Manipal University

Manipal University
Motto in English	Inspired by Life
Established	1993
Type	Deemed university
Academic staff	2400
Admin. staff	7200
Students	25,000
Location	Manipal, Karnataka, India
Campus	Urban, 800 acres (3.2 km2)
Affiliations	UGC, ACU, AIU
Website	Manipal.edu

Manipal University, formerly the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, is a deemed university ^[1] located in Manipal, Karnataka, India. It has over 20,000 students from over 50 countries.^[2] The university has branch campuses in Bangalore, Mangalore, Dubai, Malaysia and Antigua.^[3] It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. ^[4]

History

In 1953, T.M.A. Pai founded India's first private medical school, Kasturba Medical College^[8] and five years later the Manipal Institute of Technology was formed. Ramdas Pai took over the management in 1979 after the death of TMA Pai. Initially all degrees were awarded by Karnataka University and later Mysore University. From 1980 to 1993 they were awarded by Mangalore University. and the current organizational structure was formed in 1993, when Manipal University than known as the Manipal Academy of Higher Education was accorded deemed university status by the University Grants Commission.^[9] The university is certified as an ISO 14001:2004 organization.^[10]

Organisation

Manipal University is governed by the Chancellor, Ramdas Pai who reports to the academic senate. The current Pro-Chancellor is H. S. Ballal and Vice-Chancellor is K. Ramnarayan. It is organized into 19 colleges and 7 departments.^[2]

The university is composed of the following schools:

The university is made up of the following departments:

There is currently 1 autonomous institute

Campus

The campus covers 500 acres (2.0 km²)^[11] of land ^[11] and is the centered in the town of Manipal . The campus is divided into two areas, the healthsciences campus and the engineering campus.

Healthsciences Campus (Manipal)

The dormitories are segregated by sex, with 7 hostels for men and 13 for women. There is a mix of air-conditioned and regular rooms, with both single and double occupancy rooms. The hostels are connected with the faculty buildings by shuttle buses run by the university.

Manipal Hostel Building

Each hostel is run by a warden, while the entire system is governed by a Chief Warden. The medical colleges have centrally located lecture halls near the Healthsciences library and administrative building.^[12] The campus has a food court that serves over 800 people and is centrally air conditioned. Foods range from Indian to continental food.^[13] The campus includes the Center for Basic Sciences, healthcare colleges and the Kasturba Hospital.

MIT Campus

The Innovation Centre was established during the 50th anniversary of MIT, it is a research center in which funding is provided to students, faculty and the university.

Athletics

The campuses have playgrounds and courts for cricket, hockey, football, tennis, basketball, badminton and volleyball.^[14] There are swimming pools, a gym and an athletics track.^[14] The indoor sports complex in Manipal, which is 142,132 sq ft (13,204.5 m²), has badminton courts, volley ball court, basketball courts, squash court, indoor jogging track along with a gym and sauna.^[14]

Libraries

Manipal University has a chain of six libraries that support various schools.^[15]

• The Health Sciences Library^[16] has 1.5 lakh square feet on five floors for the use of students, faculty and researchers of health sciences. it can accommodate up to 1,300 users^[16] at a time.
• The Kasturba Medical College Central Library, Mangalore was established in 1953.^[17] The library is 2,025 sq. meters on three floors^[17] and can accommodate over 400 users^[17] at a time.
• The central library of Manipal Institute of Technology is a three-storey building occupying an area of about 70,000 square feet (6,500 m²).^[18] It can accommodate 800 users^[18] at a time.
  

  

  MIT library
• WelcomGroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration library was established in 1986,^[19] the library is equipped with 5,634 books^[19] on hotel management and allied subjects. It subscribes to nearly 40 journals^[19] on general and trade subjects from all over the world.
• The Manipal Institute of Communication library, has over 9,000 books^[20] and other resources, is spread over an area of 3,000 square feet (280 m²),^[20] and can accommodate around 100 students^[20] at a time. The library is equipped with books, Internet browsing, online database, online journals, CDs/DVDs, etc. There is a separate audio visual room to view the electronic documents.
• The Manipal Institute of Management Library and Information Centre has a vast collection of management books and the latest national and international journals.^[21] MIM is the only institute in south India which having access to the UN Depository Collection.^[21]

Research

Manipal University encourages research in various fields. Budgetary provisions are given for research through capital allocations for the maintenance of animal facility, consumables, equipment etc. Experts from research groups from all over the world contribute as adjunct members of faculty. Rs 1.5 crore^[22] was sanctioned to MIT in 2008–2009 towards funding innovation. A five-member student team from MIT won the prestigious Innovation Competition in 2008,^[23] organized by GE’s largest R&D centre outside the U.S.: the John F. Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) Bangalore.^[22]

MIT has interdisciplinary labs constituted under the Innovation Centre, where several research programmes in emerging areas such as nanotechnology, ad hoc wireless networks, nuclear engineering, VLSI design and pattern recognition are being pursued. A collaborative project with Philips in the area of sustainable and ecofriendly technology and telemedicine at the BOP level is being pursued.^[24]

MCOPS, Manipal sends its second-year PG students for collaborative research programmes at R&D centres all over the country. Often the research carried out by them becomes a part of the intellectual property of the company. MCOPS has ongoing programmes in novel drug delivery systems, formulation development and preclinical screening of drug candidates. The TIFAC CORE programme in pharmacogenomics envisages the development of personalized medicine. The MLSC engages its laboratories in rendering diagnostic advice to Kasturba Hospital in complicated cases. MCOPS has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA, under which a candidate registered for Ph.D. under MU will receive training and research guidance at the Laramie campus, leading to a split-campus Ph.D. MCOPS has been awarded a 1.3 crore^[22] DST research grant in collaboration with US Vitamins, Ltd Mumbai for the development of biodegradable sustained-release formulations.^[22]

The Manipal Life Science Centre has a dedicated research team and is undertaking several research projects funded by DBT, DST, etc. MLSC is linked to several international research institutions such as Wistar Institute Philadelphia, University of Queensland, etc. A patient-friendly device for the early detection of malignancy has been developed by the Department of Laser Spectroscopy collaboration with M/s Philips.^[25]

Manipal Advanced Research Group

The group was formed in early 2006^[26] with an aim to grow new research projects in fundamental sciences and promote interdisciplinary cooperation in areas between basic research, biomedical science and engineering.^[27]

Agreements for academic collaborations in the natural sciences have been signed with GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.^[28]

Rankings

Manipal Institute of Technology, the constituent engineering college of Manipal University, was ranked #21 in India Today's Best Engineering colleges of 2011.^[33] In rankings limited to private engineering colleges, it was ranked second in Electronics for You's Top 50 Private Engineering Colleges of 2011^[30] and #12 in Mint's Top 50 Private Engineering Colleges of 2009.^[32]

• KMC ranked eighth among the Top 20 Medical Colleges in India by Outlook.^[34], sixth by an India Today report.^[35] and fifth amongst the Top 30 Medical Colleges in India by the Hindustan Times Horizon Report.^[36]
• Manipal College of Dental Sciences was ranked first among the Top 15 Dental Colleges in India by the Outlook ranking.^[34]
• WGSHA ranked third among Top 10 Hotel Management Institutes in India by the Outlook ranking.^[34] and third among the Top colleges for Hotel Management in India.^[36]
• Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences has been ranked third in the country and first among the private colleges of pharmacy by Career 360's "India's Best Pharmacy Colleges 2011".^[37]

Gallery

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  Simulation Lab

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  Lecture Hall

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  Students playing basketball

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  Innovation Centre

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  Hostel block

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  Auditorium

References

External links

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