He is an alumnus of Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France, a Masters in design in Visual Communication from IIT Kanpur. Prof. Pillai Previously worked as a graphic designer at COSTFORD, Trivandrum. He has also worked as an interaction designer at Presence & Innovation Lab, France. He is a faculty at IDC, since Jan 2016. His first short film ‘Beyond’ on the theme of Virtual Reality was selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Corner 2011 and so was his short film ‘Gulzar’ at this year’s Short Film Corner 2016.