Manipal Academy of Higher Education

In 1953, Dr. T. M. A. Pai founded India's first private medical school, the Kasturba Medical College,[2] and five years later the Manipal Institute of Technology was established. Initially, degrees were awarded by Karnataka University, Dharwad and later by the University of Mysore. From 1980 to 1993 they were awarded by Mangalore University. The current organizational structure was formed in 1993, when Kasturba Medical College and Manipal College of Dental Sciences were accorded deemed university status by UGC.[3] Manipal Institute of Technology became a constituent unit of Manipal Academy of Higher Education in 2000.[4]

Manipal Academy of Higher Education is divided into the

• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Science, Technology & Management
• Faculty of Humanities, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Budgetary provisions are given for research through capital allocations for the maintenance of animal facility, consumables, equipment etc. ₹15 million (US$200,000)[17] was sanctioned to the Manipal Institute of Technology in 2008–2009 towards funding innovation. MCOPS, Manipal sends its second-year postgraduate (PG) students for collaborative research programs at R&D centers all over the country. Often the research carried out by them becomes a part of the intellectual property of the company.[17]

The Manipal Life Science Centre has a 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, and many more.

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