ABOUT OUR FOUNDER

Dr. Tonse Madhav Ananth Pai was an Indian doctor, educationist, banker and philanthropist who established the university town of Manipal, India. Throughout his life, Dr. TMA Pai established institutions with the goal of empowering the community with education, healthcare and finances. In 1953, he founded India’s first private medical school, Kasturba Medical College and five years later Manipal Institute of Technology was formed. Over the next few years, he created 32 institutions till 1978. Ripley’s Believe it or Not recognized him as the person who has established the most number of educational institutions in his lifetime. In addition to establishing various colleges, Dr. TMA Pai built local high schools, dye factories, saw mills, rural banks and an orphanage. Amongst his numerous accolades, Dr. Pai was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972. Today Dr. TMA Pai’s legacy educates over 45,000 students from 67 different nations