Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), formerly Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences, is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

located in

Gangtok, Sikkim Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest populated place of the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the headquarters of the Gangtok District. Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayan range, at an elevation of . The city's populat ...

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. The Sikkim Manipal University started its journey in 1992, after the signing of an agreement between the

Government of Sikkim The Government of Sikkim also known as the State Government of Sikkim is the subnational government of the Indian state of Sikkim and its 6 districts, created by the National Constitution as the legislative, executive and judicial authority to ...

and the Manipal Education & Medical Group (MEMG). The university was officially established in 1995 as Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences through ''The Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Science Act, 1995''. The name as changed to Sikkim Manipal University in 2010 through ''The Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical, and Technological Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2009''.

Notable alumni

Satyarup Siddhanta Satyarup Siddhanta (born 29 April 1983) is a Bangalore-based Indian mountaineer. Satyarup became the youngest mountaineer in the world and the first from India to climb both the Seven Summits as well as Volcanic Seven Summits on 15 January 201 ...

, B.Tech. (2008) * Muskan Raj, 2010 IPS,

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Notable alumni

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