T. M. A. Pai
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Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai | |
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Karnataka University, Dharwad | |
| Spouse | Sharada Pai |
| Children | T. Mohandas Pai, Ramdas Pai, Panduranga Pai, Malathi Shenoy, Suneethi Nayak, Narayana Pai, Vasanthi Shenai, Jayanthi Pai, Ashok Pai, Indumathi Pai, Asha Pai |
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| Awards | Padma Shri (1972) |
Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai (30 April 1898 – 29 May 1979), was an Indian
.He was the first to start a private, self-financing medical college offering
MBBS in India. Pai established the Kasturba Medical College in 1953 and Manipal Institute of Technology in 1957, which was followed by a string of other education institutions including Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Manipal Pre-University College. He, along with his brother Upendra Ananth Pai, also established Syndicate Bank originally in Udupi, Karnataka, which has its headquarters now in Manipal and Bangalore. He was responsible for its popular Pigmy Deposit Scheme
.
Early life
Born in 1898, Tonse Madhava Ananta Pai belonged to a lower-middle-class household of Gowd Saraswath Brahmins of Kallianpur, a village in Udupi[1]
Awards
Pai was conferred the
Karnataka University, Dharwad in 1973 and the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
in 1975.
The
Ripley's Believe It or Not
as the person who has established the most number of educational institutions in his lifetime.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to T. M. A. Pai.
- ^ Mohandas, Poornima (1 August 2008). "The Pais of Manipal -- from village to overseas education". mint. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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