Eswara Pillai Chandrasekharan Nair (2 December 1928 – 29 November 2017) was an Indian politician, Minister of Kerala and leader of the Communist Party of India.

E. Easwara Pillai (a member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly) and Meenakshi Amma at Kottarakkara, Kollam district in Kerala on 2 December 1928.

[4] He died at Sri Chitra Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on 29 November 2017, after a prolonged illness at the age of 89.

[5] Having entered active politics at a young age, he had joined Students Congress while at Annamalai University, then joined Indian Socialist Party (ISP) and subsequently the Communist Party in 1952.

[6] He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly six times from Kollam district as Communist Party of India candidate and served 19 years as an MLA.