Dayananda Pai (born 1945)[1] is an Indian billionaire real estate developer, philanthropist and educationist in Bangalore, India.

[2] He is a managing trustee and board trustee of B.M.S college and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and is the syndicate member of Manipal University and the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal and a former syndicate member of Mangalore University.

He was conferred an honorary doctorate by Mangalore University for his exceptional contribution to the field of education and philanthropy.

[3] In October 2012, Pai's car was shot by two motorbikers after getting calls from a Bangkok-based extortionist.

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