The College of Pharmacy functioning under the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (SRMC&RI), a deemed university in Chennai, has been ranked 21st on the National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings-2018, approved by the ministry of human resources development, government of India.

In the category of medical colleges, SRMC&RI stood 40th and it has been adjudged one among the top ten medical institutes in the country.

The rankings of the Chennai based institutions were declared by the Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on April 3 in New Delhi. This was the third edition of the NIRF rankings by the HRD ministry.

While releasing the list of institutions topped high, the minister said government has made participation by public institutions in the NIRF mandatory from next year. The rankings are made in nine categories such as overall performance, universities, engineering institutions, colleges, management institutes, pharmacy colleges, medical institutions, architecture institutes and law institutes.

According to Dr. P.V. Vijayaraghavan, vice chancellor of SRMC&RI, all the recognitions are possible due to the innovative curriculum, skill based training and development of attitudinal skills offered by the deemed university.