The Manipal Alumni Association Malaysia was formed by the Former Students of Kasturba Medical College – Manipal,India. Upon returning home to Malaysia after completing their MBBS, while they moved on to working in the government service, the former students of KMC felt a need to connect. The initial core group who mooted the idea of the Manipal Alumni Association consisted of Dr.V.Surendranathan, Dr. R. L. Anandan, Dr. Rasihd, Dr. Jeyaratnam, Dr. Pathmarajah, and Dr.S.S. Thevan. This group met regularly either in one of their houses or in restaurants and organised the first Alumni get together in September 1979.