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Manipal University, formerly known as Manipal Academy of Higher Education or MAHE for short, is a deemed university in Manipal, Karnataka, India.
It has over 125,000 students from over 50 countries in the main campus located in Manipal as well as sister campuses in Sikkim (India), Nepal and Melaka (Malaysia).
It has several constituent colleges. Manipal offers programs in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, biotechnology, allied health sciences, architecture, engineering, management, hospitality, jewellery design, management and mass communication & regenerative medicine.
The university has international academic collaborations for twinning programs in engineering, medicine, biomedical, communication with universities in the US, Australia, Germany, Nepal and other academic organizations.
History
Manipal University Administrative and Library Building
Starting with Kasturba Medical College in 1953, Dr T. M. A. Pai went on to found several colleges specialising in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health sciences and engineering. These constituent colleges that were originally affiliated to Mangalore University.
In 1993, the Government of India granted "Deemed university" status through an Act of UGC and the Manipal Academy for Higher Education (MAHE) was established . MAHE became the first institute in the private sector to be recognized as a Deemed University[citation needed].
Since December 2006 the name was officially changed to Manipal University, as the word academy did not indicate the status of a university.
Constituent Colleges
Manipal University (MU) has 20 constituent colleges:
Medical
Dental
Nursing
Allied Health
Pharmacy
Engineering
Information Science
Management
Communication & Journalism
Facilities and Clubs
The campuses have playgrounds and courts for cricket, hockey, football, tennis, basketball, badminton and volleyball. There are swimming pools, gym and an athletics track. Students can join clubs for music and fine arts, literary pursuits, meditation, yoga and debating and photography.
MU also has a chapter of SPIC MACAY, which stages an annual festival Virasat, presenting luminaries of Indian dance and music. Various foreign language classes are also conducted regularly and there is a no smoking policy on campus.
Teaching Hospitals
[] Karnataka
- Manipal
- Kasturba Hospital
- Shirdi Sai Baba Cancer Hospital
- Mangalore
- KMC Hospital Attavar
- KMC Hospital, Ambedkar Circle
- Govt Lady Goschen Hospital
- Govt Wenlock Hospital
- Abhaya Ashraya Hospital
- Udupi
- Dr. TMA Pai Hospital
- Udupi Government Hospital
- Karkala
- Dr. TMA Pai Rotary Hospital, Karkala
- Manipal Goa Cancer and General Hospital
List of Vice Chancellors
| No |
From |
To |
Name |
Position previously held |
| 1 |
1st Jun 1993 |
17th Jun 1999 |
Dr. M S Valiathan |
Professor of Cardiac surgery and Director of Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences
FRCS
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| 2 |
18th Jun 1999 |
30th Aug 2003 |
Dr. B. M. Hegde |
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Head of the Dept. of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
MD, FAMS, FRCP(London), FRCP(Glasgow), FRCP(Edin.), FRCP(Dublin), FACC(USA)
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| 3 |
1st Sep 2003 |
30th Aug 2005 |
Dr. H. S. Ballal |
Professor, Department of Radio-Diagnosis (Head) and Dean of Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
MBBS MD
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| 4 |
1st Sep 2005 |
* |
Dr. Rajasekharan P. Warrier |
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical Center--New Orleans
MBBS MD (LSU)
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External links
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