# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vidya-pillai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:49:02.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vidya-pillai"
name: "Vidya Pillai"
slug: "vidya-pillai"
description: "Vidya Viswanathan Pillai is an Indian professional snooker player. Vidya Pillai grew up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. In recognition of her achievements, the Government of Karnataka bestowed her with the Ekalavya award in 2016 for outstanding performance in Sports. She has won several International medals for India and in 2013 won the gold medal in the IBSF World Team Snooker Championship, Gold in the IBSF Australian Women's Ranking Snooker Championship in 2016 and was the first Indian woman to reach the finals of the WLBSA World Women's Snooker Championship in 2017. She is also a 9-time winner of the National Championship Title."
tagline: "Indian snooker player"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1977-11-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.938553333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "維迪雅·皮爾萊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidya_Pillai"
    title: "Vidya Pillai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidya_Pillai"
    title: "Vidya Pillai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਵਿਦਿਆ ਪਿੱਲਈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "வித்யா பிள்ளை"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%88"
    title: "విద్యా పిళ్ళై"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ودیا پلئی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19667512"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump