HISTORY OF SRM

1968 - Mr. T.R. Pachamuthu, the Chancellor, SRM University, began his pursuit to provide top class education by establishing a school - 'Florence Nightingale Primary School' - in Chennai in the year 1968. In the same year, the Valliammai Society in honour of his mother Mrs. R. Valliammai, was founded.

1985 - The 'SRM Engineering College' was established in Kattankulathur, near Chennai, and soon grew into numerous SRM centers of learning.

2002 - The 'SRM College of Dentistry' was awarded the status of deemed university by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, India.

In the same year, the engineering, medical and para-medical colleges of the group were brought under the ambit of SRM Deemed University.

2003-04 - The other colleges follow suit.

2006 - The deemed university then attained the status of a full-fledged university, under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. An upgraded syllabus and international teaching methods, designed by SRM's International Advisory Board (IAB), launched SRM University way ahead of the rest.

Growth at a glance