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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