Awards

Medical college identifies Sankara Nethralaya doctor for its rare honour of alumni

Pramukhswami Medical College the first private medical college of Gujarat located at Karamsad near Anand celebrated its 25th Anniversary on 25/12/2011 in a grand manner. The institute chose to honour the past Deans of the college who had rendered meritorious service towards its growth and 4 students of outstanding academic excellence who had passed out […]

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ICICI- CNBC-TV-18 Health care awards 2011

The annual ICICI-CNBC-TV-18 healthcare awards with a huge participation of 4000 hospitals from across the country, a highly distinguished, multi-discipline jury and scientific evaluation parameters has emerged as among the most comprehensive and authoritative verdicts of the healthcare sector. This year’s award ceremony was held on December 22nd at the Taj Palace, New Delhi presided […]

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Presentation of Dhingra Trust awards and passing out ceremony of Malaysian Interns

It was a unique evening at the Sri VD Swami Auditorium on Friday the 25th of November; a day of stepping into the next level of academic pursuit for students of two different streams. The jubilant Dhingra Trust awardees accompanied by their proud parents stepping into the world of higher education and students of Optometry […]

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Sankara Nethralaya adjudged ‘Best Hospital in Ophthalmology in India’ for 2011

The ICICI Lombard – CNBC TV-18 award for the “Best Ophthalmic Hospital” followed by the “Best multi-specialty Ophthalmic Hospital” by The Week/Hansa Research in the year 2010 and now the “Best Hospital in Ophthalmology in India” for 2011 again by The Week/ Hansa Research. Yes we have done it again and done it in close […]

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Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas honoured with the Dr RV.Rajam Oration Gold Medal

Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas, Director, uveitis and ocular pathology, Sankara Nethralaya, attended the 51st Annual meeting of the National Academy of Medical Sciences held on 13th October, 2011 at Bhubaneshwar. He delivered two talks at the L.V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar which were live telecast to the other branches of LVPEI. His oration on ‘Ocular lesions in 1000 […]

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NASSCOM and KPMG Announce the Winners of the Healthcare IT Awards 2011

Acknowledging the Transformative Role of IT in Healthcare in India Hyderabad, April 22, 2011: National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) in collaboration with KPMG today announced the winners of the first Healthcare IT Awards 2011 which were presented at Hyderabad today. The awards are aimed at giving centre stage to various initiatives and […]

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Dr. Rajeswari Mahadevan awarded PhD

Dr. Rajeswari Mahadevan, in charge of the Department of Contact Lenses at Sankara Nethralaya, has been awarded a PhD in optometry. Dr.  Rajeswari completed her PhD on the topic “study of Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenswearers for Keratoconus & Contact Lens Fitting Methods in Irregular Cornea’s” under the supervision and guidance of Dr.Prema Padmanabhan Director […]

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Seva Rathna for Dr. Badrinath

The Srirangam Srimad Andavan Asramam honoured Sankara Nethralaya’s founder and Chairman Emeritus, Dr.SS Badrinath, with the Seva Rathna on April 10, 2011 at a function held in Chennai. Dr. Badrinath was presented the award in recognition of his relentless battle to eradicate blindness, his leadership and pioneering role in providing quality and affordable eye care […]

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Lifetime Achievement award for Dr. Badrinath

Chairman Emeritus Dr. SS Badrinath was presented with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala in recognition of his pioneering work in ophthalmology. The award was presented at the Prof. M. Viswanathan Gold Medal Oration 2010 under the aegis of the MV Hospital for Diabetes held in Chennai on March 13, 2011. “Non-communicable […]

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Dr. Alim Memorial Oration Award for Dr. Biswas

Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas, Director, uveitis and ocular pathology, Sankara Nethralaya, was awarded the “Dr. Alim Memorial Oration Award 2011” at the 10th biennial conference of the SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology and the 38th Annual National Conference of the Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB) held at Dhaka from March 5-8, 2011.  Dr. Biswas delivered a talk […]

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