1900 – 1930
| 1900 | Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder started one bedded Hospital |
| 1904 | Informal training of Nurses |
| 1909 | School of Nursing- offered Lower Grade Nursing |
1931- 1960
| 1932 | Higher Grade Nursing Training School (Diploma Nursing) |
| 1935 | Sister Tutor Course |
| 1946 | BSc. in Nursing, University of Madras (First in the country) |
1961 – 1990
| 1967 | BSc. for Trained Nurses, Post diploma course in Operating Room Technique and Management course |
| 1969 | MSc Nursing- University of Madras |
| 1968 | Integration of Nursing Education and Service |
| 1982 | Post Diploma course in Coronary Care Nursing |
| 1988 | College of Nursing affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University |
| 1990 | Post Diploma course in Critical Care Nursing |
1991 – 2000
| 1991 | Post Diploma course in Psychiatric Nursing and Paediatric Nursing |
| 1992 | Post Basic Diploma in Peadiatric Nursing |
| 1994 | PhD in Nursing |
| 1996 | Award of Excellence as the best nursing college by IIES, Madras |
| 1997 | WHO (SEAR) Regional Training Program in Community Health Nursing |
| 1999 | Post Diploma course in Cardiothoracic Nursing Post Diploma course in Perinatal Nursing |
| 2000 | Awarded as Centre of Excellence by Government of India WHO (SEAR) Regional Training programme in Emergency & Trauma Nursing Post Diploma course in Emergency and Trauma Nursing Post Diploma course in Neuro and Neuro Surgical Nursing PhD Consortium under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka Publication of Indian journal of Continuing Nursing Education |
2001 – 2005
| 2001 | Five star rating by NAAC- The Best Nursing College |
| 2002 | Best Nursing College – Five Star Rating of CMC by NAAC Student Faculty exchange programme with Orebro University, Sweden |
| 2003 | Post Diploma in Renal Nursing |
| 2004 | New Computer Lab with ASHA Grant WHO (SEAR) Regional Training programme on Midwifery for Safe Motherhood and Adult Health Nursing Fellowship in Family Nurse Practitioner WHO – Regional program in Neonatal, Neurological & O.R. Nursing Department of Education, Research & Continuing Nursing Education |
| 2005 | WHO(SEAR) Regional training program in Neonatal, Neurological & Operating room Nursing Fellowship in family Nurse practice Department of Education Research & Continuing nursing education |
2006 – 2010
| 2006 | Study centre for National Ph. D. Consortium by INC & WHO WHO(SEAR) Regiona training programme in Mental health Orthopaedic & Pediatric Nursing Induction of Society of Midwives in India(SOMI)- Vellore chapter |
| 2007 | Post Basic Diploma in Oncology Nursing Fellowship in Respiratory Nursing Fellowship in Haematology Nursing |
| 2008 | Sub Recipient of Global Funding for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by INC (Regional Resource Centre for South zone) Post Basic Diploma in Neonatal Nursing Initiation of Secondary Hospital experience for B.Sc. Nursing |
| 2009 | Centennial year of Nursing Education in CMC Inauguration of College of Nursing – New campus Post Diploma in Cardiothoracic, critical care, Neuro, OR, Neonatal oncology Psychiatry, Emergency, Disaster Nursing(INC Recognised) |
| 2010 | Post Diploma in Burns Nursing IJCNE indexed by National Science Library |
2011 – 2015
| 2011 | Inauguration of Florence Taylor memorial Library Post Basic Diploma in Orthopaedic & Rehabilitation Nursing |
| 2012 | Increase in seats for B.Sc. Nursing from 50 to 100 Increase in seats for Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing from 30 to 50 Post Basic Diploma in Burns Nursing |
| 2013 | IJCNE indexed by Indian indexed by Indian citation index Asia Pacific Emergency Disaster Nursing Network(APENDNN)-Member |
| 2014 | Fellowship in Paediatric Critical Care Nursing Partnership with (SNEH Project) for dual method of Nursing Education in India Distance education course in stoma care |
| 2015 | Secondary hospital experience-PBBSc(N) and MSc(N) students Short courses in six specialities for registered nurses- Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, India Post Diploma in Geriatric Nursing(INC Recognized) |
2016 – 2020
| 2016 | First international conference on Disaster risk reduction in collaboration with APENDENN |
| 2017 | Dedication of friendship chapel |
| 2018 | Formation of Association of periopertaive nursing in India(APNI) |
| 2019 | Bioethics curriculum for UG students Inauguration of sports & track field |
| 2020 | ASHA Grant received for an Advanced Simulation Lab |
| 2020 | Started Short Course in Peritoneal Dialysis, endorsed by International Society of Nephrology, Indian society of Nephrology and Peritoneal Dialysis Society |
2021 –
| 2021 | Started Short Course in Chemotherapy |
| 2022 | Inauguration of Advanced Simulation Lab facility |
Mile stones in collaborations
| 2003 | Recognized as WHO Collaborating Centre |
| 2007,2011, 2017, 2022 | Redesignated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing & Midewifery development |
| 2004 | Faculty Exchange with Health Volunteers Overseas, USA |
| 2008 | Student & faculty exchange program with University of Washington Seattle-USA |
| 2009 | Student & faculty exchange program with UPENN-USA |
| 2011 | Faculty Modale Fellowship Program with Kansas University Student & faculty exchange Programme with Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia,Africa |
| 2012 | Student & faculty exchange Program with Karolinska University – Sweden |
| 2021 | MOU with Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland School of Nursing, Indiana University Yonsei University College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh, India |