Well, MAHE & MIT are not same. MAHE i.e. Manipal Academy of Higher Education (previously known as “Manipal University”) is a multidisciplinary university which is ranked number one Pvt. Indian university by QS World Ranking 2019, while MIT i.e. Manipal Institute of Technology is an engineering institute under MAHE.
MAHE It is amongst the first institutions in the private sector to be recognized as a Deemed University by the Government of India. It has over 20 constituent institutions that provide over 280 courses across 20+ streams – Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering, Nursing, Allied Health, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Management, Mass Communication, Information Sciences, Hotel Management, Regenerative Medicine. etc. However, it all started with the vision of Dr. TMA Pai, who is regarded as one of the founders of Modern India; and was facilitated with Padmashri and a commutative stamp by Govt. of India.