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Committee Members
Chief Patron Dr. Ramdas M. Pai — Chancellor, MAHE
Dr. Ranjan R. Pai — President, MAHE Trust & Chairman, MEMG Bengaluru
Patrons Dr. H. S. Ballal — Pro-Chancellor, MAHE
Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M. D. Venkatesh — Vice Chancellor, MAHE
Dr. Narayana Sabhahit — Pro-Vice Chancellor (Technology & Science), MAHE
Dr. Sharath Rao — Pro-Vice Chancellor (Health Sciences)
Dr. Madhu Veeraraghavan — Pro-Vice Chancellor, MLHS & MAHE Bengaluru
Dr. Dilip G. Naik — Pro-Vice Chancellor, MAHE Mangalore Campus
Dr. Anand Venugopal — Chief Operating Officer (Operations)
Dr. P. Giridhar Kini — Registrar, MAHE
Advisory Board Dr. Christopher Sudhakar — Director, Quality
Dr. Sandeep S. Shenoy — Director, Compliance & I/C Director, MSCE
Mr. Sridhar Rao — Director, General Service
Dr. Anup Naha — Director, OIAC
Dr. Harish Kumar — Director, Corporate Relations
Dr. Cherian Varghese — Director, Prasanna School of Public Health
Dr. Santosh K. V — Deputy Director Research (Technical & Management), Directorate of Research
Convener Dr. Vivek Pandi — Assistant Professor, MCNS
Co-Convener Mr. Srikant R. Gumaste — Data Scientist, Quality Department, MAHE
Dr. Navya Vyas — Associate Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health
Ms. Linsy Mathew — Assistant Director, Corporate Relations & Assistant Professor, MSCE
Mr. Chandan Somashekar — Senior Executive, General Service
Scientific Advisory Committee Dr. Ketaki Chowkhani — Assistant Professor, Manipal Centre for Humanities, MISHA
Dr. Anoop Kumar Shukla — Assistant Professor (Senior Scale), MSAP
Dr. Madhwesh N — Associate Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, MIT
Mr. Vaibhav Jain — Assistant Professor (Senior Scale), MSAP
Dr. Mangala M Pai — Professor, Anatomy, KMC MLR
Dr. Swati Shikha — Associate Professor, Community Medicine, MTMC
Dr. Tithishri Kundu — Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, MTMC
Dr. Sopia Mukherjee — Assistant Professor, Microbiology, MTMC
Logistics Committee Dr. Navya Vyas — Associate Professor, Global Public Health Policy & Governance, PSPH
Mr. Starwin Johnson — Executive, Environmental Sustainability, General Service, MAHE
Dr. Arathi Rao — Additional Professor, PSPH
Dr. Usha Rani — Associate Professor, Healthcare & Hospital Management, PSPH
Dr. Brayal Dsouza — Associate Professor, Healthcare & Hospital Management, PSPH
Food Committee Ms. Anusha Pai — Assistant Professor, WGSHA
Dr. Nakul Shetty K — Assistant Professor (Senior Scale), ECE, MIT
Chef Kshama Vishwakarma — HOD (In-charge), F&B Production, WGSHA
Dr. Pramod Lambor — Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy, MCHP
Finance Committee Dr. Satish Kumar — Associate Professor & Assistant Director (RIC), MSCE
Dr. Abhishek Rao — Assistant Professor (Selection Grade), MSCE
Dr. Vishweswar Sastry — Associate Professor, DOC, BLR
Registration Committee Dr. Shashidhara Y N — Professor, Community Health Nursing, MCON
Dr. Srinivas Hebbar — Assistant Professor (Selection Grade), Pharmaceutics, MCOPS
Dr. Anusha Priyadarsini K — Assistant Professor, Dietetics & Applied Nutrition, WGSHA
Dr. Nanditha R Sujir — Associate Professor, Oral Medicine & Radiology, MCODS Mangalore
Dr. Sheela S — Associate Professor, Speech & Hearing, MCHP
Dr. Deepak — Department of Mechatronics, MIT
Mr. Ragavendra — Assistant Professor, WGSHA
Dr. Shwetha M — Assistant Professor
Accommodation Committee Dr. Vinish V — Assistant Professor (Senior Scale), Community Health Nursing, MCON
Mr. Sachin Shet — Assistant Radiological Safety Officer, Physics, MIT
PR & Marketing Committee Dr. Shruthi — Associate Professor, Oral Medicine & Radiology, MCODS
Dr. Deepak Kumar Singhal — Associate Professor, Public Health Dentistry, MCODS
Dr. Manish Tiwari — MUJ
Dr. Ankit Mundra — MUJ
Dr. Udit Kr Chakraborty — SMU
Dr. Premendra — SMU
Sponsorships Committee Dr. Adithya D Shetty — Associate Professor, MSCE
Dr. Manjunath Shetty — Assistant Professor (Selection Grade), DBMS
Dr. Anand V — Assistant Professor (Senior Scale), Geopolitics & International Relations, MISHA
Dr. Bhakti More — MAHE Dubai
Dr. Praveen Kumar S E — MTMC Jamshedpur
Dr. Ravishankar Dudhe — MAHE Dubai
Operations Committee Mr. Chandrashekar Rao — Assistant Manager (Admin & Operations), Quality & Compliance
Ms. Jayamala P — Senior Executive (Admin & Operations), Quality & Compliance
Ms. Shruti S Poojari — Associate, Quality & Compliance
Cultural Committee Dr. Surya — Assistant Professor (Senior Scale), MIAP

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