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+91 427 2529700
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Central Administration

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. P.K. Sudhir Vice-Chancellor VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1105 vc@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. J. Sabarinathan Pro Vice-Chancellor VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1119 provc@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. A. Nagappan Registrar VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1929 registrar@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. K. Manivannan Controller of Examinations VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1181 coe.vmu@vmu.edu.in
Mr. P. Rajasekaran Finance Officer I/C VMRF (DU) 044-42989006 / 9000 dy.registrar.administration@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. P. Gnanasekar Director (Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship) VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1486 director.innovation@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. B. Jaykar Director (Clinical Trials) VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1918 director.clinicaltrials@vmu.edu.in
Dr. S.A.V. Satya Murty Advisor Research VMRF (DU) 044-42989006 / 9000 director.research@vmu.edu.in
Dr. P. Shankar Director (Research) VMRF (DU) 044-42989006 / 9000 director.research@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. R.S. Shanmugasundaram Director (Students Welfare) VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1135 director.sw@vmu.edu.in
Mrs. S. Shanthana Lakshmi @ Shanthi Director (Admissions) VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1130 director.admissions@vmu.edu.in
Office of Accreditation and Ranking Director (Accreditation & Ranking / IQAC) VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1931 director.accreditation@vmu.edu.in
director.iqac@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. A. Rajan Samuvel Director (Academics) VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1917 director.academics@vmu.edu.in
Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma Director (International Relations) VMRF (DU) 044-42989006 / 9000 director.internationalrelations@vmu.edu.in
Dr. Ramesh K Director Alumni Relations & Placements VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1934 director.arp@vmu.edu.in
Dr. Anish K Ravi Deputy Director – Professional Programs VMRF (DU) 044-42989006 / 9000 dydir.professionalprograms@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. N. Thanga Durai Additional Director (Research) VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1932 additionaldirector.research@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. R. Indra Gandhi Deputy Director Ph.D. Programme VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1161 dy.director.research@vmu.edu.in
Dr. A. Murugan Deputy Director IT VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1919 ithead@vmu.edu.in
Dr. Sabitha Gokul Raj Deputy Director (AR) Medical VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1935 dydirector.ar.med@vmu.edu.in
Mr. Samala Sandeep Kumar L Deputy Director – International Relations VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1937 dydirector.ir@vmu.edu.in
Mrs. Krithika S Deputy Finance Officer VMRF (DU) 0427-2529700 Ext. 1938 dfo.vmu@vmu.edu.in

Medical Colleges

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. K. Ezhil Vendhan Dean Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Medical College & Hospitals, Salem 0427-3500800 / 0427-3500803 dean.vmkvmc@vmu.edu.in
Dr. R. Mani Dean Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital, Puducherry 0413-2611245 / 0413-2611246 dean@avmc.edu.in
Dr. K. Cheran Dean Vinayaka Mission's Medical College & Hospital, Karaikal 04368-263340 dean@vmmckkl.com

Dental College

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. J. Baby John Dean Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Salem 0427-2477723 dean@vmsdc.edu.in

Homoeopathy College

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Dr. S. Gokulakannan Principal Vinayaka Mission's Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Salem 0427-2477885 principal.vmhmc@vmu.edu.in

Pharmacy College

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Dr. R. Kothai Principal I/C Vinayaka Mission's College of Pharmacy, Salem 0427-2400174 principal.pharmacy@vmu.edu.in

Nursing Colleges

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. K. Maheswari Principal Vinayaka Mission's Annapoorana College of Nursing, Salem +91-94431-79993 principal.vmacon@vmu.edu.in
Dr. Edna Sweenie J Principal Vinayaka Mission's College of Nursing, Puducherry 0413-2611245 Ext. 454/55 principal.vmcnpondy@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. K. Kamala Principal Vinayaka Mission's College of Nursing, Karaikal 04368-263334 principal.vmcnkkl@vmu.edu.in

Physiotherapy Colleges

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. A. Sam Thamburaj Principal Vinayaka Mission's College of Physiotherapy, Salem +91-90035-20999 principal.vmcpt@vmu.edu.in
Mr. G. Velmurugan Principal Shanmuga College of Physiotherapy, Karaikal 04368-263259 principal.scpt@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. K.S.I Murali Sankar Director School of Physiotherapy, AVMC Campus, Puducherry 0413-2611101 director.sptpdy@vmu.edu.in

Engineering Colleges

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. R. Sasikumar Principal Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem 0427-2901432 / +91-8523927010 principal.vmkvec@vmu.edu.in
Dr. Janet J Principal Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Paiyanoor, Chennai 99529 66826 principal.avit@vmu.edu.in

Management Studies

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Dr. B. Raj Narayanan HOD MBA Department of Management Studies, VMKV Engineering College, Salem +91-9443874292 hodmba@vmkvec.edu.in
Mr. P. S. Balaganapathy Deputy Director Department of Management, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Paiyanoor, Chennai 87545 41025 / 26 dy.director.mgtavit@vmu.edu.in

Arts & Science

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. V. Anbazhagan Principal Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College, Salem 0427-2901660 principal.vmkvarts@vmu.edu.in
Dr. Christianna Singh Director School of Arts & Science, AV Campus, Paiyanoor, Chennai +91-80150-11195 director.sasavit@vmu.edu.in

Physical Education

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. E. Saravanan Principal Vinayaka Mission's College of Physical Education, Salem +91-9487772526 principal.vmcpe@vmu.edu.in

Law School

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. (Dr.) Gaurav Shukla Principal Vinayaka Mission's Law School (VMLS), Paiyanoor, Chennai +91-98453-71357 gauravshukla@vmls.edu.in

Rehabilitation & Behavioural Sciences

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Mr. Ranganathan M Director Variyar School of Rehabilitation and Behavioural Sciences, VMU, Salem +91-9363610060 director.srbsvmkvmc@vmu.edu.in
Prof. Dr. Arun Banik Dean School of Rehabilitation and Behavioural Sciences, AVMC Campus, Puducherry 0413-2615061 / 63 director.srbs@vmu.edu.in

Economics & Public Policy

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Dr. Debdulal Thakur Director Vinayaka Mission's School of Economics and Public Policy (VSEP), Paiyanoor, Chennai +91-74183-14443 dean@vsep.edu.in

Allied Health Sciences

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Prof. Dr. B. Sendilkumar Director School of Allied Health Sciences, VMRF (DU) Campus, Salem 0427-3982090 director.sahsslm@vmu.edu.in
Mr. S. Andrew John Silvester Director School of Allied Health Sciences, AVMC Campus, Puducherry +91-91599-99572 director.sahspdy@vmu.edu.in
Mr. Muthuraj Samuel Director I/C School of Allied Health Sciences, AV Campus, Paiyanoor, Chennai +91-98431-96344 director.fahsavit@vmu.edu.in
Dr. D. Karthikeyan Director I/C School of Allied Health Sciences, VMMC Campus, Karaikal 04368-263336 director.sahskkl@vmu.edu.in
Dr. G. Ramani Director School of Allied Health Sciences, VMKVMC Campus, Salem 0427-3012078 director.sahsvmkvmc@vmu.edu.in

School of Health Systems

Name Designation Institution Contact No. Email
Dr. K. Manivannan Director I/C Vinayaka Mission's School of Health Systems, Paiyanoor, Chennai 96009 79731 vmshs@vinayakamissions.com
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