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Place of Birth: Kannur, Kerala, India
About D. P. K. Pillay
- Colonel (Dr.) Divakaran Padma Kumar Pillay SC (born 12 August 1967) is a former Indian Army officer.
- He was severely wounded in counter insurgency operations in Longdi Pabram village, a hamlet in the remote Tamenglong district of Manipur in India's northeast, where he saved the lives of 2 children despite his injuries.
- He shot into prominence recently when he undertook the journey back to the village where he was wounded in the firefight and subsequently for delivering development and humanitarian activities to the village in the remote district of Tamenglong.
- In 2015, he was awarded a PhD Degree by Panjab University, Chandigarh for his thesis titled "Evaluation of Models of Human Security with Special reference to India".He is also a father to three children.
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