| Year | Date | Particulars |
| 1982 | October 18 | Kerala Government decides to set up a new University in Kottayam. Sri. T. K. Koshy appointed as Special Officer |
| 1983 | July 11 | Office inaugurated in Baker Memorial Girls High School Campus, Kottyam bySri. T. M. Jacob, Minister for Education |
| October 2 | Gandhiji University Ordinance 1983 (No.34 of 1983) promulgated and Sri. T. K. Koshy took charge as Pro-Vice-Chancellor | |
| October 26 | Inauguration of Gandhiji University by His Excellency Gyani Zail Singh, President of India | |
| 1984 | January 19 | Prof. Dr. A. T. Devasia assumes charge as first Vice-Chancellor |
| January 27 | Prof. N. Babu assumes charge as Controller of Examinations. | |
| February 16 | Sri. K. Jayakumar IAS joins as Registrar | |
| June 23 | Syndicate and Senate constituted | |
| July 7 | First meeting of the Syndicate | |
| August 15 | Office of the University shifted to Padinjarekkara buildings | |
| 1987 | July 27 | Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor |
| 1988 | January 28 | Renamed as Mahatma Gandhi University |
| 1991 | July 27 | Sri. J. S. Badhan IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor (i/c) |
| 1992 | February 6 | Dr. A. Sukumaran Nair assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor |
| 1995 | May 16 | Dr. K. G. Adiyodi assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor (i/c) |
| May 22 | Sri. N. Chandrasekharan Nair IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor (i/c) | |
| November 29 | Sri. K. Jayakumar IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor (i/c) | |
| 1996 | March 25 | Dr. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor |
| 2000 | March 25 | Sri. N. Chandra Sekharan Nair IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor(i/c) |
| November 16 | Prof.(Dr.) Cyriac Thomas assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor | |
| 2004 | November 16 | Prof.(Dr.) Jancy James assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor |
| 2008 | November 16 | Prof.(Dr.) Rajan Gurukkal assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor |
| 2012 | November 16 | Dr K.M Abraham IAS assumes charge as Vice-Chancellor(i/c) |
| 2013 | January 5 | Dr A.V. George Assumes charge as Vice Chancellor |
| 2014 | May 12 | Dr Sheena Shukkur, PVC assumes charge of Vice Chancellor |
| 2014 | September 1 | Dr . Babu Sebastian Assumes charge as Vice Chancellor |
| 2016 | December | University won the Chancellor’s Award during 2015-16 for the Best University in the State |
| 2017 | October | University Re-accredited by NAAC with A Grade |
| 2018 | January | University attained 34th position in NIRF All India MHRD Ranking |
| 2019 | March 7 | The University won the best State University Chancellor’s Award for the second time during 2017-18 |
| 2019 | Mahatma Gandhi University ranked 30 in NIRF ranking . | |
| 2019 | May 28 | Prof. (Dr). Sabu Thomas assumes charge as Vice Chancellor |
| 2019 | August 19 |
Mahatma Gandhi University established a convergence academia complex on its campus |
| 2019 | December |
University’s research project got selected for “BRICS STI FRAME WORK PROGRAMME” |
| 2020 | February 15 |
Dr B Prakash Kumar assumes charge as Registrar |
| 2020 |
MGU won the Chancellor’s Prize for The Best University in Kerala |
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| 2023 | June 5 |
Prof (Dr) C T Aravindakumar assumes charge as Vice Chancellor(i/c) |
| 2023 | December 14 |
Prof (Dr) K Jayachandran assumes charge as Registrar(i/c) |
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