Sri Ramachandra Instiute for Higher Education and Research (SRIHER)

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), ranked among the top health sciences universities in India, had its origin as Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research which was established by Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health Trust in the year 1985 as a private not-for-profit self-financing institution and dedicated to serve the society as a centre of excellence with emphasis on medical education, research and health care. The Trust achieved the task of establishing the Institution as a “Centre of Excellence” under the leadership of Late Shri. N.P.V.Ramasamy Udayar who was the Founder & Managing Trustee of the Trust and also the first Chancellor of the Deemed to be University. Shri. V.R. Venkataachalam is currently the Chancellor of the Deemed to be University and is also the Managing Trustee of the Trust.

In view of its academic excellence, the Government of India declared Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research as a Deemed to be University in September 1994 under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.

As required by the UGC, a separate and dedicated Trust, “Sri Ramachandra University Trust” was created in 2012 to run the Deemed to be University, fully complying with the UGC norms.

Over three decades, the institute has transformed into a full-fledged Deemed to be University with nine Constituent Colleges / Faculties – Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research and Colleges of Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Allied Health Sciences, Management, Biomedical Sciences, Technology & Research and Public Health offering 104 U.G. and P.G. courses in health care sciences, with a faculty strength of 836, with 6501 students receiving teaching-learning training under them,(Faculty: Student ratio 1:8) during the academic year 2017-18.

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