Educational Initiatives

Professional Education - Educational loans are now more affordable.

Several students studying in the Manipal Institutions avail of Educational Bank Loans. However, the interest rates charged by banks are quite high.The Foundation subsidizes the difference between the interest rates of the RBI and the banks, treating the same as a scholarship, making it easier for students to avail of these loans.

Engineering the future of top rankers

To encourage top rankers, the first 500 rank holders of JEE, the first 200 rank holders of AIEEE, and the first 100 rank holders of UGET were offered scholarships of Rs. 0.05 M (USD 1100/-) a year, for admission to engineering disciplines at the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal.

Training Science Teachers In schools

Teachers are provided opportunities for advanced training at prestigious institutions like the Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, located in Mumbai. Fellowships are offered to encourage visits by distinguished National Science teachers. This interaction will help the students of high schools in and around Manipal, get a new perspective in Science education.

Fellowships for enhancing the quality of Manipal Faculty

PhD fellowships Our young faculty members are given an opportunity to enhance their knowledge and undertake research towards obtaining a PhD degree. The Dr. TMA Pai Fellowship encourages the study of doctoral programs. Out of Manipal's 169 PhDs, many of them have worked on their doctoral programs at HSc and IITs.

Visiting Faculty Fellowships

The Foundation has introduced the Visiting Faculty Fellowship for Manipal staff. This helps faculty members take up teaching or research assignments at other national institutions. The faculty members are encouraged to seek placement in other National institutions to share their experiences and also learn from the strengths of that institution. Mr.T Mohandas Pai, a member on the Board of Directors of Infosys, has instituted a fellowship for the Manipal faculty to lecture at the Indian Statistics Institute (ISI) and to learn the latest statistical techniques, at ISI.

National Visiting Faculty Fellowships

The Foundation welcomes visitors from other National institutions to undertake teaching and research assignments at any of the Manipal institutions. Visiting faculty members are invited to participate in short-term teaching/ research assignments. Prof. Gadadar Misra and Prof Mohan Delampady, both fellows of the Indian Academy of Science, and senior faculty members of the Indian Statistical Institute, visited Manipal under this fellowship.

Alumni visiting Fellowships

The Foundation is very keen to use the expertise of over 20,000 graduates in Medical Sciences, to give back some of their talent to the specific education and research programs of Manipal. The Foundation has initiated a Manipal Visiting Alumni Fellow award, under which an alumni will spend at least six to eight weeks at Manipal and Mangalore and will be actively involved in a formal program of teaching and research.

Fulbright-Pai Fellowships for US academicians to teach at Manipal

An existing program with the American academic community is the Fulbright-Pai Fellowship- jointly operated between the U.S. Educational Foundation in India (USEFI) and the Manipal Foundation. Under this program, American Fulbright scholars are placed at the academic institutions in identified areas of mutual interest. . Vucinich., Sanata Fe Community College New Mexico and Dr Vinay Kumar Srivatsava from San Fransico spared a seminar teaching at Manipal under the Fulbright-Pai fellowship.

Distinguished Chairs at Manipal

To provide leadership and excellence in a few selected areas, The Foundation has plans to invite distinguished professionals in various fields of Education and Healthcare and get involved in the teaching and research programs at Manipal. The international ambit of Manipal has Instilled sensitivity to world affairs, especially to ethnic relations, and in 1999, UNESCO endowed the university with a Chair for the promotion of Peace and Non-violence. Currently a distinguished media expert-Prof MD Nalapat is occupying the UNESCO Peace Chair at Manipal. The Manipal Group of Institutions offers higher education opportunities in many of these professional areas of Medicine, Engineering and Management. The Group is conscious of the fact that since its education programs are not subsidized by the government, they have to necessarily charge fees which many students are not able to afford.

The Opportunity

Manipal has its own scholarship programs that extends support to about a hundred students studying in all our institutions at different levels of education. With support from our Partners, we would like to increase this number of students population. We need to offer at least 1000 scholarships in the coming years if we have to attract the most talented group of students from all over the country who can use the modern facilities in our educational institutions. Partners who would like to cover the full cost of scholarship will be given due recognition by naming the scholarships after them.