Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER) is a private institute located in Porur, Chennai, India.^[1] SRIHER consists of nine constituent colleges and faculties^[2] with more than 6,000 students.^[1] SRIHER was founded by Sri Ramachandra Education & Health Trust on September 11, 1985, by N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar. It was founded as a medical college, and awarded the deemed-to-be-university status in September 1994.^[3]

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

Motto	Higher Values in Higher Education
Type	Private
Established	1985
Founder	N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar
Accreditation	NAAC A++
Chancellor	V. R. Venkataachalam
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Uma Sekar
Undergraduates	5138[1]
Postgraduates	1475[1]
Location	Porur, Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India 13.0395°N 80.1427°E / 13.0395; 80.1427
Website	sriramachandra.edu.in

Rankings

University and college rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2024)[4]	96
NIRF (Universities) (2024)[5]	55
Medical – India
NIRF (2024)[6]	20
India Today (2020)[7]	22
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2024)[8]	31
Dental – India
NIRF (2024)[9]	10

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research 96 overall in India in 2024, 10th in Dental Category, 55 among universities, 20 in the medical ranking, and 31 in the pharmacy ranking.^[10] It was ranked 1 among among private health science university in India in 2022 by India Today.^[7]

Academics

The college offers the four-and-a-half-year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship. There are 250 seats which are filled through NEET UG exam.^{[citation needed]}

Postgraduate and doctoral courses

SRIHER offers postgraduate courses in almost all subjects including surgery, medicine, gynecology etc. Similarly it offers a variety of Doctoral courses including MCh in Neurosurgery, Surgical oncology, Cardiac Surgery among others and DM in Cardiology, Neurology etc.