MILESTONES
| January 1949 | Department was started by Dr. Jacob Chandy |
| 1952 | EEG Machine acquired |
| 1954 | N1 & N2 wards were built |
| 1957 | Foundation stone for the Department laid |
| 1957 | Neurochemistry Lab established |
| 1957 | Informal training in Neurosurgery began - First Candidate Dr. R.N. Roy |
| 1958 | Formal training in Neurosurgery (M.S. Neurosurgery) began - First Candidate Dr. K.V. Mathai |
| 1961 | Stereotactic Surgery initiated |
| 1964 | Padma Bhushan awarded to Prof. Jacob Chandy |
| 1966 | Formal training in Neurology began - First Candidate Dr. G.C. Mitra |
| 1967 | EMG Machine acquired |
| 1970 | Operating Microscopes Zeiss (OPMI 1) acquired |
| 1972 | Stroke Rooms built |
| 1974 | NSI Meeting held in Vellore |
| 1974 | Silver Jubilee of the Department celebrated |
| 1975 | Neurophysiology Lab established |
| 1984 | CUSA, Laser acquired |
| 1985 | Neurosurgery seats increased from 2 to 3 |
| 1986 | Evoked Potential Machine acquired |
| 1987 | First CT guided stereotactic surgery in India |
| 1987 | First CT guided stereotactic thalamotomy in India |
| 1988 | Video Telemetry began |
| 1989 | International SSPE symposium held in Vellore |
| 1991 | Intraoperative Monitoring began |
| 1995 | International Mycobacterial symposium held in Vellore |
| 1995 | Stereotactic radiosurgery began |
| 1995-1997 | Five Stereotactic workshops held in Vellore |
| 1997 | Neurophysiology Symposium held in Vellore |
| 1997 | Neuro-Endoscope acquired |
| 1999 | Golden Jubilee of the Department celebrated |
| 2003 | Second CMC Winter Symposium on Neurosciences & Psychiatry held in Vellore |
| 2004 | Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop on EMG & Intra-Operative Monitoring held in Vellore. |
| 2009 | OR 8 established for extra theatre with full fledged |
| 2009 | 11th Indian Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Conference held in Bagayam,Vellore |
| 2011 | Neuro High Dependency Unit was renovated with 4 trauma ICU beds, a 12 bedded HDU and a 6 bedded trauma ward in 19th January 2011 |
| 2011 | Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory renovated on 13th June 2011 |
| 2011 | Neurosurgery seats increased from 3 to 4 |
| 2011 | 13th Annual Conference of Skull Base Surgery Society of India held in Bagayam, Vellore |
| 2011 | 60th Year of the Department Celebrated |
| 2012 | B.Sc. in Neuroelectrophysiology Started |
| 2014 | IAN Clinical Neurophysiology Subsection Workshop On Electromyoneurography and Autonomic Disorders held in Bagayam |
| 2016 | DM Neurology seats increased from 2 to 4 |