1967 The women students agitated to have a co-educational institution and the erstwhile Government of Madras granted permission.

A 50 bedded comprehensive burn unit was sanctioned on the I floor of the out-Patient Block and was commissioned in March 1985 by Hon.

Hande, then Minister for Health under the Presidency of Dr. Lalitha Kameswaran, then Director of Medical Education.

Every class of MBBS students has assigned to itself an (unofficial) name denoting the year of their entry into the medical school.

The recent batches The college is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.

[2] This College provides UG MBBS Course recognised by NMC - National Medical Commission Of India with a strength of 150 students per year.

The Admission is through the All India Exam named NEET UG - National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) happening once every year.

Selection for admission for 85% of the total seats is done by Directorate of Medical Education and Research,Tamilnadu under the Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu) and for the remaining 15% seats, it is done by the Medical Counselling Committee under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.