Dr. N.P.Pillai Memorial Lecture as part of CTE International Seminar

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 11^th 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.