Sankara Nethralaya. A Mission For Vision

The inauguration of Dr G Sitalakshmi Memorial clinic for ocular surface disorders was held on 05th November 2007 at Sankara Nethralaya. The occasion marked the dedication of the ocular surface clinic in memory of Dr. G Sitalakshmi and the launch of the “MOOKP Training Programme”.
Dr. S S Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, welcomed the gathering and reminisced [...]

Round Table is an organization of non-political and non-sectarian young men between the age group of 18 and 40. Its aim is to promote service, fellowship and goodwill in National and International affairs. Round Table India believes in Community Service through the Fellowship of its members. The unique feature of this organization is that it [...]

Sankara Nethralaya and ORBIS pediatric learning and training centre celebrated Childrens’ day in a very grand manner. Free clinical examination was conducted to all children below 16years.
Dr T S Surendran, Vice Chairman of Sankara Nethralaya and Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology Department along with his associates addressed the importance of vision care in children. More than [...]

Joel Clayborne Stephens, Ph.D., SVP and Chief Scientific Officer of Motif Biosciences, USA visited Sankara Nethralaya on 14-11-2007. He had discussions about possible collaboration with Vision Research Foundation on mapping disease genes for ophthalmic diseases. Motif Biosciences Inc. is a population genetics company seeking to identify the genetic causes of major diseases by working [...]

Sankara Nethralaya & the government of Mauritius have an agreement whereby, patients with complicated eye problem like Vitreo retinal are sent to Sankara Nethralaya for treatment. His Excellency, Mr. A V Chettiar vice-president, Republic of Mauritius visited Sankara Nethralaya on 15-11-2007. He interacted with some of the Mauritius patients currently undergoing treatment. He was accompanied [...]

Mr Abdullah Mujaini, Dr Abraham Varghes & Mr Ali BinNasser Al Kindi, Health Attache from Oman visited Sankara Nethralaya on 09th November

Sankara Nethralaya has been working in partnership with Tata Consultancy Services to implement the Electronic Medical Records Maintenance system for the past 6 years

Mr. S Balasubramaniaya, Vice president-Global health care practice, Dr Sumanth C Raman, Consultant-health care practice & P K Sivaramakrishnan, Head-delivery center Chennai, had visited SN to explore the possibilities of strengthening the [...]

Mr Yogesh Saraf, Joint managing Director of Facor Alloys Ltd, Mrs Yogesh Saraf, Mr R.G.Chari General Manager-South Zone Facor Alloys Ltd & Mr Pankaj Sharaf, GM-Accounts of Facor Alloys Ltd. visited Sankara Nethralaya on 02nd November. They were taken on a hospital tour besides meeting Dr S S Badrinath and other Senior members at the [...]

Dr Vinay K Jain Medical Oncologist from Dallas,Texas,USA delivered a lecture about JIV DAYA FOUNDATION, which is dedicated to improving pediatric oncology care around the world. He is the CEO of Jiv Daya foundation & also the President of Indo-American cancer association. He discussed about India Pediatric Oncology initiative (IPOI), the mission of Jiv Daya [...]