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<div>{{Short description|The founder of moden Manipal}}<br />
{{About|philanthropist|banker|T. A. Pai}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name =Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai<br />
| image = T. M. A. Pai bust.jpg<br />
| caption = Bust of T. M. A. Pai at the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1898|04|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Udupi]] ([[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]])<br>(present day [[Karnataka]], India)<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|05|29|1898|04|30|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Manipal]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| alma_mater = {{ubl |[[Stanley Medical College|Stanley Medical College, Chennai]]| [[Karnataka University|Karnataka University, Dharwad]]| [[Andhra University|Andhra University, Visakhapatnam]]}}<br />
| spouse = Sharada Pai<br />
| children = [https://www.udayavani.com/mmnl/management.html Mohandas Pai][[Ramdas Pai]], Panduranga Pai, Malathi Shenoy, Suneethi Nayak, Narayana Pai, Vasanthi Shenai, Jayanthi Pai, Ashok Pai, Indumathi Pai, Asha Pai<br />
| relatives = {{ubl|[[T. A. Pai]] (Nephew)|[[Tonse Ramesh Upendra Pai|Ramesh Pai]] (Nephew)}}<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (1972)<br />
| imagesize = 200<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dr. Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai''', [[abbreviated]]: '''T. M. A. Pai''', (30 April 1898 – 29 May 1979), was an Indian [[physician]], [[educationist]], [[banker]] and [[philanthropist]], most well-known for building the university town of [[Manipal]], [[India]].<br />
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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|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]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born in 1898, Tonse Madhava Ananta Pai belonged to a lower-middle-class household of [[Gaud Saraswat Brahmin|Gowd Saraswath Brahmins]] of [[Kallianpur]], a village from [[Manipal]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mohandas|first=Poornima|date=2008-08-01|title=The Pais of Manipal -- from village to overseas education|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/uGbtNgT2rsuI4X3DTjhJiN/The-Pais-of-Manipal--from-village-to-overseas-education.html|access-date=2022-01-12|website=mint|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
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Dr. Pai was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India|Indian government]] in 1972.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref> He was awarded the degree of [[Doctor of Letters|D.Litt.]] by the [[Karnataka University|Karnataka University, Dharwad]] in 1973 and the [[Andhra University|Andhra University, Visakhapatnam]] in 1975.<br />
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The [[Government of India]] brought out a stamp commemorating Pai on 9 October 1999. Pai has also been recognized by [[Ripley's Believe It or Not]] as the person who has established the most number of educational institutions in his lifetime.<ref>[http://www.mbapursuit.com/t-a-pai-management-institute TAPMI]</ref><br />
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[[Category:1898 births]]<br />
[[Category:1979 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Udupi]]<br />
[[Category:Manipal Academy of Higher Education alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Karnatak University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian bankers]]<br />
[[Category:Businesspeople from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian philanthropists]]<br />
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