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Soma Pillai

Major Geneeral M S Pillai, SM : AG Pollution Mapping Partner

Maj Gen M S Pillai, a GIS Expert is a valuable pollution mapping partner of the
Eleven Year Atulya Ganga Project.
He is an international sailor, the current Vice President of the Yachting Association of
India, and a certified national judge in sailing. He has won four international Gold
Medals and was National Champion for eleven years. He spent 36 glorious years in
the Army.
He was a member of “Trishna”, the First Indian sailing expedition that
circumnavigated the globe in 1984-85. He sailed from Port Said to Mumbai. In 1994,
he led Indian Army HIMEX sailing expedition at Tso Morari. In 1998, he organised a
unique multidimensional adventure activity that was recognised by the Limca Book of
Records.
General Pillai is an expert in GIS(Geographical Information System). In 2011, he
helped establish GIS training for all branches of the Indian Army. He also helped
establish DIGIT (Defence Institute of Geospatial Training and Information
Technology.
Between 2014 and 2017, as the Technical Advisor to The Hon’ble Chief Minister of
Punjab, General Pillai undertook many GIS projects.

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