The first private Pharmacy College in Tamil Nadu was started
in the year 1980 by Tamil Nadu Chemists & Druggists Association, forming a
Trust in the name of Tamil Nadu Chemists & Druggists Educational Trust
registered on 07/03/1980. The College was named as C.L.Baid Metha College of
Pharmacy
Mr.C.S Ramamurthy the President of the Association was the
first Founder Chairman, Mr.C.A.Vasudevan,General Secretary of Association was
the first Executive Trustee. Mr.C.L.Metha, Mr.Vinod Khanna and Mr.Sreedharan as
Members of the Association, were other Trustees
The College owns the property at the Prime location on Rajiv
Gandhi Salai ( OMR ) purchased by the TNCDE Trust.
After the demise of Mr.Vinod Khanna who was the Chairman
from August 1988 to March 2020, the Board was reconstituted on 08/08/2020