Sankara Nethralaya. A Mission For Vision

The bright Sunday morning at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium the venue of the Sankara Nethralaya sports meet was reminiscent of the ever so familiar words from the commentator’s box at the Lord’s stadium, ‘A glorious sunshine with a nip in the air’, although Margazhi had departed a week back, the morning was pleasantly cool and [...]

The Elite School of Optometry, a premier institution in its area of specialization has as part of its initiative to share and simplify its rich knowledge and expertise in a wide range of optometry related topics released an exhaustive question and answer book titled “ESO’s Optometry Question Bank with rational reasoning” for the benefit of [...]

In keeping with the spirit of its founding principle and cherished objective of sharing  knowledge and in-depth learning for the betterment of humanity, Sankara Nethralaya has released its ‘Manual of Medical Laboratory Techniques’ a sheet anchor for proper and precise diagnosis. The book is co-authored by Dr S.Ramakrishnan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Cell [...]

Republic Day of the Union of India was celebrated with the customary fanfare and patriotic fervour the occasion deserves at the Main campus of Sankara Nethralaya. The proceedings started at 8:00am with the day’s key moment, the hoisting of the national tricolor by well known social activist, thinker and orator Shri Thamizh Aruvi Manian, the [...]

S.Suganya a first year student of B.Sc Medical Laboratory Technology at the Sankara Nethralaya Academy has brought pride to the institution by winning the ‘Tamil Essay’ competition being conducted as part of the Chennai Science Festival 2012 by the Science City, Department of Higher Education, Government of Tamil Nadu. She will receive the award at [...]

Collaborative research between Sankara Nethralaya and US based Stem Cell Corporation in the field of stem cell therapy has made a significant headway in the area of corneal transplant, an area of ophthalmic care where a huge gap between availability and need had been a long standing problem.  This new technique of developing corneal tissues [...]

‘Bengal Leads’ an ambitious initiative by the government of West Bengal under the stewardship of Honourable Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to put the State on the fast track to growth and development was organized on the 9th of January, 2012 at the Milan Mela, Trade Fair Complex, Kolkata. The high power function meant to draw [...]

The 18th Aradhana of the Mahaperiyava of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam was celebrated at the Sri VD Swami Auditorium on the 3rd of January, 2012 with the piety and religious fervour befitting the occasion. Delivering the welcome note Dr AR.Karthik, Fellow, Post DNB observed that it is the divine guiding force and Anugraha of Periyava that [...]

Dr Padmaja Sankaridurg a well known vision scientist and expert in the area of Corneal infections among contact lense wearers delivered a lecture on ‘Myopia Control- Where are we now” at the Sri VD Swami Auditorium, Sankara Nethralaya. It would be of interest to readers that Dr Padmaja Sankaridurg is among the first batch of [...]

Passing out students of the 1st batch of Hospital Management course meet
Dr SS.Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya
The first batch of students of the 10 weekend certificate program in Hospital Management conducted by the MMA&TSNA passed out successfully on 24th December 2011. The students belonging to mid and senior level management positions from a broad spectrum [...]