27th Convocation 2019 MAHE 27th Convocation 2019 | Page 17

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences New Developments • Member, GSI-FAIR Super-FRS Experimental Collaboration Agreement with representatives from 31 other countries Achievements • Research visit, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan for project on Japanese asteroid mission, Hayabusa – 2 MCNS Eminent Visitors Super Heavy Elements SRI 2019 Competition • International exchange initiated in theoretical physics under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Taiwan Important Events • Summer Research Internships 2019 (SRI 2019) – Five Fellowships offered in Computational Biology, Theoretical Physics and Observational Astrophysics. Dr. Mohini Gupta Director Inception Programs Students on roll (PhD) Researchers/JRFs/PDFs Associate staff : 2012 : 04 : 03 :14 : 07 Table Top Accelerator Establishing synergies between fundamental research in natural sciences and engineering, MCNS has created a niche for itself in the fields of Paleontology, Astrophysics and Earth Sciences. The Centre is one of the few in the world working on the theoretical aspects of Super Heavy Elements with experimental support coming in from partner laboratories in Germany, Romania, Poland, Italy and Russia. Manipal Academy of Banking • Work in Progress of ISO MAHE-Bengaluru Campus: BFSI • Public Sector, Private Sector, Small Finance Banks, Insurance Sector, NBFSCs, International Partnerships ISO 17024 Certifying Body Accreditation Project for certifying role specific competencies • Partnership with new clients Work in Progress of ISO • Canara Bank, SBI, South Indian Bank, Royal Sundaram, Modular Approach and Nugget Based Learning HDFC ERGO • New Projects Launch of WILP –MBA Program • Launch of WILP – MBA Program • Partnership with new clients – PGDBF Dr. C.S Thammaiah Pro-Vice Chancellor (Corporate Academia Engagement) PGDB by MAB 70 Credits WILP 60 Credits MBA 130 Credits 1 Year 1.5 Year 2.5 Year Completed through 1 year program in campus Manipal Academy of Banking is the fastest growing institute of the University. The proposed off campus in Bangalore will have MAB at its core with other disciplines layered around it. Delivered through Webinars, MBA –Banking and Discussion Boards, E-pub, Case etc. Finance Incubators FDP on Entrepreneurship Session on Start-up Success Inauguration of Bioincubator Dr CN Ashwath Narayan a Provenance 2019 DST Brain Storm Session Specialized Laboratory Dr. Y Shrihari Upadhyaya CEO, MUTBI Central Instrumentation In its tenth year, MUTBI Society has added a second incubator to MAHE. The Bioincubator with focus on startups in Medical Devices, Drug Discovery and Molecular Diagnostics has received 55 million Rupee funding from Govt of Karnataka. Dr. Manesh Thomas CEO, Manipal – GoK Bioincubator University Departments Dr Sandeep Shenoy Commerce (2007) Dr.Arvind Kumar Dr Santhosh C Geopolitics & International Relations (2007) Atomic and Molecular Physics (2008) Dr Neeta Inamdar Dr Shivanand Bhat Sciences (2009) Manipal Centre for European Studies (2009) Library and Information Sciences (2011) Dr Senthil Kumaran Mr Vasanthan Sigamany Allied Hospitality Studies (2012) Welcomgroup Academy of Culinary Arts (2012) Dr Padmalatha Mr Srinivas Kumar Acharya Mr Rahul Putty Philosophy (2019) Languages (2019) Dr Veena Rao Design (2012) 17 The University has 11 departments in addition to the 19 constituent institutes. The postgraduate programs in Humanities, European Studies, Philosophy, Languages and International Relations are undoubtedly the best in the country.