Manikam Vasagam Pillai MBE (last name sometimes spelt Pillay) was a Fiji Indian lawyer, football administrator, and politician.
[3] He then became Chairman of the Fiji Law Reform Commission, serving till 1987.
[citation needed] Pillay was President of the Fiji Football Association from 1962 to 1965, and again from 1967 to 1983.
[5] Associates remembered him as a polite and unflappable person, who rarely spoke during negotiations, except to propose a compromise (which was usually accepted) to break a deadlock.
[6] On 13 June 1980, Pillai was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to the community.