Manasa Trust was founded with the objective of promoting the concept of positive mental health and trying to drive away the myths and misconceptions regarding mental health. It also aims at contributing towards the overall development of the community. It was established in the year 1998, by Dr. K. A. Ashok Pai. As a first step to fulfil its objectives it started programmes to educate nursing students in the discipline of psychiatry, psychology and psychiatric social work.
About 50+ batches of nurses have so far received training. Post graduate students of Psychology and Social work from various colleges of different universities of Karnataka are provided with an opportunity to carryout assignments and block placements in its nodal centre, Manasa Hospital.
Manasa Trust has also carved out a special niche for itself in Karnataka by organizing literary, socio-cultural and academic activities. The Trust organizes the late Kateel Appu Pai memorial lectures on contemporary issues. Ms.Kiran Bedi, Shri.Mohan Agashe, Ms.Margaret Alva, Dr. B.M. Hegde are among the celebrities who have delivered the annual lectures.
The Trust has hosted programmes featuring Shri Girish Karnad, Shri Shyam Benegal, Shri Suresh Hebliker, Shri P. Sainath & Shri Jairam Ramesh, Shri Balakrishna Shetty, Shri Rajdeep Sardesai, Shri K.V.Kamath-ICICI and Shri Srinivas Dempo Many of these activities have been collaboratively organized in association with Kuvempu University and other educational institutions.
Manasa Trust offers diploma & post graduate degree courses through its unit Manasa Educational Foundation to promote mental health awareness and to offer quality education in the field of counselling and psychology. The objective is to educate a large number of paramedical workers, trained counsellors and to provide doctors with additional expertise.
TRUSTEES
Manasa trust was founded by Dr Ashok Pai, with the vision of dedicated services to the field of mental health as a pioneer in community psychiatry. He realised the need to explore every avenue to take mental health to all the needy. Such an enterprise regained the establishment of various units created around the Manasa Hospital, which he had established in Shivamogga.
It is a matter of satisfaction that the units he had envisioned are functioning, successfully. Academic programs in psychology, clinical psychology under the department of clinical psychology, all undergraduate programs in languages, social work, social sciences, and humanities at Ashok Pai Memorial College, Manasadhara for Psychosocial Rehabilitation Mukunda for Senior citizens Manaspoorthi , a special School, every significant area of mental healthcare has been catered to through these units. Teaching learning, clinical training, research, and caregiving are the areas in which the units have excelled. With the enormous goodwill, we have received, we intend to continue to contribute to the society.
Dr. Rajani A Pai
Managing Trustee, Manasa Trust®
MESSAGE FROM DR. VAMAN V SHANBHAG
Manasa Trust has carved a special niche for itself for its unique contribution to the enhancement of mental health. Dr Ashok Pai, eminent psychiatrist was a visionary who knew the need and the challenges before mental health in contemporary society. He realised that only a large army of fully trained, skilled and dedicated experts in the several areas of mental health could address these challenges.
Hence he planned ways and means of creating units which would offer specialised training in the salient areas of Mental Health. What seemed difficult to achieve then has been realised. The institutions and units started by Manasa Trust over the years have earned the goodwill and appreciation of everyone. We, at Manasa Trust are dedicated to the task of realising every aspect of the roadmap he had envisioned for Manasa Trust.
Dr. Vaman M Shanbhag
Trustee, Manasa Trust®
Message from the Academic Director
Greetings and good wishes from Manasa Trust.
Kateel Ashok Pai Memorial Institute of Allied Health Science was started in the memory of Late Dr. K A Ashok Pai, a psychiatrist, writer and a pioneer in the field of mental health. He had envisioned making Manasa a center for learning and research in the field of mental health. KAPMIAHS is one small step towards that goal.
At KAPMIAHS, we work with the intention of providing the best of the facilities required for the student to reach his/her potential. To quote Albert Einstein “Education is not the learning of facts but training of the mind to think” KAPMIAHS was conceived with this vision.
The staff at KAPMIAHS are accomplished, learned and think beyond classroom. The practical training provided by means of educational visits, interaction with guest faculty at the national level and participation in conferences are sure to help students broaden their perspective about life.
We assure that we will try our best to keep improving and make sure to make learning enjoyable, hence fruitful.
Welcome to the KAPMIAHS family.
Dr. Preethi V Shanbhag
Trustee and Academic Director
Manasa Trust®