY Felicitates Successful Business Women From Different Fields - SAVVY Honours - Celebrating Success Awards 2016|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.in/news-releases/savvy-felicitates-successful-business-women-from-different-fields---savvy-honours---celebrating-success-awards-2016-591715761.html|website=www.prnewswire.co.in/|accessdate=2016-08-30}}</ref><ref name="SAVVY SUCCESS">{{cite web|title=SAVVY SUCCESS|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/epaper/Default.aspx?date=7/27/2016|website=www.afternoondc.in|accessdate=2016-07-27|pages=3}}</ref> Daphne Pillai<ref name="SAVVY HONOURS CELEBRATING SUCCESS AWARD">{{cite web|title=SAVVY HONOURS CELEBRATING SUCCESS AWARD|url=http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?edorsup=Sup&queryed=820015&ed_page=2&boxid=17118&id=92120&eddate=2016-7-29&ed_date=2016-7-29&ed_code=820015&wintype=popup|website=epaper.dnaindia.com|accessdate=2016-07-29}}</ref> was also the Founder President of [[Soroptimist International]], Mumbai-Chembur,<ref name="Shaping Minds">{{cite web|title=Shaping Minds|url=http://sibombaychembur.com/pressandmediareport.html#page-11=page-12|website=www.sibombaychembur.com|accessdate=2015-11-07}}</ref> and has been responsible for several initiatives for the empowerment of women,<ref name="Daphne Pillai Nurtures Young Minds">{{cite web|title=Dr. Daphne Pillai Nurtures Young Minds|url=http://magnamags.com/article/search?q=mahatma%20education%20society|website=www.magnamags.com|date=2015-11-02|accessdate=2015-11-07}}</ref> including an adult literacy drive in slums.

== Achievements ==
[[File:Dr.-K.-M.-Vasudevan-Pillai-Felicitation.jpg|thumb|Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Mahatma Education Society was felicitated on 6 December 2007 by the then Dr. Vijay Khole, Vice Chancellor of University of Mumbai for his contributions to social and institutional engineering in education.]]
* 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.
* Pillai<ref name="The IGCSE approach to keep your child ahead">{{cite web|title=The IGCSE approach to keep your child ahead|url=http://www.pressreader.com/india/mid-day/20151105/281848642479313/TextView|website=www.pressreader.com|publisher=Mid-Day|accessdate=2015-11-07|date=2015-11-05}}</ref> is the founder of the Dr. Pillai Global Academies<ref name="Learning the Right Way">{{cite news|title=Learning the Right Way|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA4LzAxLzEyI0FyMDQzMDA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom|accessdate=2015-11-07|publisher=epaper.timesofindia.com|date=2008-01-12}}</ref> in [[Gorai]] and [[Panvel]]. They are international schools that offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme<ref name="Next Generation Schools - Dr. Pillai Global Academy">{{cite news|title=Next Generation Schools - Dr. Pillai Global Academy|url=http://epaper2.mid-day.com/epaper/05-nov-2015-252-edition-Mumbai-Page-28.html|accessdate=2015-11-07|publisher=epaper2.mid-day.com|date=2015-11-05}}</ref> and the University of Cambridge schooling programmes. The schools<ref name="We are creating today's citizens for tomorrow's global world">{{cite web|title=We are creating today's citizens for tomorrow's global world|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report-we-are-creating-today-s-citizens-for-tomorrow-s-global-world-1241873|website=www.dnaindia.com|accessdate=2015-11-07|date=2009-03-23}}</ref> 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 also the Chairman of Erudite Education Mission, a [[non-profit organization]] that fulfills the CSR objectives of the group.
* In 2006, Pillai started an international management exchange programme with St. Mary's College of Business & Economics,<ref name="Global Program - International Management Exchange Program">{{cite web|title=Global Program - International Management Exchange Program|url=http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/seba-welcomes-visitors-from-india|accessdate=2015-11-12}}</ref> 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<ref name="India pitches for greater IBSA, BRIC role">{{cite news|title=India pitches for greater IBSA, BRIC role|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article751012.ece|accessdate=2015-11-12|publisher=www.thehindu.com|date=2010-04-15}}</ref> Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<ref name="Cooperation among BRIC nations">{{cite news|title=Cooperation among BRIC nations|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-pitches-for-close-cooperation-among-BRIC-nations/articleshow/5815262.cms|accessdate=2015-11-12|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=2010-04-15}}</ref>

== Publications ==
Dr. Pillai <ref name="Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai's book EduNation launched">{{cite web|title=Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai's book EduNation launched|url=http://instantpublish.blogspot.in/2015/02/dr-km-vasudevan-pillais-book-edunation.html|website=www.instantpublish.blogspot.in|accessdate=2015-11-07}}</ref> is the author of "Edunation: The Dream of an India Empowered,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDEwLzA3LzA3I0FyMDA2MDY=&Mode=Gif&Locale=english-skin-custom |title=Article - 'India Empowered...' Dream Of An Educationist |publisher=Epaper.timesofindia.com |date=2010-07-07 |accessdate=2015-10-15}}</ref> " a book<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIM%2F2011%2F01%2F28&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&PageLabel=72&EntityId=Ar07200&AppName=2 |title=Article Window |publisher=epaper.timesofindia.com |date=2011-01-28 |accessdate=2015-10-15}}</ref> that offers insights into what can be done to transform India's education sector.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDExLzAxLzI4I0FyMDcyMDA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |title=Humanist Within |publisher=Epaper.timesofindia.com |date=2011-01-28 |accessdate=2015-10-15}}</ref> The book is an exhaustive reference point for policy-makers, institution-builders, teachers and educators.

== Further reading ==
EduNation: The Dream of an India Empowered, Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai,<ref name="Dr. Pillai book exposes inadequacies in the Indian education system">{{cite news|title=Dr. Pillai book exposes inadequacies in the Indian education system|url=http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=75680&boxid=15761&ed_date=2015-02-04&ed_code=820015&ed_page=1|accessdate=2015-11-09|publisher=epaper.dnaindia.com|date=2015-02-04}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-93-5085-685-7}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://mes.ac.in/ Mahatma Education Society]
* [http://drvasudevanpillai.com/ Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai]
* [http://dpga.ac.in/ Dr. Pillai Global Academy, Gorai]
* [http://dpgapanvel.ac.in/ Dr. Pillai Global Academy, New Panvel]

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