Sri Ramachandra University-Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute

About College

Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai was established in the year 1985 as part of the Sri Ramachandra Education & Health Trust by its founder, Shri. N.P.V. Ramasamy Udayar. The Government of India accorded the status of a Deemed University to Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute in September 1994, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act of 1956 and it is accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC. The institution was founded as a private, not for-benefit self-financing body. The University is dedicated to serving society as an institute of excellence focused on medicinal training, exploration, and other services. Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (SRMC) is a tertiary care multi-specialty university hospital with around 2280 beds, 100 ICU beds, and 16 operating rooms. The Joint Commission International (JCI)  has accredited the University Teaching Hospital, the first teaching hospital in India to obtain such accreditation from JCI. The Blood Bank is accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) is one of the largest in Asia with a 10,000 Sq.ft area.

The University campus spread over 175 acres and located in Porur, on the Chennai-Bangalore highway. It is only a twenty-minute drive away from the Chennai International Airport.

• There are nine constituent colleges and multiple faculties covering over 100 courses under the University

• There are more than 4000 students at this University

• More than 3500 patients seek quality health care here as well

Constituent Colleges

• Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute

• Sri Ramachandra Dental College & Hospital

• Sri Ramachandra College of Pharmacy

• Sri Ramachandra College of Nursing

• Sri Ramachandra College of Physiotherapy

• Sri Ramachandra College of Management

• Sri Ramachandra College of Biomedical Sciences, Technology and Research

• Sri Ramachandra College of Allied Health Sciences

Academic Collaboration

• University of Wisconsin, USA

• Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

• Queen Margaret University College of Edinburgh, UK

• Anna University, India

• University of Washington, USA

• Kyushu Dental College, Japan

• University of Capetown, South Africa

• Smile Train – Cleft Lip Palate (Plastic Surgery), USA

• Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada

• University of Miami, USA

• University of Berkeley, USA

• CITI University of Miami – Cancer Biology – Clinical Oncology, USA

• Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hongkong, China

• Staffordshire University, UK

• Sheffield Hallam University, UK

• The National University of Taiwan, Republic of China

• The University of Sheffield – School of Clinical Dentistry, England

• Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu, India

• Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi,

• Northumbria University, England

Research Collaboration

• Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

• National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore

• Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam

• National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR), Chennai

• International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Delhi

• Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

• National Institute of Siddha, Chennai

• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur

Industry Collaboration

• Piramal Life Sciences, Mumbai

• BIOCON – BMS, Bangalore

• Agada Health Sciences

• Berkeley Air Monitoring Group

• EID PARRY (INDIA) LTD, Chennai

• Pfizer Limited, Mumbai

• Simens Limited, Mumbai

• Arvind Remedies, Chennai

• East India Pharmaceuticals, Kolkata

• Himalaya Drugs Ltd, Bengaluru

• Orchid Pharma, Chennai

• Cavin Care, Chennai

• Jain Irrigation Systems, Jalgaon

• AJ Organia, Pune

Research Projects

• Isolation of novel drugs from the ocean

• Screening of anti obese drugs of herbal original

• Referral center for Risk factor identification for early coronary artery disease and prevention

• Molecular response of HIV, Hepatitis C for treatment with Traditional Medicine drugs

• Collaborative research on"Periodontal disease, oral cancer, and fluorosis

• Low dose radiation, diagnostic radiation exposures, Genomic instability, DNA damages, and repair

• Multiplex PCR development for the diagnosis of fungal infection

• Novel approaches to the early diagnosis of tuberculosis

Facilities

Scholarship

The University offers a total No. of 12 Fellowships each carrying a sum of Rs.6,000/- p.m. with a contingency grant of Rs.25,000/ p.a. for a period of 3 years for candidates undertaking research on a full-time basis for the Ph.D. programmes of the University.