Manipal has amazing hang up places
Beautiful view of the beach side,

Looking at the students enjoying sport. And the team cheering them.



Students free check up at the medical camp conducted by KMC medical college



Students enjoying vada pau and pakoda at the food stall.



Many ADS are displayed by students from various clubs of events such as plays, dance shows, dramas, excursions etc






An event in late night, dance and enjoyment in the college’s annual day function




Playing games till late 12 in the night.



A mother and son walking on the street



Observing an Old man reading newspaper and chilling in the sun.

Manipal on first impression…

• Manipal University is a cityship
• 70,000 of students are studying
• 49 countries
• 19 institutions
• Manipal is a wide world
• I amazing these are very strong business.

The design of the book was also kept in mind before taking images. The book was mainly to find out search words/key words that best explain Manipal and bigger images. The sample shown are :





Visit to Manipal
Experience…..
To get a feel of manipal I walked down the main institutes in near vicinity.
The campuses are divided into two: the health and science which has all the medical, pharmaceutical, nursing, dental and science colleges. And secondly the technical college and misc which has technical, management, commerce, jewellery colleges and communication.
I decided to first see the health science colleges.
I visited the Kasturba medical college. Morning hour is the time to rush to the classes. I visited inside the campus and spent an hour to see how the students work. I saw that there was too much interaction amongst the students there were groups and mainly they would discuss about studies only. There was little fun in it. After interacting with students I came to know that this was because of the load of syllabus. But the best part was that there was too much unity amongst the students. The campus life was too much studious.
Later I thought to see their hostel life. This to my surprise was different from the campus life. I could see students playing sports such as football, basket ball, cricket, and swimming. When interacting with them that how do they feel in the sports field they all said it feels great as this de-stresses them. They have regular cricket matches between different departments and students cheer their respective departments. I could also see for the first time mixed cricket match between girls and boys.
I then visited the hostel life and their messes (the food courts) and canteen in the evening. The food courts are in the centre location and in the time of dinner you could see huge crowd of senior and junior students dine. That was the time when I saw the students in deep conversation with their peers, laughing out, cracking jokes. And the place was so crowded that you could barely hear them. I interacted with few students there to know about the life how they feel. Basically they were freshers and have spent 5 months in the campus. To them the life was cool except the studies. Doesn’t hang out as there is no time!.I guess a senior medical student gets time to enjoy the life in the campus along with the studies.
I visited the market near the medical college in the evening. I could see the students shopping for their daily needs. There was crowd near the stationary shop, and the medical instruments shop. That is the place of hangout for the students. There was also a free checkup camp organized by KMC students daily. In this camp they check weight, height, BP and minor tests.
The campus has a very lively atmosphere with student’s activities all over though related to their studies. But enjoying in that.
I visited heritage village. And I had discussed with the Manger about history of village.


I then visited the technology college to get a feel of the other side of manipal which has management, jewellery, communication colleges. The strength of students was too high in the engineering college (MIT). There were many hangout places, extracurricular activities happening. The life in this campus was more fun loving and happening visited the canteen in the MIT. And interacted with students here to know about their life in manipal. They said that due to the crowd and high strength life is more fun. Compared to the medical colleges they can take time out for extracurricular activities. The interaction with students is through various clubs to which most of them are members. the main clubs are:
MAFIA (music and fine arts club)
 30 years old club
 Organizes largest number of events related to dance and music
 Conducts street plays, documentaries
 Conducts fashion shows, rock bands (already have 15 rock bands)
AANIA (dramatic club)
 Conducts dramas
 Street plays, centre stages, mimicries etc
REDEX (adventure club)
 It has various sub clubs like:
 Adventure
 Disha: social cause, free education, distribution of free food, books in under privileged
 V8: flying machine automobiles
 IQ society: designing games
ROTRAQ
 Again doing social causes.
It was a sight to see so many students taking active part in these clubs, I visited the food courts in the evening where there were stalls of all these clubs. Each club had a stall and a banner along with live presentation of what the club does. Like the MAFIA club had a live music on , the REDEX club had a live games presentation on the screen. The representative to make the students join their club. I met the president of the MAFIA club and found out about all these clubs. Most of the students are the members of the club they are interested in. since the exams were just over the activities of the club were at prime.
I visited the food court of MIT. The food court was huge than the medical food court and had large number of students. Outside there was basket ball court where there were students playing serious basketball.


I interacted with students here to know about the life in manipal to which they said:
 Rules are lax
 Environment is all students so lively
 No outsiders other than students only student community
 Very safe even for girls
 Less rules but disciplined
 No timings restrictions
 Strict in attendance so can’t skip classes
 Highest strength than any other institute
 Always crowded due to the strength
 Hostel life is very comfortable and good
 More of cosmo culture due to students coming from various parts of country.
 Amount of activities is more than any other institute
 Interaction with students is more because of various workshops and clubs
 UNITY is an issue unlike the medical students may be due to strength
 No bike zone only in this campus.
 For fun they try different options such as:
 Beach is close KAUP beach and malpe beach just 10-15 km
 Night life is good because of few pubs and discs: Blue water, enigma, edge, sky launch
 Goa is just 5 hours
 Kerala is also near
 Plan excursions to jogfalls, coorg, chikmanglur, agumbe, mysore etc.
 Favourite joints such as:
 DEE TEE, Dollops, China Valley, Basil, Saibai etc
Thus I found that students here have more fun life , they try out different options outside manipal and explore nearby places. They are also engaged in various other activities like clubs and workshops. I like the club idea as they are into social causes also. Very active and lively here
I also visited the college annual festival of the management institute.

Action Plan for Visit to Manipal

• Take a feel ,first sight of Manipal
• Cover important places , joints.
• Visit places during peak hours, when students go to colleges.
• Cover life of Manipal
• Mapping of Manipal
• Hanging out places: canteen, food stalls, coffee shops,juice shops, stationery shops, etc
• Students activities: annual day, sports events, gettogethers.
• Activities of clubs
• Look out for search words that best fits the meaning of Manipal.
• Adventure activities: Road trips, hiking, beaches, partying.
• Hostel life.
• Cover nearby places of Manipal such as beaches , historical point, temples etc
• Questionaries with student to know the life of Manipal straight from students.
• Understand Maipal from Design point of view.
• Meet important people, students leaders to know the life of Manipal.

Research:

I discussed with the team about project on journal. I understood about manipal, after mind mapping about the known place baroda- as an example.

MAP MIND OF MANIPAL COMPARED BARODA.

I made a mind map of baroda.After that I became clear to make mind map of manipal.

Study of Nalanda international university.

History of Nalanda compared with Manipal University.

NALANDA

The history of Nalanda, the ancient university town of Bihar, goes back to the days of Buddha and Mahavira in the Sixth Century B.C. The town was home to Nalanda Mahavihara, a monastic university of international repute.

There are many versions of what the term nalanda means. One is that nalam (lotus) and da (to give) combine to mean "giver of the lotus". Since the lotus is supposed to represent knowledge, Nalandameans "giver of knowledge". The university of Nalanda, a suburb of Rajgir in ancient times, is just off the main road from Rajgir to Patna.

Both Buddha and Mahavira often stayed at Nalanda during the rainy season. Buddhist scriptures reveal that they once stayed at Nalanda at the same time, but there is no record of them meeting one another.

Ancient Buddhist sources say that Asoka, the Mauryan emperor (Third Century B.C) built a temple at Nalanda. It was a flourishing hub where the philosopher and alchemist, Nagarjuna, studied and taught in the Second Century A.D. However, excavations have not revealed anything to suggest that the site was occupied before the Gupta period (Fifth Century A.D.), the earliest finds being a copper plate of Samudragupta and a coin of Kumaragupta (414-455 A.D.). Fa-Hien who visited in the Fifth Century A.D. makes no mention of the massive monastic establishments at Nalanda. But Hiuen Tsang who came in A.D 637 during Harsha's reign (606-647 A.D.) refers to the great monastery that Harsha endowed with liberal grants.

Modern District of Nalanda with HQ Biiharsharif was established on Nov 9, 1972. Earlier it was Biharsharif sub-division of Patna

DISTRICT AT A GLANCE

Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Bihar Sharif town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Nalanda district is a part of Patna Division.\

Nalanda, is famous all over the world for the the ancient International Monastic University established in 5th century BC, which taught Vedas, Logic, Grammar, Medicine, Meta-Physics, Prose Composition and Rhetoric.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Altitude: 67 metres
• Temperature (Max./Min.) Deg C: Summer 37.8/17.8 Winter 27.8/10.6
• Rainfall:120 cm (June to September)
• Best Season: October to March

Headquarters: Bihar Sharif
Area: 2,367 km?
Population: Total: 1997995 Rural: 1701777 Urban: 296218
Sub Divisions: Bihar Sharif, Rajgir, Hilsa
Blocks: Giriyak, Rahui, Nursarai, Harnaut, Chandi (Nalanda), Islampur(Nalanda), Rajgir, Asthawan, Sarmera, Hilsa, Biharsharif, Ekangarsarai, Ben, Nagarnausa, Karai Parsarai, Silao, Parwalpur, Katrisarai, Bind, Tharthari
Agriculture: Rich Paddy Fields, Potato, Onion.
Industry: Handloom weaving
Rivers: Phalgu, Mohane
Villages: Karai Parsarai, Kanchanpur, Gulni,kewai,jiar, Mafi, Belchi, Paltpura,Momindpur, Begumpur neay by Nalanda University, Bangpur, Dariyapur (Khirauti), Sonchari,Lalsibigha (Near Mahadeo Sthan Hilsa), Sundi-Bigha etc.

Tourism : The district is a famous tourist destination, tourism plays a vital role in the economy of Nalanda.

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

Nalanda district is one of the most important districts in Bihar. It is divided into 3 Revenue Sub-Divisons and 20 Anchals consisting of 1084 Revenue villages.

Out of three Revenue Sub-Divisions, Biharsharif is sadar Sub-Division and most urbanized. Hilsa sub-division is predominantly rural and agricultural. Rajgir, smallest sub-division of the three is most important from tourism perspective. Rajgir, Nalanda remains, Pawapuri are in Rajgir sub-division.

TOURIST LOCATIONS

Rajgir, Nalanda and Pawapuri are most important tourist destinations of the district. Here are places of utmost importance to all religions. Ancient seat of learning - Nalanda University has been revealed and excavated by ASI. Griddhkuta peak in Rajgir is known to attract Buddhists from all over the world. Pawapuri is known for Mahaparinirvan of Bhagavan Mahavir. Malmas mela of Rajagir attracts Lakhs of persons. Similarly Brahma kund and makdum kund draw a lot of religious tourist every year.

On the other side , Nalanda ruins, Museum, Huan-Tsang memorial are major center of attraction. Pawapuri jal mandir and shanti stupa along with ariel rope way in Rajgir are most popular tourist sites in Nalanda district. View Photo Gallery

Every year Rajgir Mahotsav is organised by district administration and tourism department on first saturday-sunday of December. In year 2008 it was organised on 6-7 December.

Pant wild life sanctuary is home of rich flora and fauna. Its situated in Rajgir. Rajgir was in ancient times the capital of Magadhan Empire. The remains of Fort, cyclopean wall, sone bhandar, Bimibisar jail, Maniyar math etc are excaveted sites in control of Archeological Survey of India.

Thus Nalanda is truly journey through time.