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Rank Tamil Nadu Total Rank Total

India 2025 State 2025 score India 2025 State 2025 Others score
(1300)
(1300)
1 1 Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and 5 1 Puducherry: Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth
Research (Deemed University), Chennai 1039 (Deemed University) 919
9 2 Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation 12 1 Uttar Pradesh: TS Misra Medical College & Hospital,
(Deemed University), Salem 790 Lucknow 704
10 3 Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education & 11 1 Uttarakhand: Swami Rama Himalayan University,
Research, Chennai 732 Dehradun 730
13 4 KMCH Institute of Health Sciences & Research,
Coimbatore 667

We are delighted that SRIHER is ranked India’s #1
private medical university for the fourth consecutive
“year. This is an acknowledgement of our commit-
ment to excellence in medical and health sciences educa-
tion and research. Over the past 40 years, SRIHER has
evolved into a multidisciplinary deemed-to-be university
with 15 distinct faculties, offering 37 undergraduate, 123
postgraduate programmes, and doctoral degrees. Thus
far, over 1.2 million patients have availed our medical and
health services, with our team having organised 1,067
medical camps and outreach programs.
Therefore, your survey respondents have rightly
awarded us top scores on nine of the ten parameters of
higher education excellence. I am especially pleased with
our top score for research and innovation as this is a
special focus area for SRIHER. Recently, we crossed an national institutions to facilitate knowledge exchange and
important milestone of 11,000 research publications and collaborative projects to address India’s most pressing
1.25 lakh citations. Moreover, our faculty has been award- challenges in health sciences and technology” — Dr. Uma
ed 58 research projects valued at Rs.54 crore and received Sekar, Vice Chancellor, Sri Ramachandra Institute
22 patents. I’m also pleased with our top score for inter- of Higher Education and Research (Deemed Uni-
nationalism. We signed 84 MoUs with international and versity), Chennai (8,949 students, 662 faculty)

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