In 1984, S.R.M. ventured into higher
education with the launch of the Valliammai Polytechnic.
The year 1985 saw the birth of the S.R.M. Engineering
College, one of the most prestigious Institutions in
Science and Technology and also the flagship Institutions
of the group, encompassing all disciplines of Technical
Education.
During 1992-93 the S.R.M. Group ventured
into Medical Education and started S.R.M. College of
Nursing and S.R.M. College of Pharmacy. During 1993-94
two more Medical Institutions namely S.R.M. School of
Nursing and S.R.M. College of Physiotherapy were added.
During the same year, the Group entered into Hotel Management
Education. The S.R.M. Institute of Hotel Management
was started in 1993, having two campuses, one at Chennai
and the other at Tiruchirapalli. The greatest advantage
that this Institution offers to its students is the
benefit of a deluxe Star Hotel attached to each campus
of this Institute. During 1993-94 S.R.M. Arts &
Science College was added to the S.R.M. Groups of Institutions.
In 1995, the Group launched the S.R.M.
Dental College with a full-fledged Dental Hospital attached
to the College. In 1996 the Valliammai Polytechnic received
the much-needed relief with the launch of a sister Institution,
the S.R.M. Polytechnic. During 1996-97 Thiru. Pachamuthu
opened another Engineering College in the name of his
wife and called it as Easwari Engineering College. In
the same year S.R.M. College of Occupational Therapy
was added to the Group of Medical Educational Institutions.
During 1997-98 the group made an entry into North India
with the launch of the S.R.M. Institute of Management
and Technology at New Delhi. In 1999 the Valliammai
Society added a third Engineering College in the name
of Valliammai Engineering College to the S.R.M. Group
of Institutions.
The years 2002 and 2003 saw important
milestones of achievement in the history of S.R.M. Group
of Institutions. The Ministry of Human Resource Development
and the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India,
declared two of the Institutions of the S.R.M. Group,
namely the S.R.M. Dental College and the S.R.M. Engineering
College as Deemed University under the ambit of S.R.M.
Institute of Science and Technology. Thus, the S.R.M.
Group grew from a level of Nursery School education
to the level of University education in a period of
about three decades.
As could be seen above, hardly a year
passes without the addition of new Institutions or new
disciplines to its group of Institutions by the Valliammai
Society. The society has, thus, adopted a firm resolve
to offer every possible branch of higher learning and
is sparing no effort in realising this vision
