r/manipal

Okay, so I was thinking about the whole auto situation in Manipal and had a random idea.
The auto scene here is honestly getting ridiculous. Short distances can cost ₹50–80+, and sometimes it feels like you don’t really have much of a choice. There’s also this whole monopoly-type situation where apps like Rapido/Ola/Uber face opposition whenever they try to operate around Manipal.
Meanwhile, there are so many students with their own scooty, bike or car, and most of them are travelling alone anyway.
What if there was a simple student carpooling app where you post your route and, if you’re going that way anyway, take another student along for a small amount?
Instead of paying ₹60–80 for a short auto ride, you could find someone going in the same direction and split the travel cost.
Could also be a pretty cool way to meet people since everyone is basically from the same college.
Obviously there are safety/legal things to figure out, but as a student project, I think this could actually be interesting.
Not planning to build it myself, just throwing the idea out there. Maybe someone here will actually build it lol.

My hair is fucked , lot of hairfall and thinness.

Please suggest a good dermatologist or hair doctor in manipal/Udupi

Please suggest some cheap, I mean REALLLY cheap like under 500-600rs per day hotel if any. My bf is coming over and he just needs a place to sleep and bathe, we'll be eating out and roaming so dont want an expensive hotel. Also tell how far they are so we can know the travelling time, costs etc
And also, I'm really not sure if we might do the deed 😭😭 but just in case lmk some hotels for that too 🫣..
P.S. We're an inter religion couple so we dont want any trouble.

I've been seeing a lot of these kinda posts here lately, what the fuck is going on in manipal y'all?

MAHE management has done very bad constructions. in the name of making all footpaths look good and with shade, they have absolutely disturbed the air flow. on the top of that, they are just constructing walls here and there. at times it feels like oven near edu building, kmc food court and library.
for widening the footpaths, they have reduced the width of main road. its good that footpaths are getting wider. but, just see the traffic man passing on the kmc food court road.
footpath by the side of the NIH - they have fixed the interlock bricks stuff. but, i dont what has been done to the width. now, even 3 people cant walk parallely. on top of that, they have increased the width of flowering area by cutting space from the main road or the footpath. whyy???
from 7 am to 5 pm, there is no space on footpaths to pass normally. so much crowd is there. kmc food court is dam full in peak hours. people just keep waiting.
i tried to find why there is so much crowd now. when i forst came to manipal, it was all good and spacious. i found that in past 4 years, they have increased a total of 10,000+ seats in manipal.
i was amazed. why so much increase even though the mahe is a not for profit trust. i understand its the moral duty of institutions like mahe to provide more seats given the increase in youth population. but, basic infrastructure is the first thing that is needed to be figured out before increasing the seats by such a huge number, and that too in so much less time.

not to mention that absolutely waste 'bouquet' lying in front of chandrashekhar. it took me 2 years to realise its a bouquet. its the second most wasteful thing mahe has created, slcm portal is still the first.

I'm a student at MIT. Can someone please tell me the process to get therapy at kmc. Also reviews are encouraged?

i want to get tested for any mental problem because im scared i might have something.. can we go to kmc for that? what exactly do we ask for there? is it covered with the student insurance?

So hey I wanted to know about extreme gym. Like is it really busy the fees structure and how overall it is. Please help guys if anybody is going there. Also please recommend any affordable gym.

Anyone using whoop band. Kindly let me know how accurate it is and if its worth buying ?

js wondering

Anyone selling a scooty??

I read about buying from owners is better, due to several issues, I have a budget of 30-40k +- a bit

Please, in genuine need of a scooty.