Sankara Nethralaya News

The Road to Success

As part of the ‘Meet Success First Hand’ series, aimed at highlighting successful first-generation entrepreneurs, Chairman Emeritus Dr. SS Badrinath spoke on Sankara Nethralaya’s road to success. Organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) on April 29, 2010, Dr. Badrinath shared with the gathering the genesis of Sankara Nethralaya, the institute’s growth and achievements. […]

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Sankara Nethralaya- Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam to step up services at Tirupati

Following an invitation from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam,(TTD ), Sankara Nethralaya (SN ) and the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam  signed a Memorandum of Agreement  on April 25, 2010 for providing ophthalmology services to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam  employees,  public and  pilgrims at Tirupati. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam has set up a separate non-profitable Charitable trust — Sri […]

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Nethralaya’s ‘Future Vision’ screened

To capture the phenomenal growth of Sankara Nethralaya in the recent past and to showcase its future projects, Sankara Nethralaya, with the support of AVM studios, has come out with a one-hour film – Future Vision – on the institute. Directed by one of Tamil cinema’s leading directors, Mr. SP Muthuraman, the documentary encompasses all […]

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SN opens dedicated centre for Kalaignar Kaappettu Thittam

Minister of Health, Tamil Nadu, Thiru M R K  Panneerselvam inaugurates the Kalaignar Kaappettu Thittam Centre To commemorate World Health Day on April 7, Sankara Nethralaya opened a special centre for the Kalaignar Kaappettu Thittam and kick-started its 15-day World Health Day Campaign, in collaboration with Aahaa FM. The new centre was inaugurated by the […]

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ESO’s Vision Screening Activities

Refractive errors (need for glasses) are the second main cause for avoidable blindness and the role of Optometrists in reducing this condition is significant. Elite School of Optometry, a pioneer in the field of optometry education in India, is involved in many screening activities, including cataract and diabetic retinopathy. School children vision screening occupies the […]

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Red Dot award for BPL StudyLite

The BPL StudyLite, a unique rechargeable LED study lamp, has won the coveted Red Dot award for product design from Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany.  The StudyLite has been designed by Studio ABD, in collaboration with BPL. Sankara Nethralaya provided the lighting parameters for the study lamp as well as tested it for usage and […]

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New careers in sight

The Elite School of Optometry, a unit of Medical Research Foundation, was founded in 1985 with the aim to create a pool of trained eye care professionals who would not only be competent in clinical refraction, low vision services, dispensing optics and contact lenses, but would also be trained in the early detection of ocular […]

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Utkal-Sankara Nethralaya eye camp

Photo courtesy:  Raj Bhavan, Chennai The Utkal Association, a cultural and social service forum of Oriyas in Chennai, in association with Sankara Nethralaya organised an eye camp for indigent patients and employees of Raj Bhavan on March 21, 2010. A team from the Elite School of Optometry, a unit of Medical Research Foundation, managed the camp. […]

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To their alma mater – a token of gratitude

They say an opportunity once lost, is lost forever. And when Dr. Vardhaman Kankaria and his wife Dr. Shrutika Kankaria were presented with one such opportunity — to pursue their PG at Sankara Nethralaya — they sure didn’t want to lose it. Having completed their graduation from the famed KEM Hospital in Mumbai, the Doctor […]

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Discourse on SuryaYog

The benefits of SuryaYog, an advanced Yoga, a journey that helps an individual merge with Nature, were shared with Sankara Nethralaya employees at a function held at the institute on March 16, 2010. Explaining at length the power of the Sun, Suryaji cited various examples of the positive effect SuryaYog has on an individual’s well […]

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