Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital (DSMCH) is a private, self-financing medical college in Siruvachur, Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu, run by the Srinivasan Charitable and Educational Trust. It was established in 2011, when the Medical Council of India granted a Letter of Permission for 150 MBBS admissions a year. The college sits on a 100-acre campus on the Tiruchirappalli-Chennai national highway (NH45) and is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai.
The attached teaching hospital was set up to serve the rural population of Perambalur and neighbouring districts, including Ariyalur and Cuddalore, which previously had to travel to Tiruchirappalli, Villupuram, or Chennai for secondary and tertiary care. The hospital reports 1,300 beds (1,210 of them teaching beds), 18 modular operation theatres, and departments spanning general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, and several super-specialty units including nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, and cardiology.
Note: this page covers only the Perambalur campus (DB id 1519). It is a distinct institution from the group's other Tamil Nadu medical campuses, including Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital (a separate campus) and Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital, which run under related trust branding but are not the same college.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Private, self-financing medical college |
| Established | 2011 |
| Run by | Srinivasan Charitable and Educational Trust |
| Affiliation | The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai |
| Approval | National Medical Commission (NMC) |
| Location | Siruvachur, Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu 621113 |
| Campus size | 100 acres, approx. 12 lakh sq. ft. built-up area |
| Attached hospital | 1,300 beds (1,210 teaching beds) |
| NIRF rank | Not found on nirfindia.org, treated as unranked |
MBBS admission is through NEET-UG, followed by Tamil Nadu state counselling (Directorate of Medical Education / Selection Committee) for government-quota and management-quota seats, since this is a self-financing college; candidates allotted All India Quota seats go through MCC's central counselling. The college's founding Letter of Permission (2011) was for 150 MBBS seats a year; several third-party admission aggregators currently list a higher figure (250) for recent intake years, but this could not be verified against a primary NMC or MCC seat-matrix document, so it is left unconfirmed below rather than stated as fact.
On the fee side, the college is one of 21 Tamil Nadu self-financing medical colleges covered by the state's Justice R. Pongiappan fee committee notification, which fixed management-quota and NRI-quota fees for the three-year cycle 2025-26 to 2027-28. Government-quota fees for these 21 colleges were left unchanged for 2025-26, but the exact current government-quota figure for this specific college was not found in a primary notification and is left unconfirmed.
| Programme | Duration | Seats | Fee (per year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBBS | 5.5 years (4.5 years academics + 1 year internship) | 150 per the 2011 NMC Letter of Permission; current intake reported as higher by aggregators but unconfirmed against a primary source | Government quota: not confirmed from a primary source. Management quota: approx. ₹15 lakh (2025-26 to 2027-28 fee committee notification). NRI quota: approx. ₹27 lakh (same notification), plus a reported ₹60,000 development fee |
| MD / MS (various pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical specialities) | 3 years | Part of a 74-seat Letter of Permission across all PG specialities combined; per-subject seat split not published on the college's own site | Not confirmed from a primary source |
| DM / MCh super-specialities (e.g. Cardiology, Neurology, Surgical Gastroenterology) | 3 years | Included within super-specialty departments the hospital operates; specific sanctioned seat counts not published | Not confirmed from a primary source |
No NIRF rank for this college was found on nirfindia.org's Medical category listings for the editions checked (2023 and 2024). The college's own website references NIRF data-submission activity, but that is not the same as holding a published rank. This page will be updated if a verified NIRF Medical ranking for this college is published in a future edition.
The campus has separate hostel blocks for men and women, with rooms offered in single, double, and triple occupancy, according to the college's own amenities page. Dining halls serve meals prepared on campus, and the hostels have round-the-clock water supply. Campus conveniences include a bank and ATM, Wi-Fi, a fitness centre, and battery-electric vehicles for internal transport, plus uninterrupted power supply.
For sports, students have access to indoor and outdoor facilities covering cricket, football, basketball, tennis, badminton, and a gymnasium. The college also runs its own bus service connecting the campus to Perambalur, Ariyalur, Tiruchirappalli, Namakkal, and Karur. Round-the-clock security includes CCTV monitoring and trained security personnel, per the college's own published amenities page.
1,300-bed hospital on campus with 18 modular operation theatres and a 157-bed ICU across specialties, per the college's own Citizen Charter document
Positioned as the main tertiary-care referral point for Perambalur, Ariyalur, and Cuddalore districts, an area previously underserved for specialist and emergency care
Holds Letter of Permission for 74 postgraduate seats across pre-clinical, para-clinical, and clinical departments, with several already recognised by the NMC
All UG and PG courses run as residential programmes, with separate hostel blocks for men and women on the same 100-acre campus
| Framework | Category | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIRF | College | 2025 | #40 |
No verifiable notable alumni were found for this specific campus at the time of drafting. As a college established in 2011, its earliest MBBS batches would only recently have completed postgraduate training and entered independent practice, so this section is intentionally left without entries rather than populated with unconfirmed names.
24 courses offered. Fees in INR lakhs.
