What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. Prof Pylee has taught us by what he is, not just by what he has said or says.
| 1 | Member, Tourism advisory Committee, Government of Kerala, 1988-91. |
| 2 | Member of the Governing Board of the L.N. Mishra Institute of Social and Economic development, Patna, 1982-90. |
| 3 | Member of the Court of Benaras Hindu University, 1982-85. |
| 4 | Member, Executive Council of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1981-83 and 1995-97. |
| 5 | Member, Indian Council of Social Sciences Research, New Delhi, 1980-84 |
| 6 | Member of the Court of the Central University, Hyderabad, 1980-83. |
| 7 | National Super Brain Award, Competition success Review, New Delhi, 1998. |
| 8 | Member, Indian National Committee for Co-operation with UNESCO, Government of India, New Delhi, 1979-82. |
| 9 | Member, Board of Governors of Management in Government, Trivandrum, India, 1977-88. |
| 10 | Member, Governing Board of the Centre for Development studies, Trivandrum, India, 1971-86. |
| 11 | Director, Steel Industries, Kerala 1981-84. |
| 12 | Director, Velton Prefab Elements Ltd., 1980-90. |
| 13 | Director O/E/N India Ltd, 1972-90. |
| 14 | Convener, Standing Committee on Human Rights, University Grants Commission |
| 15 | Vice-Chairman, O/E/N Connectors (India) Ltd. |
| 16 | Honorary Consultant to the All India Council for Technical Education. |
| 17 | Honorary Consultant to the Indian Council of Social Science Research. |
| 18 | President, Association of Comparative Studies, Kerala. |
| 19 | President, Cochin Powra Munnani. |
| 20 | Director, Pearlite Wire Products Ltd. |
| 21 | Director, South India Wire Ropes Ltd. |
| 22 | Director, Kerala State Industrial Consultancy Organisation Ltd., Cochin, Kerala. |
| 23 | Fellow and Member of the Senate, Punjab University, Chandigarh. |
| 24 | Member, Board of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed University) |
| 25 | Member, MAHE Consultancy Services, Manipal. |
| 26 | Member, Good Samaritan Project, India. |
| 27 | Member, Review Committee, Indira Gandhi National Open University. |
| 28 | Member, South Western Regional Committee, AICTE. |
| 29 | Member, national Board of accreditation, AICTE, New Delhi. |
| 30 | Member, Advisory Board, MES College of Engineering, Kuttipuram. |
| 31 | Member, Board of Directors, Cochin Stock Exchange. |
| 32 | Member, Committee on Reorganisation of IHRDE appointed by the Government of Kerala. |
| 33 | Member, Governing Board, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana. |
| 34 | Member, Andhra Pradesh University Review Committee. |
| 35 | Member, Kerala State Literacy Campaign Society. |
| 36 | Member, District (Ernakulam) Tourism Development Council. |
| 37 | Member of the All India Board for Management Studies, Government of India. |
| 38 | Member of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. |
| 39 | Member of the Planning Board and Academic Council of the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. |
| 40 | Member, Planning Board, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. |
| 41 | Member of the Court of University of Pondicherry. |
| 42 | Member of the Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University. |
| 43 | Member of the Court of Viswabharati University, West Bengal |
| 44 | Member, Executive Council, Allhabad Agricultural Deemed University. |
| 45 | Member, General Council and Executive Committee , Institute of Human Resource Development, Trivandrum. |
| 46 | Member, Karnataka State Universities Review Commission. |
| 47 | Member, High Power Committee, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. |
| 48 | Member, Press Council of India.(1988-1994) |
| 49 | Member, UGC committee on Export of Higher Education. |
| 50 | Chairman, C.R.L.S., Hosanna Nagar, Kerala. |
| 51 | Chairman, Follow-up Committee on Financing Central Universities, UGC. |
| 52 | Chairman, Impact of GAAT on Kerala Agriculture, appointed by the Government of Kerala. |
| 53 | Chairman, Committee on Job-Oriented Courses, Government of Kerala. |
| 54 | Chairman, Advisory Council, Adhiyamaan Educational and Research Institutions, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India. |
| 55 | Chairman, Institute of Hotel Management, Cochin. |
| 56 | Chairman, Jeeva Orchids and Agro Exports Ltd., Cochin. |
| 57 | Chairman, JV Investments Private Ltd., Cochin, India. |
| 58 | Chairman, Advisory Board on Education, Kerala State. |
| 59 | Chairman, UGC Committee on Private Self-financing Professional Institutions. |
| 60 | Chairman, Kerala State Productivity Council. |
| 61 | Chairman, Cochin Leasing Company Ltd., Cochin, India. |
| 62 | Chairman, Rado Tyres Ltd., India. |
| 63 | Chairman, Advisory Board, Girideepam Institute of Management, Kottayam. |
| 64 | Chairman, D C School of Management and Technology, Pullikanam |
| 65 | Chairman, Advisory Board, Mar Athanasios College, Thiruvalla |
| 66 | Chairman, Advisory Board, Berchmans institute of Management, Changanacherry. |
| 67 | Chairman, Advisory Board, Rajagiri Institute of Management, Kalamassery. |
| 68 | Chairman, Guruvayurappan Institute of Management, Coimbatore. |
| 69 | 1984 : Invited by The Canadian Asian Studies Association (CASA) for delivering lectures at 16 Canadian Universities on Problems of Development in developing countries with special reference to India. |
| 70 | 1982 : Honorary Professor, Department of Management, Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India. |
| 71 | 1976 : Visiting Fellow to the East West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 72 | 1972 : Member of the UNESCO Team in Malaysia to design an appropriate Management Programme of study at graduate level for Asian Universities. |
| 73 | 1971 : Visiting Professor to the University of Moscow and Novosibirsk under the cultural exchange programme between the government of India and the USSR. |
| 74 | 1964-77 : University Professor of Management and Founder Director of the School of Management, University of Kerala (1965-71) and the University of Cochin (1971-77), Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies (1964-77) |
| 75 | 1963 : Visiting Professor to the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. |
| 76 | 1962-64 : Director on The Staff of the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. |
| 77 | 1955-62 : Head of the Post Graduate Department of Economic Administration, School of Economics, Delhi University, Delhi. |
| 78 | 1950-55 : Lecturer in Political Science, Public Administration and Law in the Post Graduate Department of Political Science and Department of Law, Patna University, Patna, India |
| 79 | 1948-50 ; Lecturer in Political science, University of Lucknow, India. |
| 80 | 1977-81 : Vice Chancellor, University of Cochin, Kerala, India. |
