The history of the Chengalpattu Medical college dates back to days before 1965 once this was a section Head Quarters hospital with its building within the city. In 1965, the govt. of Madras upgraded this District Headquarters hospital as a teaching establishment with 250 beds for clinical coaching. Vedachalam Mudaliar, the then Chairman of Chengalpattu Municipality, given a colossal space, that is in pocession of this establishment. nowadays the faculty is underneath the affiliation of The Tennessee Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, State of TamilNadu, India, and is whole administered by the govt. of State of TamilNadu. The Institute could be a Medical Teaching Institute Recognised by the Medical Council of Asian country,New Delhi, India. the faculty Entrains the slogan of - Discipline, Service and Sacrifice. The graduate school trains nearly five hundred underneath Graduate and one hundred Post Graduate from round the country in numerous Medical Departments. the faculty, Hospital Buildings and its hostels area unit settled in an exceedingly sprawling field of 240 acres at Highgrounds in Chengalpattu, within the District of Kancheepuram, TamilNadu. the faculty field is found among 2 kms of the Chengalpattu terminal junction, Intercity terminus and thirty kilometre from International flying field.