MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (MAHE-AA) (R)
Reg. No. DRUD/SOR/74/2024-25
The official launch of the MAHE Alumni Association marks a significant milestone as it becomes a registered body. Pro Chancellor Dr. H S Ballal and Vice-Chancellor Lt. Gen (Dr.) M D Venkatesh presented the registration certificate to President Dr. Sharath K Rao, Vice President Dr. Giridhar P. Kini and Secretary Dr. Rohit Singh, along with institutional heads, office bearers, and executive members have attended this program held on 04/12/2024.
MAHE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
Patrons
Dr. Ranjan R Pai
Dr. H S Ballal
Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M D Venkatesh
President
Dr. K Sharath Kumar Rao
Secretary
Dr. Rohit Singh
Treasurer
Ms. Princia Nikitha Dias
Vice - President
Dr. P Giridhar Kini
Joint-Secretary
Dr. Kanthi M
Committee Members
Dr. Unnikrishnan B
Dr. Arun G Maiya
Dr. Anoop Kishore
Ms. Anusha Pai
Alumni Relations
Alumni Relations of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) serves as a platform that brings all Manipal Alumni of different institutions on together to create a global group of Manipalites and build long lasting relationship. We, at Alumni Relations are working with Manipal Alumni towards creating opportunities to network, share nostalgic moments, help Alumni to connect and partner in the growth of their Alma Mater, MAHE.
Alumni Relations MAHE aims to have a very strong and engaged group of Manipal Alumni globally. In order to achieve this goal and develop a mutually beneficial relationship between alumni and alma-mater; Alumni Relations, MAHE has developed new alumni logo with the theme of CONNET, INSPIRE & SUPPORT.
Connect: In this era of digitalization, we connect using emails and social network like Facebook and LinkedIn. Alumni Relations has an alumni portal, which records and maintain the alumni data at alumni.manipal.edu. It provides an update of alumni activities and achievements. We have an alumni network of 2.5 Lakhs across MAHE and lot of them have voluntarily registered on our portal.
Inspire: Effective engagement with alumni happens across Institutions as adjunct faculty/visiting faculty/guest faculty. Alumni visits to the campus and interacted with students for greater educational experience are held. Orations as a part of annual lecture series was delivered by notable alumni. Lot of Alumni re-union events of multiple alumni departments/batches was held across MAHE.
Support: MAHE provides a 10% fee waiver for the wards of alumni to pursue higher education at any unit/institute of MAHE. The office facilitates all the requirements and queries that an alumni might have through emails, phone calls and social media platforms. Special efforts are made to make the alumni reminiscence during the visit by providing a campus tour of Manipal. The campus tour includes visit to Experience Theater, hostels, Library, indoor sport complex, end-point, Smrithi Bhavan, Museum, Experiential projects…etc. MAHE Alumni office also facilitate the alumni to meet with their respective teachers and felicitate their teachers during batch alumni re-union. Alumni can stay at the New International guest house of MAHE situated adjacent to manipal.edu building, which give a panoramic view of Arabian Sea at one end and a bird’s eye view of Manipal on the other from a height of around 150 feet. Those who wish to cherish mess food experience can dine in any of the five huge food courts available in and around the campus
Our alumni contribute to the advancement of their alma mater through generous donations. MAHE established an endowment fund named the Dr H Aravinda Ballal Endowment Fund (INR 1.5 crore, with a matching grant from MAHE). An endowment instituted by KMC/CODS, Manipal—the “Golden Batch of 1969 Endowment”—was created by the alumni batch of 1969 to support meritorious students from economically deprived families enrolling in the MBBS/BDS program at MAHE. The generous contribution of Mr. Faizal Kottikollon, an MIT alumnus, led to the establishment of the MIT KEF R&D Centre (worth over INR 15 Crores) at Manipal, and Vikas Khanna has been instrumental in establishing the Museum of Culinary Arts (worth over INR 10 Crores). Mr. Harish Shah, an MIT alumnus, generously donated about INR 12 crore, which will sponsor 60 students’ tuition fees and hostel stay at MIT during their course tenure. The scholarship program titled HBSF-MAHE EduEmpower Scholarship will expand to cover about 240 students, with an aggregate financial commitment of INR 12 crore every year (approximately INR 50 crore over four years). These are some of the major contributions from our alumni, and similar activities take place throughout the year, including the Endowment Oration program and scholarships for meritorious and needy students.
Eminent Personalities
Alumni Relations of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) serves as a platform that brings all Manipal Alumni of different institutions on together to create a global group of Manipalites and build long lasting relationship. We, at Alumni Relations are working with Manipal Alumni towards creating opportunities to network, share nostalgic moments, help Alumni to connect and partner in the growth of their Alma Mater, MAHE.
Apart from staying in touch with the people who made your stay at Manipal memorable, you can sign up (https://alumni.manipal.edu/ ) to receive news and special announcements of the alumni events from the University. We hope that you will find this site useful and look forward to your suggestions on how to improve it. We also hope you will take time out to share your memories and experiences with other alumni, and keep your profile updated.
Dr R V Ramani
Founder & Managing Trustee at Sankara Eye Care Institutions India
Batch 1965, KMC, Manipal
Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal
Chairman, Manipal Hospitals
MBBS – 1977, KMC, Manipal
Dr. Koh Kar Chai
President, Malaysian Medical Association
MBBS – 1982, KMC, Manipal
Dr. Kishore Mulpuri
Professor & Head at UBC Department of Orthopedics,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Batch – 1988, KMC, Manipal
Dr. Sapna S McManus
Vice President, Medical Affairs Americas, Alcon
MBBS Batch 1990 KMC, Manipal
Dr. Linge Gowda K B
Vice Chancellor, Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education
B. H. Road, Tumkur
Batch 1991, MD, KMC, Manipal
Dr. Ashwamedsing Dinassing
Director, Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, Mauritius
MS – ENT
Batch 1993 KMC, Manipal
Dr. Shelby Kutty
System Vice President and Chief Academic Officer,
BayCare Health System, USA
Batch - 1998, KMC, Manipal
Dr. Rajasekharan P Warrier
Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist in New Orleans, LA
Batch 1969, KMC, Mangalore
Dr. Bantwal Suresh Baliga
Director, East Alabama Endocrinology, PC, Columbus, GA and Auburn, USA
Batch 1976, KMC, Mangalore
Dr. Anupam Agarwal
Senior Vice President for Medicine,
Dean - Heersink School of Medicine, UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Batch 1980, KMC, Mangalore
Dr. Annapoorna Kini
Professor of Cardiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City
Batch – 1991, KMC, Mangalore
Dr. Raghu Ram Pillarisetti
Founder and Director of KIMS-Ushalakshmi Center for Breast Diseases,
KIMS Hospitals, Hyderabad
Batch1992, KMC, Mangalore
Mr. Harish Shah
Founder & MD, SIGNET Capital Pvt Ltd.
Batch 1980 (Mech. Engg.), MIT, Manipal
Mr. Faizal E Kottikollon
Chairman
KEF Holdings, Dubai
Batch – 1982 (Civil), MIT, Manipal
Mr. Satya Nadella
Executive Chairman & CEO, Microsoft
Batch 1984 (E&C), MIT, Manipal
Mr. Banmali Agrawala
Tata Sons Pvt Limited , Senior Advisor
Batch 1984 (Mech. Engg.), MIT, Manipal
Mr. Rajeev Suri
Chair of the Board of Directors, M-KOPA
Batch 1986 (E&C), MIT, Manipal
Mr. Mahesh Shahdadpuri
Founder & CEO
TASC Outsourcing, Dubai
Batch – 1988 (E&C), MIT, Manipal
Mr. Amit Mallik
President India & South Asia at Ciena leading telecom innovations, Delhi
Batch – 1991 (E&C), MIT, Manipal
Mr. Alok Gautam
Warehouse Leader
Dow Logistics, Europe
Batch – 1996 (Chem Eng.), MIT, Manipa
Dr. Prashant Nair
Owner, Medico Clinic, UAE
BDS, Batch – 1988, MCODS, Manipal
Dr. Suresh Nayar
Prosthodontist in the Middle East.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (MRDRCPS)
MDS Prosthodontics Batch 1995 MCODS, Manipal
Dr. Kasun Amarasinghe
Co - owner of Dr. Bertie Amarasinghe’s Dental Clinic & Surgery, Colombo.
BDS, Batch - 2001, MCODS, Manipal
Dr. Saurabh Gupta
Founder & Director
WhiteZ Dental, Bengaluru
BDS – Batch 2004, MCODS, Manipal
Dr. Srikrishna Chalasani
Prof, Department of Orthodontics &Dentofacial Orthopedics,
Council Member -World Federation of Orthodontists, Andhrapradesh
BDS – Batch 1984, MCODS, Mangalore
Dr. Shanila Laiju
Group Chief Executive Officer at Medcare Hospitals & Medical
Centres, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
BDS – Batch 1988, MCODS, Mangalore
Dr. Sirajudeen Moideen
Chairman and Managing Director,
Dr Sirajudeen Medical Group, Dubai, UAE
MDS – Batch 1989, MCODS, Mangalore
Dr. Prasanth M C
Vice Chancellor, SRK University
Bhopal.
BDS – Batch 1990, MCODS, Mangalore
Dr. Varun Arya
Board Certified Oral Surgeon | PDA 10 under 10 | Incisal Edge 40 under 40,
Pennsylvania, United States
BDS – Batch 2004, MCODS, Mangalore
Mr. Anil Chadha
Managing Director, ITC Hotels Limited
1987 BHM, WGSHA, Manipal
Michelin Chef. Vikas Khanna
Indian Chef, Cookbook writer, Filmmaker, Humanitarian and the judge of MasterChef India.
1991 BHM, WGSHA, Manipal
Badrinath Prathi
Head Sports Physiotherapist, DDCA
Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of Montana, USA
BPT, Batch 1996, MCHP, Manipal
Dr. Kiran Challagundla,
Phty, Mappsc Manther, Miap, Fage Maitland's Foundation For Sports & Manual Therapy, Nds Instructor, India/Asia-Physiotherapy.
BPT, Batch 1997, MCHP, Manipal
Dr. Divya Sood
Post- Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PP- OTD),
Washington University
BOT, Batch 1998, MCHP, Manipal
Dr. Roshan Lal Shrestha
Research Scientist, National Cancer Institute, USA
BMLT, Batch 1999, MCHP, Manipal
Mr. Murali Divi
Founder and MD, Divi's Laboratories
B Pharm, Batch 1968 MCOPS, Manipal
Dr. Sreejayan Nair
Director for the Biomedical Ph.D. Program
University of Wyoming, USA
B Pharm, Batch – 1985, MCOPS, Manipal
Ms. Simi Jesto Joseph, DNP,APN,NP-C
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Director of Research & Clinical Services GI Solutions, Chicago.
BSc Nursing Batch 1998, MCON, Manipal
Mr. Nag Ashwin
Film Director, Rajat Kamal Awardee
Batch 2002 (BAJC), MIC, Manipal
Ms. Nithya Menon
Leading Cine Actor, Swarna Kamal awardee
Batch 2009 (BAJC), MIC, Manipal
Dr. Gopal Karemore
Director - Novo Nordisk
Barcelona, Spain
Batch 2005 MS-Medical Software, MSIS, Manipal
Dr. Sneha S Hegde
Postdoctoral Researcher at Ecole centrale de Lyon, France.
Batch 2016 ME Embedded & Instrumentation, MSIS, Manipal
Dr. Pooja Jha
The Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Regional Health – Europe
Batch 2005 Medical Molecualr Biology & Human Genetics
MSLS, Manipal
Dr. Shubhankar Das
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Department of Biomolecular Sciences,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Batch 2008 MSc Molecular Biology & Human Genetics,
MSLS, Manipal
Mr. Samar Sikka
Co-Founder at Arteree | Harvard Business School
Batch 2007 BBM -e-banking & finance
DOC, Manipal
Mrinalini Singh
Area Sales Director - HCLTech | Professional Racer - Formula 4 | International Arm Wrestler
Batch 2008 BBM -e-banking and finance
DOC, Manipal
Mr. Anshul Mittal
Executive Director
Mittal Appliances Limited
Batch – 1995, ICAS, Manipal
Mr. Saurabh Sangla
Managing Director
Adroit Industries India Limited, India
Batch – 1998, ICAS, Manipal
Ms. Devi Murthy
Founder
Kamal Kisan, Bangalore
Batch – 2003, ICAS, Manipal
Mr. Alex Jacob
Proprietor
Alex Jacob Architect
Batch – 1978, MSAP, Manipal
Mr. Yatin Patel
Founder and Principal
DSP Design Associates, Mumbai
Batch – 1983, MSAP, Manipal
Mr. Payyavula Keshav
Hon’ble Minister for Finance & Planning, Commercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs, Govt. of Andra Pradesh.
Batch 1987, TAPMI, Manipal
Mr. Rajeev Jain
Managing Director - Bajaj Finance Ltd.
Batch 1991, TAPMI, Manipal
Mr. Umang Vohra
Managing Director & Global CEO - Cipla Limited
Batch 1996, TAPMI, Manipal
Mr. Sharad Agarwal
Chief Business Officer (CBO)
Classic Legends Private Limited (Housing brands like Jawa, Yezdi, BSA)
Batch 1999, TAPMI, Manipal