Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (VMRF(DU)) had its inception in the year 1981 with the establishment of the Thirumuruga Kirupananda Variyar Thavathiru Sundara Swamigal (TKVTSS) Medical Educational and Charitable Trust. In 1982, the Founder Chancellor, Dr. A. Shanmugasundaram instituted the Vinayaka Mission’s College of Pharmacy in Salem, the pioneer institution of Vinayaka Missions. In the year 2001 the “Deemed to be University” status was conferred on Vinayaka Missions by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India with the recommendations of the UGC Under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 as an acknowledgement of its excellence, satisfaction of the highest level of academic standards and best infrastructural facilities provided to achieve pre-eminence in education and by virtue of this recognition, Vinayaka Missions transcended to become Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (VMRF) as the 48th University in India.
Chancellor, VMRF DU
Pro Chancellor, VMRF DU
Vice President, VMRF DU
Vice Chancellor VMRF DU
Chancellor Avinashilingam Institute For Home Science and Higher Education For Women (Deemed to be University) Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
Dr. A. Nagappan
Director, Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship
Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation
(Deemed to be University), Salem.
Dr. A. Rajan Samuel
Deputy Director - Academics,
VMRF DU,
Salem.
Dr. S. Suriya Narayanan
Deputy Director - Research,
VMRF DU,
Salem.