The Company SKM Siddha and Ayurvedha Company (India) Limited was started as a Charity Trust hospital named SKM Health and Mind Welfare Charity Trust in the year 1989 with the blessings of Swami Vethathiri Maharishi, a spiritual scientist based in Tamilnadu.
The trust hospital started the service by offering consultations in Siddha medicines to the needy. The name SKM stands for Mr. SKM. Maeilanandhan, Chairman of SKM Group companies based at Erode, Tamil Nadu