Sankara Nethralaya News
Seventh Annual Sankara Ratna Award Ceremony
Saturday, the 29th of October 2011 was a day of dark clouds, heavy downpour and water clogged roads in Chennai but none of it had apparently dampened the spirits of the ‘Sankara Ratna Award’ function at the AVM Rajeswari Kalyana Mandapam. The Sankara Nethralaya family had chosen to honour one of its most illustrious members […]
Small Acts of Kindness
On October 8, 2011 Dallas Metroplex was treated to a multicultural event by a group of seventy-two children performing Light music, Indian classical music, folk dances to an audience of over four hundred. This program was created and coordinated for Sankara Nethralaya by Shruthi Prabhu, a fifteen-year-old high school student. Shruthi had approached Sankara Nethralaya […]
XXIII Graduation Ceremony celebrated with great enthusiasm
Thunderous applause, vigorous handshakes, joy and jubilation marked the XXIII graduation day at the Sri VD Swami Auditorium on Saturday, October 22nd, 2011. It was a day of fulfillment and pride for the passing out students, faculty members and most importantly the visibly elated parents and other family members gathered in good numbers to participate […]
Sri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya Trust takes a step forward
Ophthalmic equipment worth rupees 9 lakhs was handed over to Dr SS Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, and Dr S.Bhaskaran, Chairman, Sankara Nethralaya by Shri Umapathy, Deputy Executive Officer, Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam Information Center, TNagar, Chennai in a simple but significant function held at the Information Center. The occasion marked the launching of the ‘Weekly’ eye screening […]
Scope International and Sankara Nethralaya enhance their scope of service to society
Wednesday the 19th of October 2011 saw the adding of a wonderful new chapter to the Standard Chartered Bank Scope International and Sankara Nethralaya’s ongoing partnership against blindness. The well-known ITES provider added a new feather to its Corporate Social Responsibility cap with the inclusion of a mobile eye care unit to its joint efforts […]
Dispelling the darkness of ignorance on World Sight Day
CHICKEN BLOOD, BANANA SKIN AND EYE What connection does chicken blood and banana skin have with the eye? Nobody would imagine even a trivial correlation! A study done by Elite School of Optometry, [ESO] run by Sankara Nethralaya in collaboration with Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani a few months ago, helped in throwing […]
Discovering the joys of life
A one hour talk by globally renowned motivational speaker, spiritualist and corporate management guru Swami Sukhabodhananda was organized at the Sri VD Swami Auditorium on the 23rd of September 2011. Members of the Sankara Nethralaya family had a glimpse of the Swami’s refreshingly simple approach to life and its complexities and his earthy philosophy of […]
A Magical Evening
It was an evening of spell binding musical magic at the Sri Krishna Gana Sabha on Wednesday the 14th of September as Shri Chirtravina Ravikiran, Shri Unnikrishnan, Mr. Billy Cardine, Shri KV Prasad, Kum Akkarai Subbulakshmi, Shri Krishna Kishore displayed the beauty when East and West meet with their “Magic Wand” a Melharmonic fusion megavanza. […]
Sudharsana Homam 2011
Sunday the 11th of September 2011 was a day of thanksgiving and invoking the blessings of the Almighty at Sankara Nethralaya. “Sudharsana Homam” the annual mass prayer for the welfare of Sankara Nethralaya employees and their families and for all round world peace and prosperity was performed with religious fervour at a specially formed dais […]