Sankara Nethralaya News
Course in hospital management
The Sankara Nethralaya Academy and Madras Management Association are jointly inviting applications for the 10 weekend certificate programme in Hospital Management. The course is designed to prepare individuals in management positions in hospitals to become more effective managers and supervisors. Students will increase their overall understanding of management issues and concepts to make well-informed decisions. […]
A New hope for patients with low vision
The air of conviviality and informal atmosphere at the boardroom of the Kamal Nayan Bajaj Research Centre on the evening of August 24th, 2011 looked more like a friendly get together or the reunion of members of a family after many years, little wonder as it was members of the Lions Club of Central Madras […]
Certificate course in Vision Therapy
The certificate course in Vision therapy is a 3 months program designed to provide an overview of the various Binocular vision anomalies that an Optometrists encounters in his/her clinical practice, the assessment and diagnosis of the common Binocular vision anomalies and hands- on training on evaluation of binocular vision anomalies and providing Vision therapy. At […]
Room dedicated in memory of late Smt Saraswathy Kalyanam
Veteran freedom fighter, human rights activist and Gandhian Shri V.Kalyanam who was the Chief Guest at the Independence Day celebrations at Sankara Nethralaya donated a sum of rupees 25 lakhs in memory of his wife Smt Saraswathy Kalyanam. A room has been dedicated to her memory at the 7th floor of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Research […]
Independence Day celebrations 2011
It was a memorable Independence Day celebration for the Sankara Nethralaya family, the presence, reminiscences and impassioned speech by veteran freedom fighter Shri V.Kalyanam who served as personal assistant to the Mahatma during the most tumultuous times in recent history, a welcome speech by Dr TS Surendran interspersed with his characteristic humour, Dr Pratik Ranjan […]
10th Dr E.Vaithilingam Scientific session
The Tenth Dr E. Vaithilingam Scientific Session was held at the VD Swami auditorium, Sankara Nethralaya on August 14th, 2011. Participation by premier eye care institutions from across the country was a clear indication of the popularity of the session. Dr R.Krishna Kumar, Principal Elite School of Optometry welcomed the participants and the ESO’s Vision […]
Sankara Nethralaya intensifies assault on cataract caused blindness
As a part of its continuing efforts against cataract and other debilitating eye ailments, the Sankara Nethralaya in collaboration with the IIT-Madras launched a strategic offensive against the rising instance of cataract caused blindness through a jointly developed ‘Mobile eye surgical unit’. This first of its kind operation theatre on wheels is intended primarily to […]
SN Alumni Academic Meet 2011
There is an old pun that goes that ‘there is no stronger tie than the ‘old school tie’ which simply means that we make our strongest bonds during our student years. The huge turnout of 160 ophthalmologists at the SN Alumni Academic meeting held at the Sri VD Swami Auditorium, SN only added credence to […]
Vision screening for orphanage children
Whether it’s checking for refractive errors or raising awareness about eye care, the Elite School of Optometry has always considered children as its high priority group. In the year 2010 alone, the ESO conducted vision screening for 47,999 people of whom 33482 were children. Eye ailments in children Refractive errors and Squint, detected and treated […]
VIBS training programme evokes enthusiastic response
The hands on summer training programme conducted by the Vidyasagar Institute of Bio Medical Sciences at the Medical Research Foundation between 13th May and 10th June 2011 gave participating students the much needed, real-time and beyond the classroom insight into their subjects of specialization. A total of 9 trainee students from colleges across the State […]