Dr. N. P. Pillai, the most sought-after
and dynamic teacher educator of his time, who was a source of inspiration for
teacher educators for a long period, was commemorated by the Council for
Teacher Education (CTE), Kerala State Centre in the year 2004.
Since then in the annual conventions of CTE, Kerala State Centre, Dr. N.
P. Pillai Commemoration Lecture became an integral part of the programme. The
First Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. C. P. Sreekantan Nair, Former
Principal, Farook Training College,Kozhikkode. Dr. G.
Sarathchandra Raj, Former Principal, NSS Training College Ottappalam, Palakkad,
Dr. N. Vedamani Manual, Former Professor and Head, Department of Education,
University of Kerala, Dr. A. Sukumaran Nair, Former Vice Chancellor, Mahatma
Gandhi University, Kottayam, Dr. R. Sukumaran Nair, Former Professor and Head,
Department of Education, University of Calicut, Dr. Vasantha Ramkumar,
Former Professor and Head, Department of Education, University of Kerala and
Dr. K. R. Sivadasan, Former Professor of Education, University of Kerala and Dr.
V. Sukumaran Nair, Former Professor of Political Sciences, M. S. M.
College, Kayamkulam were the eminent educationists who delivered the
lecture in the subsequent years.
In CTE 11th State
Convention, (2012) the Dr. N. P. Pillai Memorial Lecture will be
delivered by Padmasree Dr. K. Viswanathan, Director, Mitraniketan, Vellanad,
Thiruvananthapuram, on January 11, 2013 at Fathima Memorial Training
College, Pallimukku, Kollam. The session will be presided over by Dr.
Aiyappan Nair, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Edinboro Pennsylvania
University, USA.
