Dhanvantri College of Nursing  is  major  project  structured under  URG charitable trust Erode. It  was  started  on  28th  of  October  2001  with  B.Sc., Nursing (Basic) course, with  an  annual  intake  of  fifty(50)  students. After  successful completion   of  seven  years,  the  trust  obtained  permission  to start  M.Sc., Nursing  with  fourteen  students  in  five  different  subjects  like  Medical  Surgical  Nursing, obstetrics  and  Gynecological  Nursing, Community Health  Nursing,  Psychiatric  Nursing and  paediatric  Nursing.