Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (TNMGRMU) is a government medical university situated in Guindy in the southern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is about from the Chennai International Airport and about from the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station. It is one of the premier medical universities named after the AIADMK founder and the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran, endearingly known as M.G.R. and it is the second largest health sciences university in India after Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences , Karnataka. History. The members of the High Level Committee consisting of Dr. S. Arumugam, Dr. M. Natarajan and Dr. S. Kameswaran submitted the proposals to the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran in the presence of H. V. Hande, former Minister for Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu on 5 July 1983 to start a separate medical university in Tamil Nadu. "The Tamil Nadu Medical University Act, 1987" received the assent of the former President of India R. Venkataraman on 24 September 1987. This affiliating University started functioning from July 1988 and is governed by  the said Act. By 1991, It was named after the AIADMK founder and the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran through "The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai Act, 1987" by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi. 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 - financing; and awarding degrees (also note that until 1988, all degrees of 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 of Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu respectively. The Vice-Chancellor is the main academic officer and administrator in its everyday functioning of the university who is appointed by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Courses Offered. The university offers the Under Graduate, Post Graduate Diploma, Post Graduate, Super Specialty courses and Post Doctoral Fellowship Programme - Medical, Surgical & Dental Sciences. Future. The university is planning to set up a 500-bedded 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.