Ranjan Pai | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | Medical graduate from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and Fellowship in Hospital Administration in the United States |
Occupation(s) | CEO and MD of the Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) |
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Ranjan Pai is an Indian medical doctor, businessperson and the chairman of the Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), which runs six universities and twenty eight hospitals across the globe. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Ranjan Pai was born to Ramdas Pai who is a Padma Bhushan awardee 2011 and chancellor of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). [5] His grandfather, T. M. A. Pai (Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai), set up the Kasturba Medical College, the country’s first private, self-financed medical college in 1953. [6]
Pai completed his graduation from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and his fellowship in Hospital Administration in the United States [7]
Ranjan Pai began his career as the managing director of the Melaka Manipal Medical College in Malaysia. [3] [8] He initially planned to continue with the family’s not-for-profit education trust, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), but later changed his mind and joined MEMG’s business. He started MEMG in the year 2000 out of a rented house in Bengaluru with a capital of $200,000. Now the entity is valued at around $3 billion. [9]
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