 He took an active part in convening and organizing the first all-Kerala Nair Maha Sammelanam in Thiruvananthapuram.He also became a Member of the Royal Asiatic Society or M.R.A.S.Pillai gave up his studies after high school matriculation and took to book-selling as a career; he set up an English bookshop, the first such in Thiruvananthapuram, by the side of the main thoroughfare of the city; he used to import English books of every kind from publishers like Blackies & Co. and Longmans Green & Co., etc.