First of all I want to inform the guests who are not from Manipal that this place is not in Sikkim. Manipal is located at Karnataka, 60 kms south of Mangalore. Most of the general public have a misconception that Manipal is located at Sikkim. That place is Sikkim Manipal and is a sister concern of this 50 years old institution.
Manipal’s history can be traced down to 1953 when the founder TMA Pai founded the Medical College which now stands among the top ten medical colleges in India. It was no other than Kasturba Medical College. Manipal Institute of Technology, the premier institute of engineering in India was started in 1957 and celebrated its Golden Jubilee last year. There are many other colleges in the Manipal campus namely Dental College, Pharmaceutical College, Dental Sciences, Hotel Management, Jewelery Management, Journalism, Management and more.
The sister concern with whom people usually confuse with original Manipal is Sikkim Manipal. It was started by the Manipal group on being invited by the Sikkim Government to provide technical eduction to the people of Sikkim. The two major colleges at Sikkim Manipal are its Engineering and Medical College.
If you want to know more about Manipal, feel free to mail me personally at mail [at] manishsinha [dot] net
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March 7, 2008 at 3:16 pm
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April 27, 2008 at 7:47 am
vinay
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are drugs freely available in manipal as we hear? is this a problem there?
April 27, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Manish
Not exactly. The situation is same as it is in each and every part if the country.
Just tell me a place where drugs are not available on this planet? None!
You can say that its a bit more easily available as Goa is nearby. Its not that everyone dopes and hundreds of people die every year.
April 27, 2008 at 4:53 pm
vinay
thank you . we were concerned because we were told that due to the large number of rich foreign students and nri s who are under huge pressure and stress academically, there is a widespread drug culture…
April 27, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Manish
Yes, there are large number of foreign and NRI students, but frankly I have never ever faced such doping incidents. Am far off from it.
Am not under academic stress, so I dont even need to think about it. When am a bit stressed, I have friends who are the best stress buster. Doping is a short time solution.
Those students might be in such a culture, not sure, I have never known them so closely except sponsored NRI’s who are same as us, except that they have some relative as NRI.