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Monday, August 29, 2011

Vayala Vasudevan Pillai passes away

The Hindu : States / Kerala : Vayala Vasudevan Pillai passes awayArchivesSubscriptionsRSS FeedsSite MapePaperMobileSocialSEARCHReturn to frontpageHomeNewsOpinionSportBusinessArtsLife & StyleS & TEducationHealthClassifiedsToday's PaperTopicsInternationalNationalStatesThe India CablesThe Pakistan Cables  Cities: BangaloreChennaiCoimbatoreDelhiHyderabadKochiMaduraiMangaloreThiruvananthapuramTiruchirapalliVijayawadaVisakhapatnam News» States» KeralaKOCHI, August 29, 2011Vayala Vasudevan Pillai passes awayStaff ReporterShare  ·  print  ·   Theatre personality Vayala Vasudevan Pillai died at a private hospital here on Monday. He was 67.

Prof. Vasudevan Pillai had been undergoing treatment for cancer at the hospital since August 5, hospital sources said. He is survived by wife, Valsala.

Popularly known as ‘Vayala Sir,' Prof. Vasudevan Pillai had served as director of the School of Drama in Thrissur for over two decades. A disciple of playwright G. Sankara Pillai, he was selected for the Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2009 for his contributions to Malayalam theatre.

Some of the his popular plays include Viswadarsanam (1977), Thulaseevaram (1979), Agni (1982), Rangabhasha (1984), Varavelpu (1985), Kuchelagadha (1988), The Death of Nestling (1992), Suthradhara, Ethile... Ethile? (1993), Kunji Chirakukal (1994), and Swarnakokkukal (1999)

T.M. Abraham, vice-chairman, Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Akademi, said here that the body would be taken to Prof. Vasudevan Pillai's residence at Ayanthole in Thrissur. It will be kept on the akademi premises on Tuesday morning for the public to pay their homage. The cremation will be held at Cheruthuruthy on the banks of the Bharathapuzha in the afternoon.

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Friday, July 1, 2011

R.K. Singh to succeed Pillai as home secretary (Lead)

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R.K .Singh, a Bihar cadre senior civil service officer posted in the defence ministry, was Friday named the new union home secretary, succeeding G.K. Pillai who retires at the end of this month.

Singh's appointment was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet that met here with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in chair.

“Singh will serve as officer on special duty in the ministry of home affairs in the rank and pay of secretary with immediate effect and till the date of his assumption of charge as home secretary,” an official statement said.

Singh, a 1975 batch IAS officer, is at present secretary, department of defence production, in the defence ministry.

Singh's tenure as the home secretary is fixed for a period of two years from the date he takes over from Pillai, who superannuates June 30.

Singh had earlier served in the home ministry as a joint secretary for nearly five years. This coupled with his experience in the defence ministry helped him to score over two other shortlisted candidates -- Punjab chief secretary S.C. Agarwal and Central Panchayati Raj Secretary A.N.P. Sinha -- for the top post of security management in the country.

Home Minister P. Chidambaram had picked the three names from a list of 30 probables.

Pillai was also joint secretary (Northeast) 1996-2001.

According to sources, Singh met Manmohan Singh Wednesday after he was interviewed by Chidambaram last week.

Pillai was promoted as home secretary in June 2009 -- seven months after the country witnessed one of the deadliest terror attacks in Mumbai in November 2008.

The home secretary's job mainly deals with internal security management, including insurgencies in Jammu and Kashmir and northeast, and Maoist violence in east and central India.

Pillai, a 1972 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, was known to be a close lieutenant of Chidambaram who oversaw a complete overhaul of the country's security establishment in the aftermath of the Mumbai attack.


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Monday, June 6, 2011

Balakrishna Pillai seeks reduction of jail term

Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 : A remission petition seeking a reduction of jail term on the grounds of ill health was reportedly submitted by Kerala Congress (B) Leader R Balakrishna Pillai, who is undergoing one-year rigorous imprisonment in Edamalayar case.

His son K B Ganesh Kumar is the Minister for Forest, Environment and Sports in the Oommen Chandy Cabinet.

Party sources today said the petition was submitted to State Home Secretary saying that Mr Pillai was suffering from cardiac problems and acute diabetes.

Meanwhile, the Jail DGP yesterday extended him parole for another 13 days.

Earlier, he was granted parole on May 18 after he sought permission to visit his ailing wife.

However, with this extension, his total parole-quota (45 days) for the year would be over.

--UNI

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