Sankara Nethralaya News

Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai chosen as preferred ‘Examination Center’ by the prestigious ‘Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons’ Edinburgh

The Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh the highly prestigious academic body dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and advancement in surgical practices through its involvement in education, training, conducting examinations and liaison with medical institutions worldwide, conducted its FRCS-Ophthalmology examinations in the country after a gap of 10 years. The world acclaimed […]

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SPECIALITY CONTACT LENSES – An eye opener for practising Optometrists

The third session in the Nethra Vidya series of Continuing Optometric Education (COE) 2014 by the Sankara Nethralaya Academy was conducted on 15th June 2014. The topic was speciality contact lens fitting and it was enthusiastically attended by 40 Optometry graduates and young practitioners. The highly educative session started with a welcome address by Anuja […]

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The Sankara Nethralaya Academy`s 7th batch of Certificate Course in Hospital Management (CCHM) inaugurated on 21.06.2014

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, the academic arm of Sankara Nethralaya which has carved a niche for itself among Health care and Hospital Management professionals with its trailblazing courses in these subjects like MBA in Hospital & Healthcare Management, Certificate Course in Hospital financial Management and launched the ‘7th batch of weekend Certificate Course in Hospital […]

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Sankara Nethralaya Academy addresses the challenges of healthcare marketing

As part of its holistic approach to the management and delivery of healthcare and enhancing every facet of it, the Sankara Nethralaya Academy the academic arm of Sankara Nethralaya, a unit of Medical Research Foundation conducted an in-depth seminar on one of the most challenging and relatively untouched field of healthcare marketing. The seminar titled […]

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Healthy Career Choices in Health Care

What branch of education to pursue after completing class 10 or 12? A perennial question, with the stock answer being engineering or medicine. However young people had an opportunity to discover a whole range of interesting, high growth courses in the healthcare sector that could help them build great careers, at a career counseling session […]

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A Hands-on Summer Training programme by VIBS

A hands on summer training programme was conducted by the Vidyasagar Institute of Bio-Medical Science between 19th May and 6th June 2014. A total of 13 participants (4) in Biochemistry & Cell Biology,  (4) in Genetics & Molecular Biology and (5) in L & T Microbiology departments from  SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre(1), […]

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Sankara Nethralaya’s giant stride to yet another milestone

In its pursuit to excellence, Jagadguru Kanchi Sri Chandrasekarendra Nethra Nilayam, yet another centre of distinction under the Medical Research Foundation demonstrated its clear commitment to highest level of care for its patients, infection control and prevention, leadership and medical management, to be awarded India’s most coveted accreditation for hospitals and health care providers awarded […]

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The Sankara Nethralaya Academy conducts a high power knowledge dissemination exercise

Encouraged by the overwhelming response and positive feedback to its diploma and masters programmes in health care and hospital management the Sankara Nethralaya Academy the teaching and training arm of Sankara Nethralaya decided to delve deeper into the subject and take it to the next stage. An expert in conducting seminars and workshops it organized […]

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The Florence Nightingales of Sankara Nethralaya make a touching gesture on ‘International Nurse’s Day

Nethralaya’s Nightingales the caring Sisters in white have played a major role in capturing the spirit of service and compassion at Sankara Nethralaya an institution dedicated to delivering eye care without disparity to the rich and poor and doing so with a personal touch. In a touching gesture of their compassion to the patients they […]

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Sankara Nethralaya Academy simplifies the finer nuances of IOL usage

The second Continuing Optometric Education 2014 – Nethra Vidya series by The Sankara Nethralaya Academy was conducted at the Sri VD Swami Auditorium, KN BIRVO Block on 4th May 2014. A total of 30 participants attended the session on “Modern trends in IOL Power Calculation. The sessions were conducted by senior Optometry faculty Ms. A […]

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