Thennala Balakrishna Pillai (born 11 March 1930) is an Indian politician representing the Indian National Congress and is a former Member of the Parliament representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

[1] He was the president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.

[2] He was born at Sooranad, Kollam, Kingdom of Travancore in a Nair family on 11 March 1930, as the son of N. Gopala Pillai and N. Eswari Amma and brought up there.

He got married on 3 July 1963 to Sathi Devi and they had one daughter.

[3] Pillai started his political life from very young age.