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We h ad b egun o n l y w i t h t h e
We had begun only with the Undergraduate
U n der g rad u a t e p r og ra m s (t h e f o ur -y e a r
deg r e e p r og ra m s) b u t s u bs e q uen t l y w e
programs (the four-year degree programs) but
t h o ug h t t h a t w e m u s t u pg rade
subsequently we thought that we must upgrade
o ur s e l v es a n d a l l t h e p r og ra m s t h a t
ourselves and all the programs that were
w er e r unnin g a s g rad u a t e p r og ra m s
running as graduate programs were upgraded
w er e u pg rade d in t o a PG p r og ra m.
A n o t h er i s s ue t h a t w e face d wa s t h e
into a PG program. Another issue that we faced
l ac k o f p e o p le w i t h p os t-g rad u a t io n in
was the lack of people with post-graduation in
t h e r e q uir e d s u b j e c ts. Thi s wa s
the required subjects. Which was overcome by
o v er co m e b y de v i sin g a n in-s er v ice
devising an in-service candidate scheme where
c a n did a t e s c h em e w h er e t h e fac u l t y
ty who were teaching the graduate
w h o w er e t e ac hin g t h e g rad u a t e
the facul
s t uden ts a l s o h ad a b ac h e lo r ’s deg r e e .
students also had a bachelor’s degree. There
Th er e w er e fac u l t y w i t h t h e deg r e e w h o
were faculty with the degree who were
w er e t e ac hin g t h e un der g rad s t uden
teaching the undergrad students and at the ts
a n d a t t h e s a m e t im e w er e a l s o
r eg i s t er e d f o r t h eir m a s t er ’s p r og ra m
same time were also registered for their
a n d t h e y u s e d t o do s e lf-s t ud y. Th a t i s
master’s program and they used to do self-
h o w w e g o t p e o p le w i t h m a s t er ’s PG
study. That is how we got people with master’s
PG qualification in all these subjects and ts a n d
q u a lif ic a t io n in a l l t h es e s u b j e c
s p e ci a l t ies. Th a t i s h o w m os t o f t h e
c ur r en t fac u l t y w h o a r e h er e n o w a r e
specialties. That is how most of the current
o ur o w n fac u l t y w i t h a deg r e e ini t i a l l y
faculty who are here now are o
ur own faculty
w h o w en t o n t o b e co m e p os t g rad u a t es
with a degree initially who went on to become
a n d t h en w e s t a r t e d w i t h a
postgraduates and then we started with a
p os t g rad u a t e p r og ra m. Th a t i s h o w w e
s lo w l y b ui l t u p o ur o w n dep a r t m en ts
postgraduate program. That is how we slowly
b y t ra inin g o ur o w n fac u l t y t o u pg rade
built up our own departments by training our
t h em s e l v es in t o a PG q u a lif ic a t io n a n d
own faculty to upgrade themselves into a PG
t h en s t a r t in g t h e m a s t er ’s p r og ra m a n d
qualification and then starting the master’s
t ra inin g t h e s t uden ts f r o m acr os s t h e
co un t r y. On e P hD in 1998-99 i s n o w
program and training the students from across
t o uc hin g 100 P h D a m o n g t h e fac u l t y.
the country. One PhD in 1998-99 is now touching
We h a v e g r o w n t o s uc h a n ext en t t h a t
100 PhD among the faculty. We have
grown to
a l l dep a r t m en ts h a v e fac u l t y w i t h a
such an extent that all departments have faculty
D o c to r a te.
with a Doctorate.
N o w w e a l s o m ade i t m a n d a t o r y t h a t
e v er y fac u l t y in t h e co l leg e w h o do es
n o t h a v e a P hD m u s t r eg i s t er f o r P hD
Now we also made it mandatory that every
w i t hin t w o y e a r s a n d s h o u ld g et a
faculty in the college who does not have a PhD
t er min a l deg r e e , w i t h o u t w hic h t h eir
p r o m o t io n w o u ld n o t b e co n sider e
must register for PhD within two years and
should get a terminal degree, without which d ,
a n d t h e y w o u ld n o t b e g et t in g a l l t h e
in cen t i v es.
their promotion would not be considered, and
they would not be getting all the incentives.
E a r lier b ein g c a l le d C o l leg e o f
A l lie d H e a l t h S cien ces t h en c h a n g
Earlier being called College of Allied health e d
t o S c h o o l o f L if e a n d H e a l t h S cien ces
t h en l a t er a ga in c h a n g e d t o M a ni p a l
Sciences then changed to School of life and
co l leg e o f h e a l t h s cien ces a n d o n ce
health sciences then later again changed to
a ga in in 2019 t o M a ni p a l co l leg e o f
H e a l t h P r o f es sio n s a s A l lie d h e a
Manipal
college of health sciences and once
again in 2019 to Manipal college of Health l t h
p r o f es sio n a l s i s g i v in g wa y t o h e a l t h
c a r e p r o f es sio n a l s.
Professions as Allied health professionals is
Tur nin g p a g es t o t h e p r es en t, t h e
giving way to health care professionals.
sm a l les t co l leg e o f t h e M a ni p a l
A c adem y o f H ig h er E d uc a t io n a f
Turning pages to the present, the smallest t er 20
y e a r s, i s n o w c ur r en t l y t h e
s e co n d l a r g es t co l leg e f o l lo w in g t h e
college of the Manipal Academy of Higher
mig h t y MIT w hic h i s t h e
Education after 20 years is now currently the
l a r g es t co l leg e un der MAHE. Thi s i s
t h e b r e ad t h o f o ur g r o wt h v er t ic a l
second largest college. Next, only to the mighty
MIT which is the largest college under MAHE. l y
o r h o r izo n t a l l y in t er m s o f n um b er
o f s t uden ts, n um b er o f p r og ra m s, o ur
This is the breadth
of our growth vertically or
v i si b i li t y, o ur fac u l t y c a li b r e , o ur
horizontally in terms of number of students,
r es e a r c h, a n d p u b lic a t io n s t h a t t h e
number of programs, our visibility, our faculty
dep a r t m en ts a r e do in g , c linic a l
calibre, our research, and publications that the
s er v ices t h a t a l l t h e dep a r t m en ts a r e
o f f er in g , co n t r i b u t io n t h a t w e m a k e
departments are doing, clinical services that all
t o t h e c u s t o m er h os p i t a l in t er m s o f
the departments are offering, contribution that
in co m e g en era t io n a n d a w h o le h os t
we make to the customer hospital in terms of
o f t hin gs.
income generation and a whole host of things.
R e cen t l y w e h ad t h e f ir s t P r i va t e
p a r t n er s hi p w hic h i s b et w e en 2
b ra n d s, o n e i s TATA a n d o n e i s
Recently we had the first Private partnership
M a ni p a l a n d t h e y h a v e co m e
ch is between 2 brands, one is TATA and one
whi
t og et h er t o l a un c h t h e 1s t P r i va t
is Manipal and they have come together to e
p a r t n er s hi p m e dic a l C o l leg e in
J a m s h e d p ur, in Jh a r k h a n d c a l le d t h e
launch the 1st Private partnership medical
M a ni p a l Ta t a M e dic a l C o l leg e .
College in Jamshedpur, in Jharkhand called the
Manipal Tata Medical College.