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	'''J. Rajmohan Pillai''' (born 12 May 1964)<ref name=pillai-blog>{{cite web\|url=http://betaempire.blogspot.com/ \|title=Dr.J.Rajmohan Piilai <!-- ''(sic)'' --> \| date= 16 September 2006 \|work=autobiographical blog post \|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65H6N2qa6?url=http://betaempire.blogspot.com/ \|archivedate=7 February 2012 }}</ref> is an [[India]]n businessman, currently the Chairman of Beta Group.<ref name=chairman>{{cite news \|title=Pillai's brother eyes global JV for biscuits pie \|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-02-12/news/28384619_1_global-majors-dry-fruit-rajmohan-pillai \|work=[[The Economic Times]] \|date=12 February 2007 \|accessdate=7 February 2012 \|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65H4GvbuS?url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-02-12/news/28384619_1_global-majors-dry-fruit-rajmohan-pillai \|archivedate=7 February 2012 }}</ref>		'''J. Rajmohan Pillai''' (born 12 May 1964)<ref name=pillai-blog>{{cite web\|url=http://betaempire.blogspot.com/ \|title=Dr.J.Rajmohan Piilai <!-- ''(sic)'' --> \| date= 16 September 2006 \|work=autobiographical blog post \|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65H6N2qa6?url=http://betaempire.blogspot.com/ \|archivedate=7 February 2012 }}</ref> is an [[India]]n businessman, currently the Chairman of Beta Group.<ref name=chairman>{{cite news \|title=Pillai's brother eyes global JV for biscuits pie \|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-02-12/news/28384619_1_global-majors-dry-fruit-rajmohan-pillai \|work=[[The Economic Times]] \|date=12 February 2007 \|accessdate=7 February 2012 \|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65H4GvbuS?url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-02-12/news/28384619_1_global-majors-dry-fruit-rajmohan-pillai \|archivedate=7 February 2012 }}</ref>

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'''J. Rajmohan Pillai''' (born 12 May 1964)<ref name=pillai-blog>{{cite web|url=http://betaempire.blogspot.com/ |title=Dr.J.Rajmohan Piilai  | date= 16 September 2006 |work=autobiographical blog post |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65H6N2qa6?url=http://betaempire.blogspot.com/ |archivedate=7 February 2012 }}</ref> is an [[India]]n businessman, currently the Chairman of Beta Group.<ref name=chairman>{{cite news |title=Pillai's brother eyes global JV for biscuits pie |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-02-12/news/28384619_1_global-majors-dry-fruit-rajmohan-pillai |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=12 February 2007 |accessdate=7 February 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65H4GvbuS?url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-02-12/news/28384619_1_global-majors-dry-fruit-rajmohan-pillai |archivedate=7 February 2012 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Rajmohan Pillai was born in [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]], and educated in the state capital [[Trivandrum]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Cashew King|url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20051009/people.html|accessdate=17 August 2011|newspaper=[[Business Today (business magazine)|Business Today]]|date=9 October 2005 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6CoVC4z1u?url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20051009/people.html |archivedate=2012-12-10}}</ref> He gained management experience within the family business from 1981.<ref name=pillai-blog/>

==Beta Group==
Beta Group is a diversified transnational business group with $2 billion turnover.<ref name=NST2009>{{cite news|last=Hamid|first=Hamisah|title=Beta Brands looks forward to cracking RM1b mark|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-195514725/beta-brands-looks-forward.html |accessdate=7 February 2012 |newspaper=[[New Straits Times]]|date=10 March 2009 }}</ref> The group’s [[vertical integration|vertical subsidiaries]] include packaged processed foods manufacturing, marketing and distribution. The Group also claims interests in entertainment, logistics and business consulting.<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514210900/http://www.betaempire.com/html/beta_bsn_devp.html |date=14 May 2008 |title=About us: Beta Groups Background }}, betaempire.com</ref>

The group began in the early 1900s as Beta Industries, an exporter of [[cashew nut]]s. The company is based in the [[Netherlands]].<ref name=chairman/> It is one of the world's largest cashew nut companies.<ref name=barista/>

Rajmohan Pillai formed the Beta Group as a conglomerate of nine companies in memory of his eldest brother, Kerala businessman [[Rajan Pillai]],<ref name=silicon>{{cite news |title=Beta groups records Rs.20 bn turnover |url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Beta_groups_records_Rs20_bn_turnover___-nid-19523.html |work=Silicon India |date=19 May 2003 |accessdate=9 February 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/61in7UMra?url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Beta_groups_records_Rs20_bn_turnover___-nid-19523.html |archivedate=2011-09-15 }}</ref> former chairman of [[Britannia Industries]], whose death in 1995 closed what ''[[The Economic Times]]'' referred to as one of India's most dramatic corporate sagas.<ref name=chairman/>

Today, while still essentially a cashew products company, the Beta Group has diversified into fruit drinks, almonds, dates and pistachios.<ref name=doctorate/> The group owns the dry fruit and nut brands Nut King and Ole.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beta Empire group launches 'Date King' |newspaper=Business Line |publisher= The Hindu |date=12 November 2002 |accessdate= 2012-12-10 |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/bline/2002/11/13/stories/2002111300081300.htm |archivedate= 2012-12-10 |archiveurl= https://www.webcitation.org/6CoWdIsSa?url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/bline/2002/11/13/stories/2002111300081300.htm }}</ref>

===Pillai's management===
Pillai's previous declared intentions for the group have included:
*waging a "cashew-nut war", matching the price of potato chips marketed by [[multinational companies]] in India (2000)<ref>{{cite news |title=Nut King J R Pillai to take on the might of MNC's |url=http://www.rediff.com/business/2000/jun/12nutty.htm |work=The Rediff Business Special |date=12 June 2000 |accessdate=9 Feb 2009 }}</ref>
*entering the [[pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceutical]] and [[hospitality industry|hospitality]] sectors (2006)<ref name=doctorate>{{cite news |title=Doctorate for Beta Group chief |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/04/03/stories/2006040303151500.htm |work=Business Line |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 April 2006 |accessdate=9 Feb 2009 |archivedate=2012-12-10 |archiveurl= https://www.webcitation.org/6CoWzVOWI?url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-corporate/doctorate-for-beta-group-chief/article1729754.ece?ref=archive }}</ref>
*purchasing the [[Barista Coffee (India)|Barista Coffee]] chain (2006)<ref name=barista>{{cite news |title=Barista to be sold again, for Rs 150-200 cr |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-10/india-business/27799312_1_barista-retail-chain-rajan-pillai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921025816/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-10/india-business/27799312_1_barista-retail-chain-rajan-pillai |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=10 October 2006 |accessdate=17 August 2011}}</ref> (it was purchased instead by [[Lavazza]])<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/mar/09barista.htm Italy's Lavazza to buy Barista], Rediff India Abroad, 9 March 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2011.</ref>
*diversification including a $200 million [[desalination]] plant in [[Tamil Nadu]] (2006)<ref name=invest>{{cite news |title=Netherlands co to invest Rs 250 cr in Nut King |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2143287.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] of India |date=11 October 2006 |accessdate=4 March 2009}}</ref>
*opening an aviation academy in Malaysia (2007)<ref>{{cite news |title=Netherlands-based Indian group to open aviation academy in Malaysia |url=http://www.indianaviationnews.net/careers/2007/05/netherlands-based-indian-group-to-open.html |work=[[Business Times (Kuala Lumpur)|Business Times]] |date=14 May 2007 |accessdate=10 February 2009}}</ref>
*resurrecting the Britannia Amritraj Tennis (BAT) Academy, a former Chennai centre of excellence, in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala, as Beta Ace Technique (BAT) Tennis Academy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2016/mar/15/BAT-Academy-to-be-Resurrected-911757.html |title= BAT Academy to be Resurrected |date=15 March 2016 |newspaper=New Indian Express |accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>

==Social foundations==
He was instrumental in establishing the KJP Research [[Private foundation|Foundation]], named in honor of his late father, K. J. Pillai. The Foundation conducts research and development in the fields of cashew and other horticultural crops. He also established the Rajan Pillai Foundation in memory of his brother, to promote excellence in arts, sports, social sciences, and medicine, serving the cause of humanity. The Rajan Pillai Foundation institutes and presents awards to accomplished individuals in [[international relations]], [[social welfare]] services and industry development.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala can show the way in plurality, says Tharoor |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/22/stories/2006122211800400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104225333/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/22/stories/2006122211800400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=22 December 2006 |accessdate=15 December 2008}}</ref>

==Legal cases==
Pillai, as [[Managing Director]] of Pace International Ltd, was one of four men convicted of fraud over a [[letter of credit]] in 2008.<ref>The case was determined on 10 December 2008 by a special court set up by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] in [[Kochi, India]]. The accused were charged with [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] to defraud the [[Kollam]] Branch of the state bank of [[Travancore]] of [[Indian rupee|Rs]] 62 million using [[letter of credit|letters of credit]]. All four were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and fined Rs 200,000 each, and Pace International Ltd (of which Pillai was the Managing Director) was fined Rs 100,000. Sources: [http://www.indlii.org/JudgementDetail.aspx?JudgementID=1538 Court report] of preliminary hearing in 2001. [http://news.indiainfo.com/2008/12/18/0812181905_3_including_former_bank_official_get_jail_for_misappropriation.html 3 including former bank official get jail], 18 December 2008, IndiaInfo.com. Reports in ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'', 11 Dec 2008; ''[[Mathrubhumi]]'', 11 Dec 2008.</ref> He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and fined Rs 200,000, but appealed the conviction<ref name="Kerala High Court">See Criminal appeal case 2951 of 2008, [http://courtnic.nic.in/hcs/content_v1.asp High Court of Kerala case status]. Status: Pending. Case updated 4 December 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2018.</ref> and the sentences have been suspended until the appeal is resolved.

Pillai was arrested in Kerala for allegedly raping his domestic help in 2017. The police started investigating him after his help, a 23-year-old from Odisha, showed up at a private hospital for an abortion. She is reportedly two months pregnant.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Businessman Rajmohan Pillai Arrested For Allegedly Raping Help|url=https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/kerala-businessman-rajmohan-pillai-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-help-1720686|access-date=2020-12-08|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 5, 2017|title=Kerala businessman Rajmohan Pillai held for rape of housemaid |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kerala-businessman-rajmohan-pillai-held-for-rape-of-housemaid/articleshow/59447453.cms|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Cashew Baron Rajmohan Pillai Arrested For Raping And Impregnating Domestic Help From Odisha|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/kerala-cashew-baron-rajmohan-pillai-arrested-for-raping-and-impregnating-domesti/299497|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref>

==Thesis and Publications==
In 2006 he was awarded a doctorate in business management by the New Age International University of [[Seborga]], Italy,<ref name=doctorate/> (a [[diploma mill]] unlicensed by any Italian or European authority which is an offshoot of the Institute of Education, Research & Development, [[Kolkata]]) for a thesis that chronicled the history of the global cashew industry.

His other published works are:
* ''A Wasted Death'' – a book on the rise and fall of Rajan Pillai, co-authored with K. Govindan Kutty<ref>{{cite news|title=CM releases book on Rajan Pillai|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/22/stories/0422211x.htm|accessdate=19 August 2017|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 August 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ([[Penguin Books]], 2001, {{ISBN|978-0-14-100601-7}}; subsequently translated and published in five Indian languages{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}).
* ''K. Janardhanan Pillaiyude Jeevitham Daivathinte Nadakom'' – a [[Malayalam]] book about the life of Pillai's father. Co-authored with V. S. Nair (Current Books, 2002).
* ''The World Cashew Industry'' – a book detailing all aspects of the production, processing and trading of cashews. Co-authored with Mrs. P. Santha, a relative and former principal scientist with the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (Rajan Pillai Foundation, Kollam, 2008).<ref>{{cite news |title=Comprehensive book on cashew industry released |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1416005321.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103084159/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1416005321.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |work=[[The Hindustan Times]] |date=21 January 2008 |accessdate=2008-12-15 }}</ref> The book incorporates several chapters of Pillai's thesis.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nair|first=N.J.|title=The tale of cashew trade over the years|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/22/stories/2008012253460400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921103002/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/22/stories/2008012253460400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 September 2008|accessdate=17 August 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 January 2008}}</ref>
* Siddharthan - a book on the life of a man narrating his material life and spiritual transformation.<ref name="mathrubhumi.com">{{Cite web|title=ജെ.രാജ്മോഹന്‍ പിള്ളയ്ക്ക് സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്‌കാരം|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/print-edition/business/j-rajmohan-pillai-gets-vayalar-samskarikavedi-award-1.3924601|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==
He was awarded the Vayalar Ramavarma Samskarikavedi award for the year 2019 for his book Siddharthan.<ref name="mathrubhumi.com"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.betaempire.com/index.php Beta Empire]

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