Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Why Manipal Academy of Higher Education?

• International Collaborations (OIAC)

Welcome to the Office of International Affairs & Collaborations, MAHE, Manipal!

The Office of International Affairs & Collaborations (OIAC) is the central information and service center for international relations at the University. The office facilitates student mobility, faculty mobility, study abroad programs, semester exchanges, Erasmus+ engagements and cooperation with new and existing partner universities.

• Centres Established under MAHE

Centres started under the ambit of MAHE / it's constituent units

List of Centres established under MAHE and its constituent units can be found on the left. Click on the tabs to see details.

Centre For Urban Studies

India is urbanizing at a fast pace and at a massive scale. To tackle the increasing complexities of urbanization and to move towards a more inclusive and sustainable society, it is important we comprehensively understand the urban dynamics, inbuilt interdependencies, and related challenges and issues before we explore, debate and suggest possible solutions.

Understanding issues of such complexities essentially needs a multidisciplinary approach. Centre for Urban Studies was thus established under Manipal Academy of Higher Education in December 2016 as the University has a strong base in economics, urban development, urban sociology, engineering, public health, qualitative and quantitative research, management and other relevant fields to take up the research works.

Aim:

To become a nodal point for undertaking research works related to various urban issues as well as capacity building of the stakeholders.

Objectives:

• To conduct research works on issues related to urban structure, urban growth, health, safety, environment, urban resources, basic services, affordable housing and others
• To continually engage citizens, government bodies and other stakeholders through interactive sessions on various urban issues for greater understanding of the same
• To disseminate knowledge gained through publications, seminars, conferences
• To undertake outreach programs for capacity building of stakeholders
• To undertake summer/winter schools and workshops
• To introduce interdisciplinary graduate and certificate courses

Events:

1.  Summer School on “Understanding Temple Town of Kollur: Towards a Sustainable Approach” from May 11 – 17, 2017. 

Contact Us :

Sanghamitra Roy

Centre for Urban Studies,

Faculty of Architecture, MIT, Academic Block 2

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Manipal 576104

Email: urban.studies@manipal.edu

Center for Bioethics

Overview:

The Centre for Bioethics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal was established in 2015 to further strengthen the integration of values and ethics component in training the Undergraduates, Postgraduates, Researchers across Medical and Non-medical disciplines. The Centre helps the students, researchers, clinicians and professionals to confront the complex ethical issues emerging as a result of technological and biomedical advancement in health care and research. The center aspires to meet the needs of researchers, clinician and other professionals by creating a supportive environment for their professional development.

Vision:

To be a world class centre for bioethics in par with international standards and a hallmark of excellence in addressing ethical and legal issues in biomedical research and health care.

Mission:

"Excellence in training pertaining to addressing ethical and legal issues in biomedical research & clinical practice".

To achieve this center adopts the following tactics:

- To inculcate the ethical and legal aspects in biomedical research, clinical practice and in other disciplines through advanced and short term certificate course.

About the Center:

The Center of Bioethics is administratively under The Vice Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Email-id : bioethics.mu@manipal.edu

Committe Members:

Contact :

Centre for Bioethics,
First floor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal  576104

Email : secretary.bioethics@manipal.edu

Clinical Epidemiology Unit (CEU)

Vision
Excellence in clinical research.

Mission

Clinical Epidemiology Unit is committed to training and conduct of clinical research to promote evidence based practice.

Scope

Research in Clinical Practice within hospitals and department of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Objectives

• Coordinate research at intra and inter departmental level in K.M.C. Manipal.

• Encourage clinical research through inter institutional cooperation.

• To Liase with industry for diagnostic / device related clinical research.

• Capacity building of health care professionals in the field of clinical research methods and biostatistics.

Activities

• Conduct Certificate courses in clinical epidemiology.

• Conduct CMEs and workshops on clinical epidemiology.

• Co-ordinate Interdepartmental and Inter-institutional clinical research.

Coordinator:     

Dr Ravindra Prabhu A

Professor

Department of Nephrology

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Core Committee Members:

• Dr Kavitha Saravu, KMC, Manipal
• Dr Veena Kamath, KMC, Manipal
• Dr Asha Kamath, KMC, Manipal
• Dr Leslie E Lewis, KMC, Manipal

Faculty Members:

• Dr G Arun Maiya, MCHP, Manipal
• Dr Raviraj Acharya, Professor, KMC, Manipal
• Dr Krishnananda Nayak, MCHP, Manipal
• Dr Ramesh S Ve, MCHP, Manipal
• Dr Bhamini  K Rao, MCHP, Manipal
• Dr Linu Sara George, MCON, Manipal 

Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF)

The Innovation Centre, MIT Manipal, has set up a full-fledged Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) to support multi- disciplinary research areas like material sciences, bio sensors, organic photovoltaic and other emerging frontier fields.

CIF facilitates:

1.      Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive analysis (SEM - EDAX)

2.      Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

3.      Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

4.      X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)

5.      Ion Chromatography

6.      UV-NIR-VIS Spectrophotometer

The usage of central instruments was initiated in the month of September, 2012.

Interested Researchers/Faculty/Students/Industries can avail the facility for their academic, research activities.

• Innovation & Entrepreneurship

MAHE promotes Innovation and Entrepreneurship among students, faculty, alumni as well as people of the region by providing required facilities & support. For this MAHE has set up the following :

• Innovation Center
• Manipal Universal Technology Business Incubator (MUTBI)
• Manipal-Government of Karnataka Bioincubator 

• Ranking & Recognition

MAHE along with institutions continue to do well in 2023 Rankings

University Ranking 2023

University Ranking 2022

Institutions Rankings 2023

Institutions Rankings 2022

NIRF INNOVATION RANKING 2023

NIRF 2022-2023

ARIIA 2020 - 2021

ARIIA 2019 - 2020

MAHE - An Institute of Eminence

MAHE Manipal is one of India's leading academic and research institutions. It has been granted Institution of Eminence status by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

• Industry Partnership

Industry Tie-ups

Manipal Academy of Higher Education has several partnerships with industry to boost innovation and help students in gaining skills that equip them for fulfilling careers.

Manipal Academy of Higher Education has affiliations with industries across the spectrum.

Mobility Sanjeevini software developed in multilateral collaboration with:

• BoP Manipal Academy of Higher Education

• Philips HealthCare

• PIC

• Bengaluru and School of Information Sciences

• ISD Manipal

The Mobility Sanjeevini Software has been designed and developed for field and centre ANMs, as an efficient way to manage medical histories of patients; it also enhances the accessibility of patient details.

Manipal Academy of Higher Education Technology Business Incubator (MUTBI):

Many among the 15,000 students that graduate each year have entrepreneurial aspirations, and dream of creating a Google or Microsoft right here in India.

The Manipal Academy of Higher Education Technology Business Incubator (MUTBI) offers the way ahead for them by providing the environment, infrastructural support and critical mentoring during the first three years of setting up a new venture.
MUTBI was established in 2010, and is one of the 54 TBIs funded by

• the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB),

• Department of Science & Technology (DST),

• Government of India to promote innovation-driven start-ups in the Udupi District.

Faculty Development Program at BoP, Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Collaborations are useful in augmenting the expertise of faculty so that they are geared to meet the challenges of a hyper-connected world.

A two-week Faculty Development Program (FDP) at BoP, Manipal in December 2012 at the Manipal Centre for Information Sciences (MCIS) promoted the idea of mentoring in technical institutes to encourage entrepreneurial talent.

The program was sponsored by

• the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB),

• a constituent body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST),

• Government of India and focussed on the role of teachers as mentors.

Training on Android Applications by Philips in October 2012 at the Wireless Lab, SIS.

Technology sessions were held for postgraduate students from SIS with the objective of providing an insight into Android tools and program development on the Android platform.

It empowered the students to acquire skills that enhanced their employability with technology companies.

• Green Manipal

Eco-friendly Campus

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal is an ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & 50001: 2018 certified campus, following a series of voluntary ISO standards on Quality and Environmental and Energy Management Systems. The Environment and Energy Policy is our guiding document that enables the University to achieve continual improvement over time.

MAHEs NET ZERO commitment

The world in the past three years has seen unprecedented challenges that was never experienced in the last century. All of our lives have been changed due to the after effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Added to this, global events like the conflict in Ukraine and disturbances in the South China Sea, has led to far reaching economic and social impact.

Yet amidst the public health crisis, the ongoing war and economic turmoil, it is essential that we do not forget our responsibility to future generations by tackling the potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss. In our journey, we are clear that we want to be a university with a reputation for outstanding performance on sustainability, one that challenges the status quo and is renowned for its open, welcoming environment. This remains at our core, and consistent thought, efforts and actions are deployed in our day-to-day operations.

In the past decade, the University has been consistently ranked within the top three universities in the India by the UI green metric world university ranking. We are proud of the environmental progress made so far on campus. Most notably, the retrofitting and creation of new sustainable buildings and processes across campus. However, the journey that began decades ago now shall move forward with renewed vigour with higher reliance on science and technology-based interventions. Hence, a comprehensive annual sustainability report 2021-2022 on university operations was prepared highlighting the progress made so far in alignment with the applicable UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Building a greener and better world is this generation's biggest challenge. MAHE will play a unique role in addressing the challenges posed by climate change by imparting knowledge and values to future decision-makers. It is with that in mind that MAHE declares that it is committed to meeting NET ZERO by the year 2040 and will continue to strive to take measures to become a carbon neutral University campus.
 

Achievements for the year 2021-2022

Within the University's boundary of MAHE, the carbon emissions under Scope 1 and 2 are mapped for the financial year 2021-2022.
 

Scope 1 emissions include emissions caused by the burning of fuel or the use of certain gases on site. They include emissions from institute-owned vehicles, cooking gas in the mess and food courts, fuel combustion due to energy backup systems – generators, Refrigerant losses, and Fugitive emissions due to medical gases as the campus has hospitals included.

Total Carbon Emissions under scope1 for the campus is 41,95,434 Kg CO2e.
 

Scope 2 carbon emissions included the emissions from electricity consumption. MAHE has a total energy consumption of 5,64,40,121 kWh for the entire campus.

Total Carbon Emissions under scope 2 of the campus is 4,62,80,899 Kg CO2e.

Thus, the Total carbon emissions for the campus (Scope 1 and Scope 2) is 5,04,76,333.3 Kg CO2e.
 

The Carbon offsets on campus are also mapped. They include Onsite and offsite procured renewable energy, use of Electrical vehicles and Solar hot water, Onsite organic waste conversion through Vermi-composting and use of Organic waste convertor, Sewage treatment and reuse of sludge as manure and Presence of Tree cover/ green cover on campus. These measures and initiatives help in reducing the carbon impact within the University's boundary.
 

The total carbon offset generated is 3,23,84,545 Kg CO2e leading to a Net Carbon emission for MAHE Campus of 1,80,93,788.5 Kg CO2e.
 

Environment, Energy Policy
 

Manipal Academy of Higher Education endeavours to promote community welfare, environmental protection and efficient energy use to a level of performance that moves “beyond compliance”. Striving to set a benchmark on a National and International level for education, healthcare, environment and energy management. MAHE is committed to cleaner and greener campuses. To realize this vision, the University commits to:

• Institutionalize best practices, comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other recognized requirements related to environment and energy use and where practicable exceed them.
• Preventing pollution by continually monitoring and improving its environmental and energy performance by provision of resources to achieve set objectives and targets.
• Establish and maintain management systems to improve energy performance and to minimize harmful effects on environment, human health and safety.
• Promote use of clean, safe and energy efficient technologies in order to utilize natural resources efficiently.
• Encourage transparency and communication of its commitment to sustainable development, simultaneously increasing awareness amongst its stakeholders as well as the community at large.
• Foster education, research and information exchange on energy and environmental development to move toward global sustainability.
   

 Environmental best practices within MAHE campus

We work within the framework of the Energy & Environment Policy and consider the environment as a ‘living’ entity that we sustain and protect even as we go about our daily activities.

So, what are the concrete steps we need to take to actually make this Policy work on the ground in MAHE?

 Key focus areas

• Waste management
• Water management
• Energy management
• Air quality, Green cover and green transportation
   

 Solid waste management

• Domestic Waste: This is collected from homes, hostels and residential facilities on the campus.

• Garden waste: This includes trimmed away branches, dried leaves, and all manner of garden waste – composted in gardens

• Wet waste: from residences, cafeterias and eating joints is composted seperatly.

• Paper, metals, plastics and glass are recycled by giving them to approved scrap vendors.

• Biomedical waste: This is generated in the hospital and nursing facilities within the campus and is handled as per the Statutory requirements.

• Hazardous waste: The major component in this category is generated out of the maintenance activity of vehicles & DG Sets – disposed to Authorized recyclers. Thermocol generated on campus is recycled.

• E-waste: including desktop computers and accessories, compact fluorescent lights, printer cartridges are collected through separate waste streams and disposed to Authorized recyclers

Education and training form an important part of the effective implementation of disposal processes; they are also a critical indicator, not only from the environmental point of view but also from the standpoint of employee and patient safety.
 

Waste water management

For management of our water resources, we scrupulously adhere to the 3 R’s: Reduce, Recycle, Reuse. Three sewage plants set up and maintained by MAHE treat the waste water generated in the campus. These have a combined capacity to treat 6,500 cubic meters per day. Treated water from these plants are fully utilized for gardening and arboriculture. In addition grey water treatment plants of 330 cubic meters per day capacity, treats grey water which is re-circulated to the flush system in few hostel blocks.
 

Rainwater harvesting

For recharging ground water, a percolation pit is excavated and filter medium is filled into the pit. Drains and roof top rainwater pipes are diverted into this pit. The water gets filtered and recharges the ground water. This is leading to increase in water table. An artificial pond has been created on campus to further aid in ground water penetration.
 

Air quality

The air we breathe in the campus is clear and that is the way we like it. This is how we do it,
we ensure the emissions from diesel generators are tested at regular intervals to ensure conformity to environmental limits. Vehicle emissions are kept in check. Introduction Of fleet of electric vehicles has further reduced our carbon emissions.

Trees and shrubs are the ‘environmental lungs’ of the campus. These lungs soak up harmful carbon dioxide and convert it to oxygen. We try to develop all available open spaces through arboriculture and greenery.

EXAM PADS: MAHE now conducts the examinations by using Exam pads which has significantly reduced paper consumption effectively preventing trees from being felled.
 

Energy conservation

Energy conservation is an ever-present theme in the planning and developing of all our campus facilities. We are also increasing our energy procurement mix with an increase in renewable sources like solar energy.

A few of the measures taken by us to make the Manipal campus energy efficient:

• Upgrade of the air-conditioning systems. This is achieved by replacement of dated air-conditioning units with power-efficient star rated units. Central air conditioning systems adopting state of the art water cooled screw chillers, and unitary air-conditioner controls with automation system for buildings with sensors for efficient cooling and automatic switching on and off depending on occupancy and fixed time schedule are installed replacing old systems.  Environment-friendly gas systems are used in all cooling systems.

• Energy efficiency measures. Few measures undertaken are: reduce maximum load, and introduction of measures to improve quality of power by exchanging energy efficient transformers, pumps, detuned filters for capacitor banks, and CFL /LED lighting. auto synchronization panels for load optimization and energy efficient power equipment as certified by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).

Solar Water heaters

Manipal, on coastal Karnataka, has an abundance of sunny day’s right through the year, except during the monsoons. Thus solar powered heaters are exclusively used for our heating requirements. Currently, the total installed capacity of solar heaters is four lakh liters per day thus reducing conventional energy use for heating.
 

Roof top Solar PV systems

Manipal Academy of Higher Education has recognized this aspect as an important facet of its operation and has adopted an energy policy supplementing the existing environment policy. In line with this, MAHE has partially shifted from conventional energy use to renewable energy use and sourcing. These rooftop systems are however limited by the availability of shadow free area on existing buildings as ascertained in the initial survey conducted during proposal stage. This, in addition to already occupied roof tops for solar water heating systems leaves us with a comparatively smaller area that could be retrofitted with roof top PV systems. Recognizing this, to further boost MAHEs energy mix, green power procurement was put in place in August 2015. This substantially reduces MAHEs dependence on conventional energy sources thus mitigating carbon emissions as well as a shift towards sustainable energy use. 
 

Significant Awards and recognitions

• Golden peacock award for environmental management for the years 2012, 2013, 2014 -MAHE.

• Third most clean campus in India & Most clean campus southwest region–Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal by AICTE clean campus award 2017.

• Green Apple International silver award, for environmental best practices -2018 & Green World Award 2019 –Gold -MAHE.

• APHI Health care excellence award 2019 – Kasturba Hospital, Manipal- for Green Hospitals.

• Ranked No 1 in India and 121 in the world by the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2022.

GREEN MANIPAL

Energy conservation is the theme in the planning and developing of all MAHE campus facilities. Focused on renewable sources of energy like solar energy, green is not just a colour here.

• Research Groups

Manipal Advanced Research Group

The Manipal Advanced Research Group (MARG) was formed in early 2006. Conceived as a specialised academic centre of excellence built on a strong foundation of basic science, one of the primary goals of MARG is to incubate new research in the fundamental sciences and inter-disciplinary areas through innovative schemes and research programs.

Base of Pyramid Program

The BoP program mainly aims at promoting idea generation, concept development,  research, community development, rural linkages and student exchange programs.

Manipal Imaging Research Suite

Philips and Manipal Academy of Higher Education have jointly started the program on Clinical Competency Development (CCD) to focus on Development of Smart Examination Imaging Tools (SEIT) using Open source imaging tools like TCl/TK, ITK/ VTK. A lab has been set up by Manipal Academy of Higher Education at KMC Manipal by the name Medical Imaging Research Suite (MiRS). The objective of the lab is to help the medical application developers reduce lead time for such clinical applications development and do rapid prototyping. 

Centre for Software Development

CSD has been working in the field of custom software development for the past four years. Our expert team has taken part in dozens of application development projects. We are experienced in developing advanced systems with complex business logic dealing with large amounts of data and transactions. We are able to supply you with an innovative, trustworthy software solution to complement your most complicated business ideas. 

Manipal Centre for Clinical Research

Manipal Centre for Clinical Research (MCCR) was established in May 2010 to augment clinical research at Manipal Academy of Higher Education. This centre has two divisions namely MCCR, Manipal and MCCR, Mangalore.

• Social Impact

Social Impact

Manipal Academy of Higher Education is always in the forefront in creating an impact on the Society. Various projects are being conducted where the students and faculty can contribute towards the benefit of the needy in the community.

The menu on the left lists such projects undertaken. 

Community Radio

Every day, between noon and 2 pm and then again from 5pm to 7 pm, several thousand people tune in to Radio Manipal, the first community radio in Udupi district.

Launched in September 2008, the studio and 50 Watt transmitter housed in the School of Communication, Manipal Academy of Higher Education campus reaches an estimated 165,000 people in Manipal, Udupi and nearby villages like Shivalli, Alevooru, Perampally, Badagabettu Ambalapady, Kalyanapura, Udyavara, and Kukkehally.

The main objective of Radio Manipal is to promote participation of local people in the development of their area, and to give them a platform to air their views. Broadcast in Kannada, Tulu and Konkani, the station airs phone-in interactive programs, interviews, talks and discussions on health, education, agriculture, fishing and local events aimed at empowering the community.

Manipal Academy of Higher Education provides the studio and other equipment, apart from digital field recorders and regular training programs for students and community volunteers for content generation.

Arogya Suraksha

"Manipal Arogya Suraksha Scheme" - a comprehensive healthcare facility aimed at providing quality health care at affordable cost. Manipal Academy of Higher Education in association with NGOs and other associations successfully implemented Manipal Arogya Suraksha Scheme along the coastal belt during the year 2005 with a small base of around 6000 people. The member base has grown beyond 4 lakhs now.

The facilities under the scheme was initially made available to Konkani speaking communities and thereafter was extended to the people living in rural areas irrespective of any reference to linguistic minority communities. 

Manipal Arogya Suraksha is a Group Family Healthcare scheme which not only takes care of inpatient services but also offers a host of concessions and free consultations with the specialist on OP basis. Additionally, the scheme also compensates for loss of life and disablement due to accident. Manipal Arogya Suraksha scheme provides each family medical facilities of up to Rs 30,000.00 per year in case of in-patient services on a floater basis and unlimited OP facilities at concessional fee which is apart from Personal Accident benefit of Rs 30,000.00 for each member enrolled under the scheme. Manipal Arogya Suraksha scheme has a rare distinction of mention in ILO for the bold initiative aimed at mitigating the burden of ever-escalating health care cost and has effectively fulfilled its social obligations. 

The objective of taking quality health care affordable and accessible to the target audience seems to have met with Manipal Arogya Suraksha - a Rural Health Initiative of the University. Numerous people from economically backward sections of the society are encouraged to utilise the facility. They would not have had an opportunity to get treated for a disease due to sheer negligence and, or lack of knowledge of the availability of such a facility in their vicinity probably due to poverty and other socio economic conditions.

Namma Angadi

Every year, for the past 11 years, students from Manipal Academy of Higher Education’s School of Communication have helped organize Namma Angadi, a three-day exhibition and sale of traditional products made by young artisans from Karnataka.

Promoted by Concerned for Working Children, a non-profit organization that works to empower children as well as adults, Namma Angadi was set up in 1992 to help rural craftsmen find a market for their products.

These include

• traditional garments
• paintings
• decorative items
• handicrafts

as well as natural products such as fertilisers, kokum, shikakai, aloevera soaps and edibles like honey and cashews.

Young artisans also get a chance to showcase their skills, and the proceeds from the event are used to fund Namma Bhoomi ('our land'), a 6.35 acre campus in Kundapur town in Udupi District, where working children get a chance to continue with their education while earning a living.

Organising the annual Namma Angadi is now a part of the event management curriculum of students pursuing a Master’s degree at the School of Communication.

Rainwater Harvesting

The Manipal Academy of Higher Education campus is a Green Campus and rainwater harvesting (RWH) is integrated into the everyday life at Manipal.

Rain water is collected from rooftops of buildings from existing down takes, connected to a common header and led to a trickling sand filter with a filtering capacity of 10000 litres / hour. The filtered water is then used for domestic purposes after chlorination. This is adopted in hostel buildings.

Rainwater harvesting is also done by diverting storm water drains and run-off from rooftops to bore wells to recharge them.

For this, a pit of size 2m x 2m x 2m is excavated around the dry bore well and the casing pipe is fitted with a V-wire filter. Filter media is filled in the pit around the well. Storm water drains and roof top rain water are diverted into this pit. The rain water gets filtered into the bore well through the v-wire filter. This scheme is adopted in 11 locations around the campus.

The Social Welfare Committee

The Social Welfare Committee (SWC) is the philanthropic wing of the Student Council of Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal. It currently has 26 members, and though the faces have changed over the years, the committee remains true to its objective to aid the less fortunate.

Its fundraisers range from displaying creative and culinary items to making greeting cards, clocks, candles, bags, and fudges at ART MART; to successfully hosting Manipal’s sports extravaganza, “Sportz Quake” with a whopping 222 teams.

The KMC food festival ‘FLAVA’ and Rock Show ‘SHADJA’ are other initiatives, as is selling customized KMC umbrellas.

The following projects were launched on 14 November 2013:

• “Samsriti” - Girl Child Welfare Fund
• “Udaan” - Scholarship Program for the underprivileged students
• “Manipal Arogya Suraksha” - Health Insurance Scheme for slum dwellers at Manipal.

With the establishment of the Girl Child Welfare Fund, “Samsriti” (Sanskrit for life) - a corpus fund of INR 3 lakh, formed by our contribution of INR 1.5 lakh and the University’s matching contribution, the girl child will be empowered with healthcare and education in the years to come.

“Udaan” (flight) is a scholarship program that sponsors higher secondary education of two or more students of a nearby government school, every year. SWC hopes to extend this scheme to other deserving schools in the future.

VSO

ABOUT VSO

Volunteer Services Organization (VSO), a unit of Manipal Academy of Higher Education was initiated on September 17, 2007 to give an opportunity to students, staff & their spouses of Manipal to live their lives with  purpose by helping those in need. It is a platform that not only helps the needy, but also provides each volunteer with an opportunity to gain new skills, work in a team and, most importantly, to become a better person. With volunteers strength of more than 3000 (including students, faculty & their spouse) from various constituent colleges of Manipal & Mangalore, VSO undertake projects which cover community, social, organizational and soft skills avenues.

MISSION STATEMENT

VSO aims to develop the spirit of selfless service by responding to the community’s needs, addressing the issues of society, and developing the leadership and learning skills of the volunteers. Students, faculty, and staff strive to ameliorate the conditions of the impoverished and the less fortunate. We come together in hopes of forging a path to a better society.

OBJECTIVES

To respond to community needs

To address the issues of society

To develop the leadership potential of the students

To enhance student learning

Asare

 ‘ASARE’ : A RAY OF HOPE FOR THE SPECIALLY ABLED

‘Asare’ – a trusted helping hand for the mentally challenged citizens was conceived jointly by Manipal Academy of Higher Education and Archana Trust with the noble ideals of providing a strong sense of support base to those who are unfortunately deprived of the natural mental growth due to varied reasons. It aims to help the mentally challenged regardless of the degree or type of the disability, caste, creed, race or religion, community, economic, or social background. The objective is to create a better world for the specially abled people and instill in them the belief that attitude is the biggest need for progress and every obstacle could be overcome with a strong will.

Location

‘Asare’ is located in the Manipal Campus in a 1.5 acre land on hillside facing a valley to the northwest of Kasturba Medical College. It is both a home and vocational training and rehabilitation centre for the specially abled children. The proximity to KMC, Manipal provides the centre the required advantage in terms of accessibility to medical facilities.

 Significant Markers in the March

2008: Foundation was laid to the ‘Asare’ building  with the registration of  Archana Trust and formation of ASARE Governing council

2009: Ground and first floor with 16 rooms and 2 multipurpose halls was inaugurated with 5 inmates and at the end of the year the number inmates increased to 18

2010: Inauguration of Autism and learning disorder centre

2011: Inauguration of Vocational training centre; Inauguration of 2 floor comprising 3 multipurpose halls and 5 rooms; inmate strength moved on to 29

2012: Inauguration of Ramp and of Computer Lab; number of inmates increased to 39

2013: Bhoomipooja for Amphitheatre construction; number of inmates increased to 43

Features

‘Asare’ has separate residence for men and women. Each room is designed on twin sharing basis and has an attached bathroom and western toilet and two separate cots. Further, Asare provides the inmates a series of facilities such as  washing machine, purified drinking water and solar hot water. It also provides housekeeping facilities, Medicare facilities and assistance of the qualified and experienced special educators on a regular basis. In addition to the full time care takers who looks after the centre, volunteers from Manipal Academy of Higher Education make sure that the inmates are not deprived of love and affection of the fellow human beings.

Vocational Training Centre Activities

The inmates are encouraged and trained to learn the following skills:

• Paper bag making
• Making envelops
• Areca nut  plates making
• Craft flower making
• Greeting card making

Supporters to our cause

1. Manipal Academy of Higher Education
2. Mr.Purushotham Shetty Ujwal  Developers  Udupi
3. Dr. Ranjan Pai, MD& CEO, Manipal edu & Med. group
4. Dr. G.Shankar, Shamily Trust Ambalpadi Udupi
5. Rotary Club Udupi Manipal
6. Oscar Fernandis, Ex-Minister, Govt of India
7. Rotary Club Udupi Manipal
8. Rotarians
9. Parents of Inmates
10. Dr.Dayanada Pai, Century builders Bangalore

Why Support Asare

By supporting the cause of ‘Asare’ , one could contribute to the society in a meaningful way. The overall aim of Asare is to promote the general well-being of the mentally challenged and the patients suffering from autism irrespective social and economic consideration.

Your support may bring the following changes:

• Create an ability among the mentally challenged to earn for their living
• Provide a ray of hope to the parents of specially abled children about the future
• Create an awareness in the society about its responsibility to the less fortunate among us
• Recognize the humanity that lies within everyone of us

How Support Asare

1. You can sponsor one special child - residential inmate Rs.6000/- per month and Day care Rs.3000 per month.
2. You can contribute our new project “Autistic Center” costing Rs.40 lakhs.

Bank Account details are as follows:

Name of the Bank: Syndicate Bank KMC Branch Manipal

Type of Account: SB

Account No: 02322200046925

IFSC Code: SYNB0000232

MICR No: 576025004

Hombelaku

Hombelaku is a Rehabiliation Centre For Chronic Psychiatrically Ill

RMCW

A network of 7 Rural Maternity and Child Welfare Homes (RMCW homes) located at Alevoor, Kaup, Padubidri, Malpe, Udyavara, Katapadi, and Kadekar villages, provide maternal and child health services. These homes are under the direct administrative control of the department of community medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.

The centres were established by Late Dr TMA Pai, the founder of Kasturba Medical College Manipal, approximately 40 years ago with active participation of the local community, at a time when the transport and communication net work in the taluk was rudimentary. Today these centres play a substantial role in providing MCH services to the local population.

Each centre is staffed by 2 ANMs, one ayah and a sanitary worker. While one of the ANMs attends duties at the centre, the other ANM provides the domiciliary MCH care.

All these centres are connected to Kasturba Hospital by all weather roads and telephone.

The centres are equipped with a labour room, a ten bedded postnatal ward, a small laboratory and a minor OT round the clock maternity services are available at the centres. As many as 1200 deliveries are conducted in these centres every year. While most of the normal deliveries are conducted by the ANM, difficult cases are evacuated to the Kasturba Hospital by a flying squad service.

The services provided by these centres are

Weekly specialist clinics‚ are conducted by a team of doctors comprising of faculty members, postgraduates and interns from the departments of OBG, paediatrics and community medicine. The clinics provide antenatal, postnatal services and care of under-fives inclusive of growth monitoring, immunization, treatment of illness etc. Besides these, family planning services such as tubectomies and IUD insertions are carried out routinely at these centres.

Domiciliary MCH care is provided by a field ANM through systematic home visits. Family folders are maintained for every family and updated during each visit. Families are visited once a month on a predetermined schedule on a high risk basis (visiting the houses of key beneficiaries) to monitor the health status of mothers and children. We have developed a Medical Information and Evaluation System (MIES) utilizing the computer facilities available in the department.

Community based growth monitoring and immunization programmes are organised at least twice a week in the field practice area.

School health programme: School health programme is conducted twice a week by a team of medical interns, health educator, a postgraduate and a faculty member from the department of community medicine. The program consists of health appraisal of school children, health education and training of school teachers.

Referral services: Cases requiring specialist attention are referred to Kasturba Hospital, Manipal for further management.

This model of delivery of MCH services has been found to be not only cost effective but also, has been largely responsible for providing better training opportunities for undergraduates, interns and postgraduate medical students.

Amchi Project

This was started as a collaborative effort between Manipal Academy of Higher Education, EDSA and Wisdomtooth. Wisdomtooth runs several projects around the world where they train the local residents and primary health care workers in dental care, which is usually the most neglected aspect of healthcare around the world. They had previously trained Yamchen Dolma, the school nurse of Lamdon School in Ladakh. However due to constraints faced by manpower and resources the scale of such an initiative was always limited.

Students of EDSA and Manipal Academy of Higher Education found the need to implement such educative projects on a larger scale in order to impact a greater number of people and ensure its sustainability. In August 2012, after over a year of planning, 44 volunteers endeavored to reach-out to Ladakh’s remotest villages. The team comprises of students and doctors from USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Croatia, Serbia, Czech republic, Germany, Romania, Slovakia, Singapore and India.

Under directions from the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council, the team will be outreaching Panamik and Diskit in the Nubra Valley, Tangtse near Pangong Tso and SNM Hospital, Leh.

These areas were chosen due to the high levels of fluoride in the water sources being used by the population, which has advertently affected the health of the locals in the region. Our hope is to be able to provide both knowledge and resources to overcome this issue.