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| Born | 3 September 1953 (age 71) |
| Spouse | Geetha |
| Children | Ganesh,Arathi |
| Awards | Padma Shri Pravasi Bharatiya Samman |
Biography
B. Ravi Pillai is an Indian entrepreneur and the head of RP Group of companies. A recipient of the 2008 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman,[1] Pillai was honored again by the Government of India, in 2010, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[2]
Documentary on Ravi Pillai at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vERvolhBfQ
Personal Life
Ravi Pillai is married to Smt.Geetha and blessed with son Ganesh Ravi Plilai and daughter Arathi Ravi Pillai.[3]
Early Life
Ravi Pillai was born on 2 September 1953 at Chavara,[4] a coastal town in Kollam, in the South Indian state of Kerala in a family of farmers.[5] After graduating from a local college, he continued his studies in Business Administration at Cochin University[6] during which time he launched his first business, a chit fund in Kollam on reportedly borrowed money.[7] Later, he started engineering contract business and worked for some of the major industrial houses in Kerala such as Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited, Hindustan Newsprint Limited, and Cochin Refineries.[7] However, a labour strike forced him to close down his business after which he went to Saudi Arabia in 1978 where he started a small trading business.[8] Two years later, he moved to construction business and established Nasser Al Hajri Corporation with 150 employees,[8] which has over the years grown to become the flagship company of his business group,[4][8] R. P Group, which is known to employ over 70,000 employees across its businesses.[6] The first shopping mall in South Kerala, RP Mall at Kollam city is owned by Ravi Pillai.[citation needed]
Pillai has expanded his business to other countries such as United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and India and has interests in construction, hospitality, steel, cement, and oil and gas industries.[4] RP Group is known to hold stakes in hotels such as Leela Kovalam, Hotel Raviz,[9] Kollam, and WelcomHotel Raviz Kadavu,[10] Kozhikode in his home state of Kerala.[11] He is also involved in health care business through Upasana Hospital and Research Centre, a 300 bed multispecialty hospital in Kollam.,[4][12]
Forbes listed him, in 2014, in the The World's Billionaires at 988 in the world and 30 in India.[13] Arabian Business ranked him as the fourth most powerful Indian in the Middle East in 2014.[6]
Awards and recognitions
Ravi Pillai, who holds a doctoral degree (Honoris Causa) from the Excelsior College, New York,[6] was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the Government of India in 2008.[1] Three years later, in 2010, the Government of India included him in the Republic Day honours list for the civilian honour of Padma Shri.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs" (PDF). Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ http://www.sasthamcotta.com/Padmasree%20Ravi%20Pillai.html
- ^ a b c d "Kollam City". Kollam City. 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ "IBN Live". IBN Live. 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Arabian Business". Arabian Business. 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Rediff". Rediff. 7 October 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Rediff 2". Rediff 2. 7 October 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ "Raviz". Raviz. 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ "RP hotels". RP hotels. 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ "Rediff 3". Rediff 3. 7 October 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ "Upasana". Upasana. 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ "Forbes". Forbes. 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
External links
- "Economic Times". Economic Times. 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2014.