Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
state public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (TNMGRMU) 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.
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 (M.G.R.), 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 (M.G.R.), 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.
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