Rally aims at spreading the word on eye donation
Students of Smt. Devkunwar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women, Chromepet, took part in a rally to create awareness on the importance of eye donation on Monday. The rally was flagged off by G. Rani, College Principal. Several hundred students took part in the rally through some of the important streets and residential areas 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 […]
National Eye donation fortnight sees fresh impetus in eye donation drive
National Eye Donation Fortnight (August 25th to September 8th) was observed in right earnest by the CU Shah eye bank. A multi-pronged approach was adopted to reach out the critical message of eye donation/eye pledging to the general public. The fortnight’s activities got off to a flying start with a human chain and rally of […]
1st OFISACON inaugurated
The Ophthalmic forum of Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists had a memorable and grand first birthday on 3rd September, 2011, while the new born was greeted and wished a long and eventful life by all those who had gathered for the occasion, a greeting from the Prime Minster of India made the day. An interesting coincidence was […]
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 […]