Facilities
Manipal University, a global leader in Education, has been always the forerunner in implementing technology solutions in the various facets of education and healthcare services. With regards to IT, Manipal University has been very quick in realising the potential benefits of IT as a big enabler in the effective delivery of higher education and healthcare functions.
Data Center
Manipal University has setup a state of the art physical infrastructure for the data centre that meets the requirements of industry standard. This Tier II (N+1) DC, spread over 3000 sq.ft, will house the server park and also the Network Operation Center ( NOC ), hosting enterprise applications, e-Learning portal, websites and host of other services.
PeopleSoft Enterprise
Manipal University, having several firsts to its credit, announced the launch of PeopleSoft IT application in its various institutions & colleges in Manipal, Mangalore and Malaysia. Manipal University is the first university to launch PeopleSoft applications in India. The objective of implementing PeopleSoft is to enhance the University processes to Global Standards and to disseminate academic & financial information to Students and Parents through Internet.
PeopleSoft application is a comprehensive enterprise-wide software that covers all aspects of management and operations of a modern university system. Manipal University, to start with, has implemented the Finance and Human Resources Management System. The PeopleSoft ERP application will provide critical management information in real-time to ensure the highest levels of responsiveness by the University to changing circumstances.
The Web-based architecture of PeopleSoft applications can support our academic mission today and meet the technology requirements of tomorrow.
Through PeopleSoft, we are implementing Global Best practices and facilitating access to information - anywhere, anytime. The University will be using a single database - leading to data consistency and reduced overheads.
E-learning
In our drive for continuous excellence, we have designed a unique learning experience - online education. Now students can learn at their own pace, in a manner that suits their style of learning. The courses provide one with lively and interactive, multi- sensory learning, combining the simplicity of classroom teaching with a powerful visual medium that captures one's imagination. This is a whole new realm of educational experience.
The content for e-Learning is provided by the faculty of Manipal University. Hence the experience is more like a virtual classroom. The multimedia content of all the courses is interactive and provides the students the ability to assess his knowledge by taking online tests at the end of each chapter.
E-Learning is a web application that the students can access across the campus. E-Learning centre has been set up at Manipal and Mangalore campus, which provide a perfect ambience for learning. In addition to this, students can also access e-Learning at their hostels and in some places of the campus, they can also access it wireless.
By initiating projects like e-Learning, Manipal University is also keeping pace with the changing technology, thereby providing the students the best of educational experience.
Manipal Group-wide Connectivity (Manipal GWC )
Manipal has established a very strong and reliable VPN infrastructure connecting all Manipal Group of institutions in India and abroad with high-performance MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) backbone - committed step to move towards "Digital University".
This solution will provide for high flexibility in not only adding new sites and location but also in adding new services like video conferencing, VoIP etc. Manipal GWC is highly secure, scalable and provides high uptimes with all the redundancies built into solution.
Picture Archival Communication System (PACS)
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) are high-speed, graphical, computer network systems for the storage, retrieval, and display of radiology images. With the development of integrated health care systems supported by the appropriate information infrastructures, PACS can be implemented over distant networks to provide remote access to patient information and to support one of the most promising forms of telemedicine, Tele-radiology.
Manipal University has implemented PACS in one of its premier teaching hospitals in the year 2000. Film-less diagnosis, 24x7 accessibility, simultaneous multi location viewing, post processing manipulations, user defined set up, HIS/RIS/PACS integration, tele-radiology are some of its key benefits.
Student computing
Manipal University, in the entire campus has provided wired or wireless infrastructure to provide access to information from their rooms/ residences. Students are connected to the internet, e-learning and information portals through high-speed Internet gateway in the hostels. Internet kiosks also have been established in key strategic locations to provide Internet access. Manipal University, is providing each incoming UG/ PG student in Engineering, Medicine and Dentistry, a laptop, packaged with all campus services, for their computing, communication and presentation requirements. There are about 8000 notebooks on campus connecting students.
Faculty computing
Manipal University has taken a huge initiative to provide laptops to all its faculties, free of cost, to promote extensive faculty computing, innovative teaching methods and research activities. Nearly 1800 faculties have been given laptops and this unique initiative of Manipal University is certainly first of its kind in India. The professional notebooks from HP, Lenovo and Apple have created a huge impact on the teaching-learning process in the University.
Website and portal
Manipal University is maintaining an informative and interactive Education website, http://www.manipal.edu representing all institutions under Manipal University - a gateway to prospective students, parents and also alumni of Manipal University.
Manipal University has intranet portal mainly to provide information services to on-campus students, faculties and administrators. In addition, this portal provides a platform for various self service functions and online services to employees and students. This has not only digitised and automated workflow, also reduced turn-around times of service windows, increasing the overall productivity.
Internet and email services
Manipal University has got a high speed internet gateway of 14 Mbps through BSNL's STM ring, 100 Mbps from Bharti Airtel gateway- all in one Manipal campus, to meet the Internet requirements of faculties and students. All the institutions under Manipal group are behind Domain Controller and Active Directory (AD) infrastructure to support group policy implementation and remote management services. Manipal University has around 2,000 email users from the faculty group
E-mail facility to the students and alumni has been provided in collaboration with Microsoft.
I-ON services (Wireless Campus)
Conventionally, students are required to obtain content from classroom teaching. Today, we are not too far away from sending this content directly to students, to enable 'on-demand learning'. With wireless, the dimension of 'mobility' can be added.
The entire Manipal University campus is unwired with a two-layer secure wireless architecture - core and access network. This provides seamless connectivity across the entire campus and users can access the network from anywhere in the campus, both indoor and outdoor. The Wi-Fi mesh network is designed to provide wireless broadband Internet services, branded as I-ON, to about 10,000 students on campus with the help of Motorola canopy equipment (access points and subscriber modules). This wireless infrastructure is being used to access all IP based services like, Internet, e-mail, eLearning and digital library, and this network has the capability to support Value Added Services (VAS) such as IPTV, videoconferencing, VoIP and any other converged multi-media services.
One of the leading IT giants, IBM, awarded Dr H S Ballal, Pro Chancellor of Manipal University, the "IBM Achiever Award" for being a leader in using IT in higher education space. This provides testimony to Manipal University’s goal to reach…..Destination Digital.