Ravi Pillai: From farmer's son to construction tycoon Ravi Pillai: Chairman and MD, RP Group of Companies
Like many of his illustrious peers, he made a very humble beginning in the Middle-East a few decades ago.
As a recipient of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award in 2008 and Padma Shri in 2010, he is also the largest overseas Indian employer with 70,000 + Indian employees.
With several decades of living and doing business globally and in India alike, Dr. Pillai stands tall among his peers as the “Son of the soil”.
Over a period of time, as a functioning Chairman & Managing Director of over 22 businesses and organisations; Dr. Pillai has not just developed numerous businesses overseas but has also schools, colleges, hospitals, charities, newspapers, hospitality business, etc as mentioned below :-
Construction
Gulf Asia Contracting Co. L.L.C NASAH, Australia NSH Fabrication Division Nasser S. Al-Hajri Co. Ltd., State of Qatar Arthi Hi-tech Construction, Kerala-India
Hospitality
The Raviz Resort & Hotel-Kollam, Kerala-India Kadavu Resorts Calicut, Kerala - India Leela Kovalam,Tvm, Kerala - India The Raviz Center Point Hotel, Dubai The Raviz, Calicut, Kerala-India RP Hotel Management LLC, Dubai-UAE The Raviz Co. Ltd., Seoul- Korea Taj RP International Developers & Hospitality Ltd., Dubai - UAE The Versailles Hotel, Dubai
Health Care & Wellness
Upasana Hospital & Research Centre, India, Education
OGM Technical Institute, Australia New Millennium School (DPS), Bahrain Upasana School & College of Nursing, India, Trading Arabian Choice General Trading CO. L.L.C Gulf Asia General Trading FZCO Dynamic Energy DMCC
Travel & Tourism
Discovery Travel and Tourism L.L.C., U.A.E Air Choice Travel, U.A.E.
Commercial & Business Properties
RP Malls, Saudi, Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain, Australia & India
Oil & Gas
Bio-Fuels, Hong Kong ,China
IT Sector
RPTS Solutions LLC, Dubai, UAE RP Techsoft International (P) Ltd, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
