Udupi: Lifetime Achievement Award to Manipal University Chancellor Dr Ramdas Pai

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Udupi, 29 Sep 2015: Dr Ramdas M Pai, Chancellor of Manipal University and chairman of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) was conferred the Lifetime Achievement in Education Leadership Award 2015 by EducationWorld at a function held at New Delhi on Saturday September 26. Education World is a Human Development Magazine with a wide coverage of educational institutions in the country.

 

The citation on the award said, ‘Dr Ramdas Pai has steered the growth and development of Manipal University --- certified by the University Grants commission as India’s first multi-disciplinary, multi-campus deemed (private) varsity in 1993 --- into the country’s largest private provider of internationally acceptable medical, engineering and other professional education.’

‘Over the past half century, MEMG has also acquired a global reputation for delivering high quality medical education and at the invitation of the governments of Malaysia, Nepal and Antigua, has established state-of-the-art medical colleges-cum-teaching hospitals in these countries.’

The citation adds, ‘For his exceptional nurturance and development of India’s most respected professional education university, for exporting high-quality medical education to neighboring countries and beyond and for his tireless advocacy of the fundamental right of all citizens to establish and administer education institutions of their choice, the Board of Directors and Editors of Education World are privileged to present Dr Ramdas Pai the EducationWorld Lifetime Achievement in Education Leadership Award 2015 and induct him into the EducationWorld Hall of Fame of Indian Education.