Vidya Pillai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vidya Pillai

Indian snooker player

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1977

Place of Birth: Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India

Profession: snooker player

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Vidya Viswanathan Pillai (born 26 November 1977) is an Indian professional player of snooker.
Vidya Pillai grew up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
In 2011, after her wedding to Bangalore-based architect MC Tilakraj she moved to Bangalore, Karnataka and is currently a domicile of the state.
In recognition of her achievements, the Government of Karnataka has bestowed her with the prestigious Ekalavya award in 2016 for outstanding performance in Sports.
She has won several International medals for India and recently in 2013 won the Gold medal in the IBSF World Team Snooker Championship, Gold in the IBSF Australian Women's Ranking Snooker Championship in 2016 and was the first Indian woman to reach the finals of the WLBSA World Women's Snooker Championship in 2017 and won the Silver medal as well.
She is also a 9-time winner of the National Championship Title.
She is acclaimed to be the best Woman Snooker player in India.