MAHER, a flagship institute (Deemed to be University), is part of a very large conglomerate of India's top league education institutions under the Meenakshi Ammal Trust, a public charitable education trust, founded in the year 1983 by late Mrs. D Meenakshi Amal, a noted philanthropist and astute social leader of her time. Thiru. A. N Radhakrishnan, a core academician and a visionary leader, has been spearheading the Trust and all its educational institutions for over the last four decades with an incredible spirit. He is passionate about uplifting the marginalized sections of society through education. He has tirelessly and painstakingly worked to bring academic eminence to all institutions with deeply embedded values in their governance.