Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University

The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is a government medical university situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the premier medical universities in India, named after the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran, and it is the second largest health sciences university in India.

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History

On 5 July 1983, the members of the high-level committee, consisting of S. Arumugam, M. Natarajan, and S. Kameswaran, submitted the proposals to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran, in the presence of the minister for health and family welfare of Tamil Nadu H. V. Hande, to start a separate medical university in Tamil Nadu.
On 24 September 1987, the Tamil Nadu Medical University Act, 1987, received the assent of the president of the Republic of India R. Venkataraman. This affiliated university started functioning in July 1988 and is governed by the said act. In 1991, chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi named the university after the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran, through The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai Act, 1987.
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is the only medical university in Tamil Nadu capable of granting affiliation to new medical and paramedical colleges, government- or self-financed, and awarding degrees. Until 1988, all degrees in health sciences in Tamil Nadu were awarded by the University of Madras.

Administration

The chancellor and pro-chancellor of the university are the governor and the minister for health and family welfare of Tamil Nadu, respectively. The vice-chancellor is the main academic officer and administrator in the everyday functioning of the university and is appointed by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Future

The university is planning to set up a 500-bed hospital on four acres of land on the outskirts of the Raj Bhavan campus, with 300 beds set to be installed in the first year.