About Vinayaka Missions University (VMU), Chennai

Vinayaka Missions had its origin in the year 1981 with the inception of the Thirumuruga Kirupananda Variyar Thavathiru Sundara Swamigal (TKVTSS) Medical educational and charitable trust. Soon from then, in 1982, the Founder-Chairman, Dr. A Shanmugasundaram founded the Vinayaka Mission's College of Pharmacy in Salem, which was one of the pioneer institutions of Vinayaka Missions.

In the year 2001, the "Deemed to be University" status was given to Vinayaka Missions by The Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD), Government of India. The award was an acknowledgment with the recommendations of the University Grant Commission under Section three of the UGC Act, 1956 for excellence and years of satisfaction of years in the very best level of educational standards and best infrastructural facilities provided to attain eminence in education. By virtue of this recognition, Vinayaka Missions transcended to turning into Vinayaka Missions analysis Foundation (VMRF) as the forty-eighth University in the country.

Every year approximately 15,000 students get enrolled in its various constituent colleges. The mentioned numbers also include approximately 2000 students graduates from the university in the field of medical, dental, homeopathy, paramedical, engineering and management professionals other than arts and science graduates, completing their degree from the VMRF campuses successfully.

Vinayaka Mission University is also known as Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (VMRF) is a multidisciplinary university and Vinayaka Mission University Courses includes degree programmes in M.B.B.S., M.D., M.S.,., B.E./B.Tech, M.E./M.Tech, M.B.A., M.Com, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, PG Diploma, B.D.S., M.D.S, B.P.T., M.P.T and lot more others.

All the courses provided at the university and its constituent colleges are being regulated by a group of departments as listed below:

Medicine

Dentistry

Engineering and Technology

Commerce and Management

Pharmacy

Architecture

Physiotherapy

Arts and Science

Nursing

Education

Homeopathy

Physical Education

Allied Health Sciences

At present the university has constituted 14 colleges under its roof as mentioned below:

Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospitals located at Salem

Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospitals located at Karaikal

Annapoorana Medical College and Hospitals located at Salem

Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospitals located at Pondicherry

Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College located at Salem

Vinayaka Mission's Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital located at Salem

Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College located at Salem

Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology located at Chennai

Vinayaka Mission's College of Pharmacy located at Salem

Vinayaka Mission's College of Physiotherapy located at Salem

Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Arts and Science College located at Salem

Vinayaka Mission's Annapoorana College of Nursing located at Salem

Vinayaka Mission's College of Nursing located at Karaikal

Vinayaka Mission's College of Nursing located at Pondicherry

The university has also collaborated with many national as well as international organizations that help in its academic developments. The institute has signed MuOs with companies like BOSCH as well as institutes like Oakland University, USA and other leading institutes in Japan and Bangladesh which aids into the Vinayaka Mission University Placement.