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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = N. Vijayan Pillai
| birth_date = 2 April 1951
| death_date = {{death date and given age|df=y|2020|3|8|68}}
| image = Vijayan Pillai.jpg
| office1 = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2016
| term_end1 = 2020
| predecessor1 = [[Shibu Baby John]]
| successor1 = [[Sujith Vijayan Pillai]]
| constituency1 = [[Chavara (State Assembly constituency)|Chavara]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)| CPI(M)]]
| children = 3
| nationality = [[India]]n
| caption = Portrait of N. Vijayan Pillai
}}

'''N. Vijayan Pillai''' (2 April 1951 – 8 March 2020) was an Indian politician and member of the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He represented [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] [[Chavara]] constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly as [[Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)|CMP]] candidate
.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaassembly.com/candidate/vijayan-pillai/194|title=Vijayan Pillai - Chavara LDF Candidate Kerala Assembly Elections 2016, Votes, Lead|website=www.keralaassembly.com|access-date=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> He started his political career as a Panchayat Member in 1979, and continued to do so for 20 years. He was a member of Kollam District Panchayat from 2000 to 2005.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Sudhish|first=Navamy|date=2020-03-08|title=CPI(M) MLA Vijayan Pillai passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cpim-mla-vijayan-pillai-passes-away/article31014398.ece|access-date=2021-06-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

He was born as the son of V. Narayanan Pillai, a veteran [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] leader and Bhavani Amma, on 2 April 1951.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chavara’s giant killer N Vijayan Pillai was no novice|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/210516/chavara-s-giant-killer-n-vijayan-pillai-is-no-novice.html|website=www.deccanchronicle.com|access-date=18 January 2018|language=en|date=21 May 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=N. Vijayan Pillai - niyamasabha.org|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/Members-Eng/140%20N%20Vijayan%20Pillai.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>Vijayan Pillai was a member of the CPI-M and won the legislative assembly election with a groundbreaking victory never imagined in the history of Chavara constituency as he won against Shibu Baby John who was the sitting MLA.<ref name=":0" /> Vijayan Pillai was known for his social service in Chavara society and for his welfare programs. He brought in good amount of reforms in social upliftment of common man in Chavara constituency.{{cn|date=March 2020}}His son Sujith Vijayan Pillai is the current member of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from Chavara constituency in Kerala.

He was a prominent leader in the region to bring in employment to youth and always strove to achieve social upbringing of the Chavara constituency with the help of NGOs and ruling LDF government policies. He was keen on reducing unemployment by engaging youth with skill based programs and connecting major businessmen from region as well as NRIs to support the initiative.{{cn|date=March 2020}}

== Death ==
Pillai died of age-related illness on 8 March 2020 at Aster Medcity in Kochi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/chavara-mla-m-n-vijayan-pillai-passes-away--1.4595382|title=Chavara MLA M N Vijayan Pillai passes away|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2020/03/08/chavara-mla-n-vijayan-pillai-passes-away.html|title=Chavara MLA N Vijayan Pillai passes away|website=OnManorama|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> His funeral was conducted on 9 March 2020 at his native village in Kollam.

==References==
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{{MLAs from Kerala assembly constituencies in Kollam city}}

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[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2016–2021]]
[[Category:Politicians from Kollam district]]
[[Category:Communist Marxist Party politicians]]

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