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HISTORY OF MANIPAL - 2

The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi, was founded in 1949 to fulfill the aspirations of the northern parts of the Dakshina Kannada District which till then could boast of only two colleges, both situated in Mangalore. The need for a college in this era was keenly visualized by Dr. T. Madhava A. Pai, whose dream was to better the life of his people by bringing opportunities to their doors. He could inspire a band of enlighted citizens of Udupi to work for the founding of a college in this town. The obstacles in the way were so severe that Dr. Pai, at one stage, had to even return the donations he had collected for the purpose of establishing the college.


But Dr. Pai, a man of grit that he was, did not give up the idea that he had cherished for long and created a public opinion in favour of the college, thawed the icy mind of unwilling donors, blew the mist of misgivings, persuaded liberal minded men to unstring their purse and bent the will of the reluctant authorities of the government and the university of Madras and secured the permission to found a college in the practically rural environs of Udupi.
Hurdles in the path were many. One among them was unwillingness of University of Madras to allow lady students to be admitted to the college. This was solved by one Shantha who asserted her democratic right of equality by approaching the High court of Madras. The matter, then in the court of Governor Sri Prakash, was settled in favour of girls with the intervention of Smt Indira Gandhi.
Once Dr. Pai's sincerity was realized, the support he got became Spontaneous and overwhelming. The Swamijis of Udupi blessed the project. The public of Udupi rendered Shramadan to raise the building on the site at Sagri where the college, started first in the rooms let by an elementary school, was shifted in the year 1952. A band of eminent citizens of Udupi rallied behind Dr. Pai and the dream of the college became a reality.
That is the story of five decades ago and the college has witnessed in this course of period phenomenal growth and expansion. It became a premier institution sponsored by the Academy of General Education, Manipal and a source of inspiration to the citizens of many other towns in the district who approached Dr. Pai for advice in the matter of starting new colleges. Thus began an era of higher education in this district which led to its economic revolution too. On the threshold of the Golden Jublee year 1999 the college can look back with pride upon the different stages of development and growth, including the recent inauguration of Madhav Raksha, the magnificent new administrative block by Hon'ble Minister for Human resources development, Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi on the occasion of inaugurating the Birth Centenary Celebration of our Founder Dr. T. M.A. Pai

Dr. T M A Pai, Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai, born on April 30, 1898, was one of the architects of modern Karnataka. He was, from the economic and social standpoint, an ordinary man. The triumph of Dr. Pai was in breathing new life into the Indian context, in establishing in a rural track like Manipal an education complex with the dimensions of a University, an ultra-modern hospital, small industries and outstanding banking institutions.
Dr. Pai practised surgery for 15 years. But realizing the dire need to assure economic security to the poor and also to teach them lessons in savings, he gave up his medical practice in favour of banking. Soon he established the Syndicate Bank which helped greatly in transforming the lot of the poor section of the society.
In 1933 Dr. Pai bought 107 acres of land on top of a rocky hill 3 miles to the east of Udupi, which at that time had no takers. Soon he established an institution called Canara Land Investment for the development of this barren land. The place then called "Mannapalla" in the local Tulu vernacular, meaning mud pond, became Manipal, the modern name for the region atop the hill.
Initially the Pai brothers established a few small scale diverse industries there : a tile factory, an agricultural improvement society, a T. B. sanatorium (1934) and a weaving factory. Of these the tile factory survives till today, the rest failed to click and vanished in due course of time. Dr. Pai also opened an elementary school (1936) and Hindu Orphanage (1938) both of which were later closed down. But the Higher Primary School and High School (1939), today have become the Manipal Pre- University College.
In 1948 he started the " Academy of General Education ". After having established a High School in Manipal he thought of opening a college in Udupi. He had to convince the stern university officials, particularly the Vice Chancellor of the Madras University, that the efforts to start the college were genuine. with his spirit of adventure and perseverance, he started the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in 1949 amidst many challenging circumstances. This success inspired him to start a medical college in Manipal in private sector. Persuading the parents of students to bear the cost of their education, Dr. Pai started the Kasturba Medical College on a self-financing basis. On the basis of the financing formula of the Kasturaba Medical College (both in Mangalore and Manipal) three more professional colleges followed : the Manipal Engineering College (1957) (now called Manipal Instiute of Technology), the Udupi Law College(1957) (now Vaikunta Baliga College of Law) and the Manipal College of Education (1965) (now Dr. T M A Pai College of Education). For giving full-fledged medical education in Manipal a hospital with adequate facilities was a necessity. Therefore he established the Kasturaba General Hospital. Now Manipal also has colleges in Pharmacy, Dental Science, Nursing, Hotel Administration, Management institutes and numerous other institutes which train students in specialized courses.
It is difficult to believe that once upon a time Manipal was nothing but a grazing ground for the cattle. But today there is no other place in India where modern amenities are so densely congregated as here : education, banking, business, employment and health-care. One finds buses departing every five minutes, and brimming with people on the sides, hospital wards filled to overflowing with patients and their relatives, buzzing groups of medical and engineering students, workers employed in industries, banks, workshops and in the press. Students from different parts of the country and the world are studying in the colleges here - from Malayasia, East Africa, US and Iran.
This is the story of the success of Manipal, the story of the metamorphosis of a wilderness into a teeming township. It is a unique example of the genius and organizational skill that is latent in the heart of rural India. Of the few born planners that India could boast of, Madhava Pai was certainly one and one of the greatest. His eventful life came to its close on May 29, 1979.From the institutions started by him, flourishing still as model institutions, serve to remind the generations in future that there was a miracle man called dr. T M A Pai.
Institutions sponsored by Academy of General Education ( A G E )

PRINCIPALS OF THE COLLEGE
Our founder principal was Prof. H. Sunder Rao. He was a man of great discipline and decorum, he established a tradition of discipline and academic commitment in the college.
The golden era of Development of college in all directions began when Prof. K. S. Haridas Bhat became the Principal of the college in 1964.During the 14 years of his tenure as Principal the collge virtually became a mini University becoming an un officially recognized wing of the University of Mysore.
The eminent personalities who have served our college as Principals are
Prof. H. Sunder Rao (1949-64)
Prof. K. S. Haridasa Bhat (1964-79)
Prof. K. Ramadas (1979-84)
Prof. K. K. Eshwaran (1984-88)
Prof. K. Rama Bhat (1988-90)
Prof. Dr. A. D'Souza (1990-94)
Prof. K. Shreesha Acharya (1994-97)
Prof. P. N. N. Murthy (1997-98)
Prof. Sam Daniel (1998-2001)
Prof. Dr. Gopalan Puthusseri (2001-2002)
Prof. Ganapathi Bhat (2002-2004)
Prof. Malpe Laxminarayana Samaga (2003- )

MAHATMA GANDHI - A RESUME
Mahatma Gandhi, Father of our Great nation, in whose memory this college was established in 1949,was born at Porbandar on 2nd October,1869.
With truth and ahimsa as his weapons he subdued the mighty British Empire into granting independence for India
He was an original thinker. He was an apostle of simple living and high thinking. Few men in their life aroused stronger emotions and touched deeper chords of humanity than Gandhi.
He fell to assassin's bullet on 30th January ,1948.

HISTORY OF MANIPAL

T.M.A. Pai), (April 30, 1898 – May 29, 1979), a Goud Saraswat Brahmin was an Indian doctor, educationist, banker and philanthropist, most well known for building the university town of Manipal, Karnataka, Indi

1953.
He was the first to start a private, self financing medical college offering MBBS in India. Pai established the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (KMC) in 1953.

1957
Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1957, which was followed by a string of other education institutions including Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal College of Dental Sciences and [[Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences]}. He, along with his brother Shri Upendra Pai, also established Syndicate Bank originally in Udupi in Karnataka, which has its headquarters now in Manipal and Bangalore. He was responsible for its popular Pigmy Deposit Scheme.

1963
Established in 1963, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MCOPS) offers DPharm. , BPharm. , MPharm. , PharmD. , PharmD. , Post Baccalaureate and Ph.D programmes. The hospital pharmacy manufacturing unit and pharmacies of the Kasturba Hospital provide practical training to students. Practical training in manufacturing pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, perfumes and cosmetics museum and a medicinal garden is provided to the students. A bioavailability study centre and placement cell are some of the other facilities offered by the institution.

Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences has research labs for pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical marketing and administration, pharmacology, pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical quality assurance and pharmaceutical biotechnology. In the last 40 years, more than 1000 research papers have been published and presented at various national and international conferences. The college has received research grants from CSIR, DST, ICMR, UGC, AICTE, DBT, DAE and pharmaceutical industries.

1965
His nephew, Tonse Ananth Pai (T A Pai, son of Shri Upendra Pai) was responsible for the success of Syndicate bank as its General Manager and later as Chairman. After suceesful career in Syndicate Bank, T A Pai was appointed the first Chairman of Food Corporation of India in 1965.

1970
The Government of India appointed him Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation in 1970.

1972
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1972

1973
He was appointed the Union Minister for Railways. In 1973, he was given the responsibility for the newly created Ministry of Heavy Industries, and subsequently, additional charge of the Ministry of Steel and Mines. Pai took over the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Civil Supplies in 1974.

From one Medical College in 1953, their educational empire has expanded to 24 professional colleges in 12 professional streams with 9 campuses and 2 universities. The Manipal Group has gone global with campuses in Nepal, Malaysia, Dubai, Muscat, Sri Lanka and Antigua. It has its presence in 20 countries. His son Dr. Ramdas M Pai, has been instrumental in expanding the horizons of the Manipal Group. He is the present the Chancellor of Manipal University, (formerly known as Manipal Academy of Higher Education - MAHE).

DIPLOMA PROJECT PROPOSAL FEBRUARY 1 - 2010

Diploma Project proposal - 2010

Name: Himanshu Sharma

Course: Visual Communication Design­­­

Brief:

Create a design research journal of Mainpal.

Need:

To explore the soul and trends of Manipal for repositioning Manipal as the new age Nalanda a education epicenter:

Idiom had created the brand Manipal. Manipal 2.0 is being repositioned by Idiom with help of designs, architects, film makers, communication designers. Various teams and projects formed Manipal in terms of

• Place making / destination making of Manipal town
• The brand 2.0
• Communication and events
• Community and infrastructure development.

In this process I realized that there is need of a research journal that will help the large team to:

• Generate ideas
• Develop future scenarios
• Develop concepts
• Plan and direct the communication and development to achieve the right results.

The journal will help the team in a big way by documenting data and the designs

in form of a both visual and numerical.

As a designer I feel that I can use my design skills and design a book journal which can capture the soul and beat of Manipal as is.

Why a research journal?

It’s a visual directory a trend map, Manipal research journal will help me to:

• Improve observation and documentation skills
• Improve design thinking skills
• Develop problem solving techniques
• Apply theory to practice
• Generate ideas/enhance creativity
• Improve communication skills
• Explore and experiment with ideas
• Make creative links to develop own reasoning
• Make your processes visible and track your thinking through each unit
• In later projects

Research questions:

· Why keep a research journal?

· How well can the journal be useful to the team?

· How can the journal be able to communicate the right messages for idea generation?

· How can the journal be interpreted in a data both visual and numerical?

· How can we culturally map a place and give it the personality of a living being?

· How can I help scenario building for a problem?

· How can I discuss the team for how to make different best layout of pages of book?

· How can I project Manipal keeping in mind the core values of Manipal?

· How best I can capture the sensibility of Manipal?

· What is the best way to communicate for a book journal?

· How can I make the book/s more interesting?

Approach / Process:

There are three stages for processing of the book journal.

1. Collecting data/information

• Collect information and data from the various teams who have worked and are working on Manipal
• Study the collected information and data and identify the useful information

(Techniques, theory, approaches, ideas etc)

• Documenting regularly
• Initial ideas
• Thoughts and feelings on the data
• Feedback from the teammates
• Make sense of ideas
• Record the progress at each stage.

2. Designing the book

· Finalizing style/layout of the book.

· After selecting, designing a dummy brief book to show it to team. How they interest?

· Check with the team and see my research `

· I can do the changes after many interactions at all stages of making/designing

the journal.

3. Production of the book

· Select the paper and the print technique

· Check the cost of printing the book.

· Review the proofs.

Material / Resources:

• Books:

Look at example of research journals

Travel blogs and photo diaries.

• Information on designing Manipal’s journal.
• Materials:

Printing technique to be used

Quality of paper

Money for printing

Computer

Drawing Materials and paper

Camera

Scanner

Learning outcomes:

· Reassemble something a different way.

· I will understand to how to design different layout of the journal.

· I will learn to put theory into practice.

· How to document visual and data and make sense of the data.

· It will teach me design thinking and sense making.

· Concepts of research journal will be clear,

· Process of selecting useful data and identify the data useful for the journal

I will learn how to design a book based on the information on town and express its soul.

· To get a deeper understanding of the process of designing the book from idea stage to the final print stage.

· To strengthen my skills of visual graphics using illustrations and photograph

· Making links between ideas (scenario building)

· Selection

· Openness to new ideas/change

· Problem solving