Sankara Nethralaya. A Mission For Vision

Looks can be deceptive, they say, and when you meet Yoga guru Mr. BKS Iyengar you know why! One look at him and it’s hard to believe he is all of 91. Agile, humourous, humble, dedicated, disciplined, benevolent, one can probably run out of adjectives to describe Mr. Iyengar and his contributions in taking yoga [...]

Members of the SightFirst advisory committee visited Sankara Nethralaya on September 1, 2009 to evaluate and discuss the Lions-SN teleophthalmology Diabetic Retinopathy Programme. As part of this, the team also visited the facilities at Sankara Nethralaya, including the Jaslok Community Ophthalmic Centre.
The four-member team consisted of Mr. Joshua Friedman, Assistant Manager, SightFirst department, Lions Club [...]

Mr. Scott Taitel and Mr. Carlos Fernandez from the William J. Clinton Foundation, New York, visited Sankara Nethralaya on July 23, 2009. Mr. Taitel, who is Director Operations, and Mr. Fernandez, who is CEO of the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative also visited JCOC to know more about the hospital’s efforts in providing quality eye [...]

The former President, APJ Abdul Kalam, if one were to believe Dr. Walter Semkiw, was Tipu Sultan in his past lifetime. And his guru Vikram Sarabhai was Haidar Ali in his previous birth!
“Objective evidence of reincarnation,” a guest lecture by Dr. Walter Semkiw, discussed the salient features of reincarnation and the increasing role of objective [...]

Kirti & Company and Medovation Products, Bangalore in collaboration with gke-mbH, Germany conducted a seminar on “Monitoring of Steam Sterilization Process in Hospitals” on June 8, 2009 at Sankara Nethralaya.
The seminar, which was conducted by Dr. U. Kaiser of M/s gke-mbH, Germany, looked into the micro-biological, technical and legal aspects of steam sterilization as per [...]

Dr. Mukesh Doble, Prof. Bioengineering & Drug Design, IIT-Chennai, gave a talk on “Design of small molecules as an anti-infective and anti-inflammatory agent and synergism between natural compounds and antibiotics as antibacterial” at Sankara Nethralaya on June1.
Dr. Doble explained how he used bioinformatics and chemistry to design chalcone based drugs with antibacterial activity. Some of [...]

There was a time when the number of people who walked on our roads outnumbered the vehicles that plied on it. Today, the opposite holds true.
“Back to basics: urban transport policy, as if people and the environment mattered,” a guest lecture by Dr. Madhav Badami, Associate Director, School of Urban planning and McGill School of [...]

A well-wisher and donor Shri. Nichal H Israni, Chairman, Blue Cross Laboratories Ltd., Mumbai visited Sankara Nethralaya on 2nd April 2009.

Prof. Andrew Parratt of Biodeakin University, Australia visited Sankara Nethralaya on 16th March 2009.  Our research proposals: (1) Micro RNA in cancer stem cells in retinoblastoma and (2) tissue specific suicide gene therapy in cancer, using nano-carrier drew their praise.  A Deakin Institute is in the works in Bangalore.
Prof. Parratt visited the Elite School of [...]

As scheduled, Mrs. Wilja C.G. Combe delivered a lecture on Reincarnation on 7th March 2009 in our new auditorium.  It was interesting and informative.  It reinforced the concept of reincarnation and made us understand many aspects of life which would otherwise be a riddle and a puzzle.  It was well attended by many well-wishers, employees [...]