Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai is the visionary-founder and CEO of Mahatma Education Society which runs 48 institutions in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. Established in 1970, with a view to eradicate illiteracy and to provide equal opportunities to every child, the Mahatma Education Society has grown to be a multi-institution trust that provides quality education at all levels: from pre-primary to post-graduation.
The institutions run by Mahatma Education Society offer degree and diploma courses in Engineering, Architecture, Information Technology, Bio-Technology and Business Management besides primary and higher secondary education. The three Dr. Pillai Global Academies are his latest contribution to educating children to meet the challenges of today’s globalised environment.
Dr. Pillai is a post-graduate and doctorate in English Literature from the University of Mumbai. He also has degrees in Education and Law. He currently lectures on Leadership Studies to post-graduate students of the Pillai Institute of Management Studies and Research.
He established the first non grants-in-aid colleges in teacher education (B.Ed. and D.Ed.) and also in Architecture. He pioneered the first private-public sector partnership in education with Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited to setup an educational township in Rasayani, Maharashtra.
Dr. Pillai is Managing Director of Vidyadhan Educational Development Limited, a public limited company providing finance to educational institutions and to needy students for higher education. He is also Chairman of Erudite Education Mission, an NGO for fulfilling social objectives and social commitments.
In 2007, he was felicitated by the Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University, Dr. Vijay Kohle for his contribution to ‘ social and institutional engineering in education ’.
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