Sri T. Ashok Pai
President, Dr. T.M.A. Pai Foundation
Sri T. Ashok Pai is the youngest son of Late Dr.T.M.A.Pai , Architect of Modern Manipal and cousin of Late T.A.Pai, former Union Cabinet Minister innovative Banker and popular public leader. After graduation in Engineering, he plunged into the industrial field and was Instrumental in setting up many small scale industrial units such as Softdrinks, Fishnets, Elastic Tapes and Ready made Garments. The following narration bears out the fact that he was the promoter of the following multifarious Industries. He is closely associated with the following joint stock companies either as Managing Director or Director as noted against the industries.
1. The Canara Land Investments Ltd. (Managing Director)
2. Manipal Prakashana Pvt.Ltd (Director)
3. Manipal Press .Ltd. (Director)
He is the President of Dr.T.M.A Pai Foundation, trustee of MAHE and also trustee of The Academy of General Education. He was instrumental in promoting and developing an Urban Co.Op. Bank called the Manipal Co.Operative Bank Ltd., at Manipal in 1985. It has been making impressive strides in all the parameters of Co.Op. Banking. He was also instrumental in turning around a Kerala based bank called the Lord Krishna Bank into a profit making and viable unit.
Sri Tonse Sachin Pai
Trustee, Dr. T.M.A. Pai Foundation
Sri Tonse Sachin Pai is the Elder Son of Mr. T Ashok Pai, Industrialist and Educationalist Manipal and Grand son of Late Dr.T.M.A.Pai, Founder of Modern Manipal.
He completed his bachelors in computer engineering , MIT, Manipal, India and MBA(International Business) from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management Glendale, Arizona, USA (now part of Arizona state university)
He is currently the Managing Director, Best Sellers Apparels Pvt. Limited (Garment Export House, Manipal), Best Sellers Apparels is a leading Apparel Manufacturer based in Manipal, India. The company delivers a range of high-quality Denim Apparel to some of the best-known Brands in the world. Best Sellers Apparels employs over 2000 people across its facilities in Manipal.
He is also the Managing Trustee of Dr T M A Pai Foundation, Manipal, a Non profit trust established in the year 1981 named after Dr T M A Pai, the founder of Manipal, to further the vision & the trust currently runs 10 institutes in Manipal and Udupi areas(Schools, Residential School, Degree college, Law college, Polytechnic and the recently established Skill development institute(Manipal Skill Development Center) with a student base of more than 5000.
Brig (Dr) Surjit Singh Pabla
Chairman, Manipal Skill Development Center
A mechanical engineer with M.Tech and PhD from IIT Bombay Brig Pabla has large experience in command of Army units, multiple infrastructure projects, academics and academic administration. He has been Pro-Chancellor of one university, Vice Chancellor of five universities (Founder VC of three), Pro VC of one university and Director of two Institutes of Technology. His experience in the Army, in addition to command of army units, also includes Engineering Professional Work, Administration and Teaching as Professor at College of Military Engineering Pune. He was Manager Air-conditioning System Design at Mumbai, Commander Works Engineers Pune; Director Think Tank at Army HQ, Chief Engineer (Large Multiple Infrastructure Projects) Jammu and Kashmir and Jt. DG (Design) at Army HQ. He had the privilege of participating in the Indo-Pak war in 1971 as a young Lieutenant.
He as been appointed as Chairman of All India Board for Vocational Education in January 2020. As Chairman AIB-VE, he looks after the Vocational Education Initiatives and the regulatory processes at AICTE. He has served as Pro-Chancellor, Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU) Jaipur, Vice Chancellor Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU) Jaipur (Founder VC), President Bhartiya Skill Development Campus Jaipur, Vice Chancellor Mangalayatan University Aligarh, Vice Chancellor JECRC University Jaipur (Founder VC), Vice Chancellor Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) (Founder VC), Vice Chancellor Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) Gangtok, Pro Vice Chancellor Manipal University Manipal (MAHE), Member of Sikkim Knowledge Commission, Member Yashpal Committee on Reforms in Higher Education, Joint Director General (Designs), Army HQ New Delhi, Chief Engineer Multiple Infrastructure Projects, J&K, Director Think Tank, Army HQ New Delhi and as Commander Works Engineers (CWE) Pune.
Dr Anjaiah Devineni
Registrar, Manipal Skill Development Center
Dr Anjaiah had his higher education, B.E (Mech) from University of Mysore, M.Tech (Engg. Mgmt.) from Mangalore University and Ph D (Non-traditional Machining) from MAHE, Manipal. He is an alumnus of Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. After a brief industrial experience, he joined his alma mater and gained rich experience (34 years) of teaching and research. He was deputed to MAHE Dubai campus for 2 years. During his long tenure at MIT, he has also held many administrative responsibilities of the department and the institution. He has organized various short courses, workshops and conferences at MIT, Manipal. He has served as Associate NCC Officer of 4 Karnataka Engr Coy, Manipal holding the rank of Major for 27 years.
After completing the service tenure at MIT, Manipal he worked as Head, Department of Automobile Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur for 5 years. He joined MSDC as skill training head and worked for one year before succeeding as registrar.
Dr. Anjaiah is instrumental in developing state-of-the-art research lab at MIT, Manipal in the area of Abrasive Water Jet Machining. He has published a book on Abrasive Water Suspension Jet Machining and published more than 30 research papers in various international conferences and journals. He has received sponsorship from industries in India and abroad to attend water jet conferences in UK, Japan and USA. He has guided few innovative UG projects and research scholars. His areas of interest include Basic and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Experimental research using Design of Experiments, Quality improvement using Total Quality Management tools. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt awarded by Benchmark Six Sigma Pvt. Ltd.
Dr Anjaiah is a life member of Institution of Engineers (MIE) India, Water Jet Technology Association (WJTA) USA. He is a fellow of Institute for Government Research & Leadership Technology, Nigeria and fellow & 3rd vice-chairman, Institute of Oil & Gas Research & Hydrocarbon studies, Nigeria.
Mail ID: registrar@msdcskills.org
