The first Step of this institution begun by starting a school named as VEL'S ESTATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL with the students strength of 6 by Mr.Rangarajan - Founder

         The VEL TECH ENGINEERING COLLEGE begun at Avadi, Alamathi road, chennai-62 with 4 departments involving 413 students and 10 staff members.

      Shri Vel's Estate Elementary school was upgraded into Shri Vel's Matriculation school. Two more colleges VEL TECH POLYTECHNIC and VEL SRI RANGA SANKU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE were begun. With continuous hard work and effort of staff, students and management , the strength of the institutions grew up to 785 . To encourage and recognize the students performance 57 gold rings and 4 gold medals were distributed to the students holding top percentage

        Our Institution extended their branch in Medical field also by starting the MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AND NURSING. Now the students strength have elated increased to 1406 , Further 277 gold rings and 27 Gold Medals were distributed. For the excercise of the students an Auditorium was constructed which holds up to 300 people named as VEL MURUGAN AUDITORIUM at Vel Tech Engineering College.

      Our Institution launched established another college named VEL SRI RANGARAJAN SAKUNTHALA COLLEGE OF MULTIMEDIA. The students strength was increased to 2405 , Further 722 gold rings and 41 Gold Medals were distributed. The VIJAYA BANK EXTENSION COUNTER was opened

         VEL RANGARAJAN SAKUNTHALA COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE was established. The students strength was increased to 3114 , Further 312 gold rings and 30 Gold Medals were distributed.

   VEL SRI RANGARAJAN SAKUNTHALA COLLEGE OF HIGHTECH ENGINEERING COLLEGE was begun.
   Ms.Leelavathi,VT 265 ,Student belonging to ECE branch of Vel Tech Engineering College achieved the 10th Rank awarded by University of Madras in the April 2002 Examination.
   Mr.M.Sridhar Babu,VP 623 ,Student belonging to IT branch of Vel Tech Polytechnic College achieved the 5th State Rank in the April 2002 Examination.
   An Remarkable achievement of the Institution is that it had secured ISO 9001 : 2000 CERTIFICATION for Vel Tech Engineering Colege and Vel Sri Rangarajan Sakunthala College Of Multimedia
   We got the CII MEMBERSHIP.
   The students strength was enhanced to 4056, Further 1102 gold rings and 105 Gold Medals were distributed.
   First Health Exhibition was conducted for 2 days in the date of March 28 and 29 of 2002.
   First Engineering Project Exhibition was conducted .
   Inaugurated two temples VEL PANCHAMUCKHA VINAYAGAR TEMPLE & ARUMUGA SKANDA TEMPLE inside the campus.
   For the welfare of students and to develop their skils in sports , FLOOD LIGHT BASKET BAL COURT was constructed.
   LORD BALAJI HALL OF MUSIC was constructed.
   DR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM SEMINAR HALL was constructed which can hold upto 250 students.
   For the welfare of school students ANNAI ARANGAM was constructed which can hold upto 100 students.
   Students of M.C.A. Proved the substance of the college by scoring 92% pass percentage .
   We Installed D-LINK FASTEST NETWORKS on April 24,2002.
   To ensure effective placements a PROJECT & PLACEMENT TRAINING OFFICE was opened.