Dayananda Pai (born 1945) is an Indian billionaire real estate developer, philanthropist and educationist in

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, India. He is a managing trustee and board trustee of B.M.S college and

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, and is the syndicate member of

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and the

National Institute of Technology, Surathkal National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), also known as NITK Surathkal, formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), is a public technical university at Surathkal, Mangalore. It was founded in 1960 as KREC while to ...

and a former syndicate member of

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. Pai was awarded the Karnataka Udyog award and the Karnataka Rajyotsva award for social and charitable activities. He was conferred an honorary doctorate by Mangalore University for his exceptional contribution to the field of education and philanthropy.

Assassination attempt

In October 2012, Pai's car was shot by two motorbikers after getting calls from a Bangkok-based extortionist. Tow motorbikes came from both sides of his car and each shot the car once. Pai was saved by his bullet proof

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