Historic Alliance between SRMC & RI and HMI

Sri Ramachandra University was established in 1985. It became a
deemed university in 1994. The deemed university is at the forefront in clinical programs in cardiology, interventional radiology, neurosurgery
and transplantation, and research in environmental and occupational health sciences. SRMC & RI is currently developing a new competency based curriculum in medical education.

Harvard Medical School (HMS) has been a leader in defining universal standards of medical excellence. Harvard Medical International (HMI)
was created in 1994 with the leadership of Harvard Medical School to respond to requests for the School's involvement in international health care initiatives, as a nonprofit, subsidiary corporation of Harvard
University. The Dean of HMS is the chairman of the board of HMI.

This historic alliance between SRU was signed by the late Shri N.P.V. Ramaswamy Udayar, Founder Chancellor of Sri Ramachandra University and Dr. Robert Crone, CEO of Harvard Medical International, in 1997. Frequent scholarly exchanges, academic development programs, faculty development programs and transfer of medical resources have been the highlights of this alliance. Completion of five years of this alliance was marked by the visit of Dr. Joseph Boyd Martin, Dean of Harvard Medical School in 2003, who gave the commencement address to the graduates during the convocation. The current focus of the alliance is curriculum development, creation of continuing education programs, and transfer of expertise in specialized areas of health care and health systems development.

The New England Journal of Medicine is the world's premiere and arguably the most prestigious medical publication. The journal is at the forefront of publishing cutting edge research; its editorials have shaped the way medicine is practiced for over a century now. The journal's editor - in - chief, Dr. Jeffrey Drazen will be leading the "The New England Journal of Medicine Symposium" in a first of its kind of presentation in India.