MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OLD NO.18, NEW NO.41, COLLEGE ROAD, 600 006

ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2017 - 2018

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To 30th August 2018 The Members of the Medical Research Foundation NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION THAT THE 40TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE FOUNDATION WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, THE 22ND SEPTEMBER 2018 AT 5.00 P.M. AT BOARD ROOM, 2ND FLOOR, KAMALNAYAN BAJAJ RESEARCH CENTRE BLOCK, NEW NO 41, OLD NO 18, COLLEGE ROAD, CHENNAI 600 006.

AGENDA 1. To consider and adopt the Audited Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended March 31, 2018 and the Balance Sheet as at that date together with the Report of the Auditors thereon. 2. To consider and adopt the Annual report of the Foundation for the year 2017-18. 3. To appoint Auditors and to fix their remuneration for the year ending 31st March 2018. 4. To elect Members to the Board of Management in the vacancies caused by the retirement of the following members, who being eligible offer themselves for re- appointment

Sl. No Name Category of Membership 1 Ms. Nina Kothari Donor member 2 Mr. V. Vaidyanathan Donor member 3 Mr. S. Rajaratnam Honorary member 4 Dr. Prema Padmanabhan Honorary member 5 Ms. Rajashree Birla Patron member 6 Ms. Patron member

5. To amend Bye Laws of the Foundation. 6. To elect new members in the Board of Management. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

G. RAMACHANDRAN Honorary Secretary Encl: 1. Explanatory statement for Item 4, 5 and 6 of the Agenda 2. Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2018

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Explanatory statement for Item 4 of the Agenda

Their term of appointment expires in September 2018. As per 11(v) of the Bye-laws of the Foundation read with Section 15(5) of the Societies Registration Act 1975, they are eligible for reappointment to the Board of Members. They have offered themselves for reappointment. As per bye laws of the Foundation 10 (c) Ms. Rajashree Birla being the nominee member of the M/s Essel Mining and is automatically entitled to be re-elected on completion of three years. Due to the demise of Dr. B. R. Barwale, a vacancy has arisen in Patron member category. Dr Barwale represented M/s Jamwadi Investment Trading (P) Ltd on the Board of Medical Research Foundation. Any member nominated by M/s Jamwadi Investment Trading (P) Ltd will be entitled to be elected as member of the Board of Management as stipulated under clause 10(c) of the bye laws. The nominee of M/s Jamwadi Investment Trading (P) Ltd will be elected to the Board during the AGM.

G. RAMACHANDRAN Honorary Secretary

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Explanatory statement for Item 5 of the Agenda To amend clause 13(ii) of Bye-laws of Medical Research Foundation stated as below:

EXISTING CLAUSE PROPOSED CLAUSE

13(ii)“The members constituting the Board 13(ii) “The members constituting the Board shall not be more than Thirty Three out of shall not be more than Thirty Three out of which Two members shall be from Founder which ONE member shall be from Founder members, Eight members shall be from Patron member, EIGHT members shall be from Patron members including patron members described members including patron members under 10 (c) above, Fourteen members shall be described under 10 (c) above, THIRTEEN Donor members, and Nine members shall be members shall be Donor members, and Honorary members. Of these Nine Honorary ELEVEN members shall be Honorary members. members, Six members can be elected from Of these ELEVEN Honorary members, SIX amongst the Ophthalmic consultants and members can be elected from amongst the Senior Executives permanently employed by Ophthalmic consultants and Senior MRF and scientists permanently employed by Executives permanently employed by MRF Vision Research Foundation, and the balance and scientists permanently employed by Three Honorary Members not employed by Vision Research Foundation, and the balance MRF. As far as M/s Jaslok Hospital and Research FIVE Honorary Members not employed by MRF. Center is concerned they are entitled to As far as M/s Jaslok Hospital and Research nominate two persons to the Board of Center is concerned they are entitled to Management. The persons nominated by M/s nominate two persons to the Board of Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, M/s Management. The persons nominated by M/s Keligavan Investment and Trading (P) Ltd., M/s Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, M/s Jamwadi Investment Trading (P) Ltd, Sir Ratan Keligavan Investment and Trading (P) Ltd., Tata Trust, Essel Mining and Industries Limited, M/s Jamwadi Investment Trading (P) Ltd, Sir are entitled to be elected as members Trust, Essel Mining and Industries of the Board of Management as stipulated Limited, Kolkata are entitled to be elected as under clause 10(c) of the bye laws” members of the Board of Management as stipulated under clause 10(c) of the bye laws”

G. RAMACHANDRAN Honorary Secretary

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Explanatory statement for Item 6 of the Agenda:

The following member has been inducted into the Medical Research Foundation as Honorary Member:

1. Dr. Ananth Kumar Badrinath, Senior Principal Scientist / Associate Professor of Genetic Laboratory of Vision Research Foundation – Board meeting held on 28.03.2018

During the AGM to be held on 22.09.2018, it is being proposed to elect the above member to the Board of Management of Medical Research Foundation

G. RAMACHANDRAN Honorary Secretary

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SANKARA NETHRALAYA

MISSION STATEMENT QUALITY OBJECTIVES

The mission of is to To maintain the quality of ophthalmic provide Total Eye-care solutions of highest services in accordance with international standards to all sections of community through standards. a team of competent, committed and Effective utilization of infrastructure compassionate professionals in a patient- facilities including manpower. friendly environment. To ensure continued patients' satisfaction. Sankara Nethralaya is also committed to create a CENTRE of Excellence for ophthalmic professionals for continuously updating their To ensure high level of staff satisfaction knowledge through Education, Training, and and motivation. carrying innovative centric Research to benefit the entire ophthalmic community. In all our undertakings we will be guided by the underlying philosophy of Sankara Nethralaya.

PHILOSOPHY QUALITY POLICY

Let the word Sankara of Sankara Nethralaya We pledge to meet the patients' requirements ever remind me and my associates His Holiness' by offering expert ophthalmic care with command that there be a missionary Spirit in compassion through a committed professional the project. team. Let the word Nethralaya constantly remind me We commit to achieve quality services through and my colleagues that the place of our work is the Quality Management System while an Alaya. Work will be our Worship which we complying with all applicable regulatory shall do with sincerity, dedication and utmost requirements. Love

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BOARD OF MANAGEMENT 2017 - 2018

President Dr. S. S. Badrinath

Vice President Dr. Girish S. Rao

Honorary Secretary Mr. G. Ramachandran

Honorary Treasurer Mr. N. Sugalchand Jain Other Members of the Board 1. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mehta Member 2. Mr. Govind V. Member 3. Mr. Jagdish M. Chanrai Member 4. Dr. Lingam Gopal Member 5. Mrs. Mallika Srinivasan Member 6. Mr. Mani S. Subramonian Member 7. Mrs. Nina B. H. Kothari Member 8. Mr. Parekh R. C. Member 9. Ms. Prabhavathy Seethapathy Member 10. Dr. Prema Padmanabhan Member 11. Mr. Ramakrishna C. Member 12. Dr. Ramasami T. Member 13. Mr. N. Ranganatha Gupta Member 14. Mr. Rajaratnam S. Member 15. Ms. Rajashree Birla Member 16. Mr. Raju Barwale Member 17. Mr. Renganath N. D. J. Member 18. Dr. Surendran T. S. Member 19. Dr. Saravanan M. Member 20. Mr. Surendra M. Mehta Member 21. Mr. Taraporevala B. S. Member 22. Dr. Usha Zehr Barwale Member 23. Mr. Vaidyanathan V. Member 24. Dr. Vasan K. S. Member

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Managing Director : Dr. K. S. Vasan

Medical Director Administration : Dr. Girish Shiva Rao

Director Administration : Ms. Akila Ganesan

Deputy General Manager (Finance) : Ms. Susila Girisan

Auditors : M/s. S. Viswanathan Chartered Accountants, Chennai

Bankers : HDFC Bank Ltd., State Bank of India

Registered Office : Old No.18, New No.41, College Road, Chennai - 600 006. Locations of Sankara Nethralaya:

Tamil Nadu Andra Pradesh

Main Hospital Sri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya Old No.18, New No.41, College Road, Chennai-600006. Central Hospital, K.T. Road (Near TTD Administration Bldg.) Tirupathi 517 501. Jagadguru Kanchi Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Nethra Nilayam Sankara Nethralaya 21, Pycrofts Garden Road, Chennai 600 006. (A Unit of Medical Research Foundation, Chennai) Sri City Medical Care Center,305, Dr. V. G. Appukutty Campus, North, 2nd street, Sector3, Elite School of Optometry & Sri City, Varadaiahpalem Mandal, C.U. Shah Sankara Nethralaya Chittoor Dist, AP - 517541. No.8, GST Road, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai 600 016. Navasuja Sankara Nethralaya No.73, VenkataKrishna Iyer Road, , Chennai 600028. Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya No.147, Barakhola, Mukundapur, E M Bypass, (Near Jaslok Community Ophthalmic Centre Santhoshpur Connector Kolkata - 700 099. 138, Rama Building ,Greams Road, Chennai 600 006. Smt. T. K. Lakshmi Ammal and Smt. T.K. Sankara Nethralaya RSM Square No.10, Raja Subodh Mallik Square Alamelu Ammal Sankara Nethralaya Kolkata - 700013 New No 39. Old no. 19, 1st Main Road, East , Chennai 600 030. Kamalnayan Bajaj Sankara Nethralaya The Sankara Nethralaya Academy - Premises No.25-3333, Plot No. D J 16, Action Area – 2, Kolkata - 700156 No 9, Vanagaram Road, Ayanambakkam, Chennai 600 095. Suraj Sankara Nethralaya No. 34, Dharmaraja Koil Street, Post & Taluk, Tiruvannamalai Dt, Pincode 606801

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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2017-18

I have great pleasure in presenting the 40th Annual Report of the Medical Research Foundation.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

The financial performance of the Foundation for the year 2017-18 is summarized below:

(Rs in Lakhs)

Description 2017-18 2016-17

INCOME

Hospital Collections 19587 18022

Grants and Other Income 2340 2752

Total Income 21927 20774

EXPENDITURE 20212 18515

Surplus before Depreciation 1715 2259

Depreciation 1789 1650

Net Surplus/Deficit (74) 609

The Hospital Collection this year was higher by Rs.1565 lakhs compared to 2016-2017 with an increase of 9%. After meeting all the expenses including depreciation, Net Income over Expenditure was Rs.(74) lakhs compared to the Net Income over Expenditure of Rs. 609 lakhs of 2016-17.

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CASH FLOW (Rs in Lakhs) Description 2017-18 2016-17 Source

Cash flow from operations (74) 609

Add: Depreciation 1789 1650 Donations 1109 1318 Increase / Decrease In Current Liabilities (231) 383

Total Sources 2593 3960

Applications Investment - Capital expenditure 607 786 Investment - Project (SNC&SNK/St.Mount) 8 1498 Deferred credit towards Capex 91 314 Investment - RBI Bonds - 110 ICICI Technology loan – Repayment 500 500

Total Applications 1206 3208

Cash Surplus/(Deficit) 1387 752

Opening Cash Balance 5810 5058 Closing Cash Balance 7197 5810

Donations Donations received during the year amounted to Rs.1109 lakhs. The corresponding figures for 2016-17 were Rs.1318 lakhs.

Fixed Assets Additions amounted to Rs.770 lakhs in which equipment for updating of technology and replacements accounted to Rs.638 lakhs and EDP Equipment / Software of Rs.131 lakhs.

Investments Corpus fund Investments in RBI Bonds and Fixed Deposits as at 31st March 2018 is Rs.4007 lakhs compared to Rs. 3923 lakhs as at 31st March 2017.

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OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

DESCRIPTION NUMBERS YEAR 2017-18 2016-17

OUTPATIENT CONSULTATION 794685 737863

MAJOR OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE 119142 106089

SURGICAL PROCEDURE 63258 59529

Treatment of Poor Patients The number of free surgeries in the FY 2017-18 was 23245 against 20201 in FY 2016-17. Number of free surgeries as a percentage of total surgeries done was 37% in the FY 2017-18 and 34% in the FY 2016-17. The revenue foregone through free services and waiver / concessions amounts to Rs.4020 Lakhs. Last year the corresponding amount was Rs.3720 lakhs.

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES EYE BANK

"The Details of Corneal Transplant services during the period April 2017 – March 2018 are as follows:

1. Total Number of eyes Collected: 1280 numbers

2. Total Number of Corneal Transplant surgeries performed: 684 No's

3. Amount Received from Reliance Dhristi Project towards performance of free corneal transplant: Rs. 6,54, 000 (Rs. Six Lakh fifty four Thousand only)" pending amount 1,20,000. (Rs. one lakh twenty thousands only)

The Mobile Surgical Units (MESU) were designed by collaborative effort by Sankara Nethralalya and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, one of India’s Premier Engineering Institution. MESU is a unique project with all assured safety features offering most modern state of art Cataract surgery. After surgeries, MESU also provides ambulatory care to people to people at their door steps, who otherwise would not go to a hospital to undergo the required surgery. We have deployed 2 units, one for the State Tamil Nadu and the other at Jharkhand.

The Chennai Unit which became operational in the year 2012, has so far conducted 57 camps, screened more than 45,000 patients and performed 7,550 cataract surgeries. This was mainly possible due to the generous support from many organizations.

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The Jharkhand Unit which became operational in the year 2016, has so far conducted 32 camps, screened more than 16,200 patients and performed over 3,500 cataract surgeries. This project is entirely supported by Tata Trusts.

Pertaining to NABH Accreditation:(Updates as on September 2018)

Sl. No SN Location NABH Accreditation Status Remarks 1 SN Main Campus Reassessment completed in Feb 2018 Under process 2 JKCN Reassessment completed Reaccredited 3 CUSSN Awaiting for Surveillance Assessment 4 NSN Final Assessment completed Under process 5 Kamalnayan Bajaj SN Pre Assessment completed Awaiting Final Assessment 6 Aditya Birla SN Pre Assessment completed Awaiting Final Assessment

Other Quality initiatives across the Organization:

1. A monthly meeting attended by the Management Representative – Medical, Management Representative – Non medical and the Medical Director is held to go through individual Quality Indicators for the Centres. This is a major step forward in systematically ensuring Quality Standards of the hospital 2. All committee Meetings held in defined schedules 3. Patients Feedback is systematically analysed and patient’s issues sorted to a greater extent. 4. Patient Safety Training is provided for all staff involved in direct patient care. 5. Patient Shadowing introduced to experience what patient is experiencing within the facility during their treatment journey. 6. Facility Audits done to ensure patient safety 7. Ensured to conduct Code Red ,Code Blue and Code pink mock drills.

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IT & Systems

It is a pleasure to note that IT& Systems is now dedicated in honour of our former Board Member Late Dr. B. R. Barwale and is now named as Dr. B. R. Barwale Center for Technology and Innovation. The center was inaugurated by Mr Raju Barwale on 27th Jan 2018 at a grand function held in Chennai and we re-dedicated ourselves in pursuit of developing innovative technology solutions to improve quality and reach of ophthalmic care for the masses. EMR & Hospital Management solutions The country witnessed a major change to a newer tax regime with the implementation of the GST. The implications on GST in terms of billing, inventory across various functions of the hospital and integration into the Financial modules was seamlessly done and to a very tight schedule. The teams from SN also had to educate the users of the software in other locations who have implemented our EMR / HMS solutions and also carried out changes in those systems in record time. HMS – EMR was updated for newer functionalities which include the following: 1. Specific requirements for Appointments and follow up. 2. Automatic fixing of surgery fixing 3. Enhanced rules for billing, payments and waivers and escalation for exceptions 4. Customized reports for MIS to catering to various user departments 5. More billing templates for corporate customers 6. Additional billing reports for collection and follow up 7. Additional functionalities for LAB and reports for tracking TAT and NABL compliance processes 8. Tools for empowering users for instant retrieval of data for a. Corporate audit b. Patient Services – Analytical report by various categories and criteria across locations c. Optometry – reports on performance d. Enabling inputs for clinical trials e. Orbis engagement

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9. Enhancements to EMR a. Migration of EMR to be Chrome browser compliant. b. Newer drawing tools c. ICD 10 migration d. Additional screens for Ophthalmic evaluation 10. Enhancements to HRD modules include a. Newer functionalities for reporting and compliance for statutory needs b. A revamped personal history to include Photographs of employees c. Incentive calculation d. Rubrics automation APPRAISAL Online - A completely new system was developed for Appraisal for SN employees and integrated with Rubrics. The entire SN appraisal system went online providing end to end visibility of status of appraisals and printing of reports and was rolled out in less than 3 months from start. IT Infrastructure SN thrust on adopting modern technology got a significant boost with the addition of Modern day storage systems for its Data center coupled with high performance HP 3PAR systems now form part of the core Data center technology giving us the edge to compute in a secure and faster manner. The new computers are configured for fail over capabilities gives enormous advantage in providing more reliable services with higher uptime for IT services to users. The Wide area network and Internet bandwidth across SN branches has also been upgraded to much higher capacities to provide significantly improved access to EMR and other patient information to the users. We continuously strive to protect the IT security from threats and vulnerabilities. Significant upgrades were made to our Antivirus systems to stay protected against virus and malware threats, besides hardening the networking for intrusion detection and VM Ware upgrades for high availability and failovers. As part of internal IT automation developed tools for ticketing, asset tracking and preventive maintenance and for reporting and compliance to NABH processes.

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4. Fund Raising activities

KJ Jesudas musical fund raiser at the Lassiter High School, MD The Maryland chapter of the SN OM Trust organized a grand fund raiser concert by Dr KJ. Jesudas on the 17th of September 2017. The event was a huge success and the 1000 seat capacity Lassiter school auditorium was filled to capacity. The event helped in raising significant funds for SN’s cause After the concert, Dr. Ram Sriram, President of the Carnatic Music Association, said that it “was a scintillating two and a half hours of music.” Sriram related how each composition that Yesudas sang during the concert inspired an emotional and spiritual feeling in the minds of the listeners. He remarked that “only when an artist feels the emotions in his own heart, can he, in turn, inspire such feelings in the hearts of the audience.”

Ronu Majumdar Jugalbandhi at the Sri Bhaktha Anjneya Temple, Washington Dc The Washington chapter of SN OM Trust conducted a Bansuri Flute-ViolinJugalbandhi fund raiser by Violin Maestro KamalakiranVinjamuri and Eminent Bansuri Flute Maestro Shri Ronu Majumdarat at the Sri Bhaktha Anjaneya Temple, Washington DC. The event was a grand success, leading to significant fund raising and awareness collection

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Carnatic and contemporary music by Maestro Shri TM

The Washington chapter of SN OM Trust conducted a concert blending Carnatic and contemporary music by Maestro Shri TM Krishna on 9th April, 2017 at the Shri Bhaktha Anjaneya Temple, Ijamsville, Greater Washington. The concert drew a large audience and helped in significant donations to the SN OM Trust

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HUMAN RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

The Employee’s strength as on 31st March 2018 was 1497 (31st March 2017 – 1464) Particulars As on 31.03.2018 As on 31.03.2017 Consultants * 145 140 Executives & Optometrists 497 446 Staff 855 878 TOTAL 1497 1464 *Includes Ophthalmologists, Physicians and Anesthetists

Human Resources, with its effective organizational practices has contributed in maximizing employee performance levels and productivity in the Institution. Through its employee engagement and welfare programs, the department has constantly been motivating and enriching the employee’s career progress. Sankara Nethralaya has always believed in recognizing the performance of employees through its excellent reward and recognition programs. The best Man & Woman employee of the year, the best Department and the Outstanding performers in each department are chosen and rewarded at the Independence Day celebrations held every year. The recognition of the number of years of service put in SN is also given to commemorate the hard work and dedication of the employees of SN. Ms. A. Yasmeen Begum of the Patient Service Department and Mr. Koushik Adhikary of the Teleophthalmology Department adjudged the Woman and Man of the year 2016.

Chief Guest Swamy Vimurthanandaji awards the ‘Best woman employee’ to Ms Yasmeen Begum at the 72nd Independence Day Celebratrions

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Sri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya and Mobile Eye Surgical Unit Jamshedpur were chosen as the Best Department for the year 2016.

Chief Guest Swamy Vimurthasnandaji awards the ‘Best Department award 2016’ to SSSN and MESU Jamshedpur at the 72nd Independence Day Celebratrions Employee Satisfaction Surveys were conducted to understand employee morale and job satisfaction levels across all departments of SN. Children of employees who had scored 80% and above were given merit awards on Republic Day to further motivate them. The SN family celebrated the Foundation Day, Republic Day, Sports Day & the International Women's Day with all joy and enthusiasm. Doctor's Day was also celebrated with and to mark their special day, sweets were distributed to all the doctors at SN.

Children of SN employees participating in the sports Jubilant winners of the ‘Dipankar Chatterjee cup’ Day

Roshni 2018 the 40th year foundation day celebrations of Sankara Nethralaya

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AWARD AND RECOGNITION TO OUR PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN EMERITUS DR. S. S. BADRINATH

Ÿ Inducted into Retina Hall of Fame by the American Society of Retina Specialists Ÿ Honoured by Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association for being inducted into the Retina hall of fame by the American Society of Retina Specialist (during midyear meet of TNOA held at Yercaud between 6th & 7th Jan’18) Ÿ Sadguru Humanitarian Award by Sadgur Netra Chikitsalya, Chitrakoot Ÿ The Doyens – Guardians of Healthcare Award by Group Ÿ Lifetime Achievement award by on 5.5.18

Dr. S. S. Badrinath receiving the ‘Retina Hall of Fame’ award presented by the American Society of Retina Specialists

Times Healthcare achievers confers the ‘Best Hospital in Ophthalmology’ award on SN and ‘Lifetime achievement award on Dr. S. S. Badrinath

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Sankara Nethralaya’s service at through Sri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya The Sri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya (SSSN) which was established in the year 2009 by Sri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya Trust by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD). This center has screened more than 11,642 new patients and has performed 3,004 cataract surgeries during the financial year 2017 -18. (FY 2016 -17: 11,424 new patients and 2,519 surgeries). Mission for Vision Trust is also playing a major role in mobilizing patients for free cataract surgeries at SSSN. Sankara Nethralaya is also exploring the possibilities of expanding the services offered at SSSN in the near future, with support from TTD. 1. Kamalnayan Bajaj Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata, West Bengal: This new facility at Rajarhat, Kolkata was inaugurated on 27th February 2017. Since then this center has shown tremendous growth prospects. All the services under this facility is fully functional now and we hope with this expanded facility, we would be in a position to cater to the ever growing demand for our services in the eastern region. This center has screened more than 59,000 new patients and has performed 3,578 surgeries during the financial year 2017 -18. 2. Aditya Birla SankaraNethralaya, Kolkata, West Bengal: Aditya Birla SankaraNethralaya has grown further in its stature by catering to more number of patients through its base hospital and as well through its community outreach programs. This center has screened more than 1, 46,000 new patients and has performed 10,471 surgeries during the financial year 2017 -18. (FY 2015 -16: more than 90,000 new patients and 11,663 surgeries). 3. SankaraNethralaya, Sricity, Tada, Andhra Pradesh: Our center at Sri City, catering to the needs of industrial workers and also the needs of the villagers living around this upcoming industrial town, has rendered services to more than 5,800 patients and has performed 110 cataract surgeries during the financial year 2017-18. CSR supporters in FY 2017-18 1. L&T Technology Services Pvt. Ltd., Chennai. 2. HPCL LPG bottling plant, Gummudipoondi, Chennai. 3. Panasonic carbon India, Tada, A.P. 4. Canara Bank.

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The ‘Temple of the Eye’ celebrates the ‘spirit of giving’ with great aplomb!

Founder & Chairman Emeritus Sankara Nethralaya, Dr. S. S. Badrinath and Dr. Vasanthi Badrinath with Chief Guest Shri A. M. Naik, Group Chairman L&T at the Sankara Ratna Awards ceremony There could not be a more momentous occasion to an institution and its Founder ingrained with the quality of gratitude and reciprocity than acknowledging the deeds and honouring the great men and women who have empathized with its cause and made it what it is today. The Sankara Ratna and Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi awarding ceremony being held at the stately Rajendra hall at the ITC Grand Chola on the 27th of January 2018 reflected this in no small measure. The high profile of the awardees and the Chief Guest conferring the awards had quite naturally raised a lot of expectation and made it a most keenly awaited event within and outside the institution. If the smooth flow of the proceedings were a testimony to the excellent planning that had gone behind the event, the spirited observations and spontaneity of the awardees and the Chief guest made it exceed all expectations, keeping the filled to capacity hall absorbed, informed and entertained. The close to 3 hour program turned out to be an epic of sorts, little wonder that it did so, given the fact that the achievements, name and fame of the man and woman being honoured had assumed epic proportions and the award was being conferred by a legend. Srimathi Akila Ganesan, Director, Administration, Sankara Nethralaya set the tone for the evening with a succinct note on the awards, as the gesture of gratitude and honouring by an institution created for the people and by the people, to the great men and women who had empathised with its cause and supported it in its journey of providing quality eye care to those who could pay and those who could not!

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Shri , Chairman, HDFC receives the ‘Sankara Ratna’ award from Chief Guest Shri AM.Naik, Group Chairman, L & T Dr. K. S.Vasan, Managing Director continued the Sankara Nethralaya saga where Srimathi Akila Ganesan had left, with a most interesting account of how the institution had grown from its humble beginnings to a world class, tertiary ophthalmic centre encompassing clinical care, research, teaching and training and community eye care within its fold. He traced the inception of facilities in the city and other parts of the country, the steady growth of an institution committed to reaching out its services without diluting its quality, principles and philosophy. The senior Sankara Nethralaya official touched a chord in every heart with his emphatic account of how the Founder and Chief steward of the institution Dr. S. S. Badrinath was seized by a single idea, dream and mission and how it controlled his life, brain, muscles as advocated by Swami Vivekananda and how it became a reality in the form of Sankara Nethralaya. Dr. Vasan closed his talk with a strong emphasis on the social and economic impact of the innovations and service rendered by the institution and a strong appeal to join its mission. The awarding ceremony was a spell binder with interesting, inspiring and amazing glimpses of the day’s awardees and the celebrities assembled to honour them flowing as a steady stream. Less known, inspiring, moving facts like Shri. A. M. Naik the hero of corporate Indian folklore bequeathing 75% of his wealth to charity and how the Naik and Nirali trusts founded by him were revolutionizing the countryside with their trailblazing health and education initiatives. The deep commitment of Shri Deepak Parekh, the voice of corporate India, to the values of humility, accessibility, accountability and transparency and his simple logic and conviction that ‘corporate giving’ was a natural concomitant to ‘corporate earning’. The memorable day when legal legend Nani Palkhivala summoned Shri Deepak Parekh to his home and in a gesture of boundless generosity and faith requested him to divest his life savings in the form of shares and other holdings and transfer the same to Sankara Nethralaya, after just one visit to the ‘Temple of the eye’.

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The Sankara Ratna awardee’s invaluable role in bringing illustrious members from the nation’s business capital to empathize and support Sankara Nethrlaya, of whom was Dr. B. R. Barwale, the father of India’s seed industry, whose company contributed to the setting up of the clinical care block at the SN main campus named after it as Mahyco block (Maharashtra hybrid seeds company). A touching account of how this key player in India’s green revolution donated the entire prize money he received with the ‘World Food Prize’ to research in agriculture. Srimathi Vani Jairam’s warm note on her experiences with M S Amma after whom the award she was receiving is named, the rich compliments she received for her manner of singing from the immortal, legend. Touching accounts of how the ‘Meera of Modern India’ had toured large parts of rural Maharashtra, propagating social values and causes through her golden voice, travelling all the way to Iowa to render the invocation at the function honouring Dr. Barwale with the ‘World Food prize’ known popularly as award.

Shrimathi Vani Jairam being honoured with the ‘Dr. M. S.Subbulakshmi award’ by Chief Guest Shri A. M. Naik, Group Chairman, L & T The evening marked a giant leap in leveraging technology for better dispensing of eye care by the two times winner of the prestigious NASSCOM-KPMG awards for ‘Best IT adoption on the healthcare sector’ and ‘Best Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution’ with the dedication of the Dr. B. R. Barwale centre for ophthalmic technology and innovation, which would focus on developing and implementing technologies to enhance reach and quality of eye care to the masses. Speaking on the occasion Chief Technology Officer Shri Chandramouli explained on how the new centre will endeavour to make the enormous data available with the institution actionable for practitioners and stakeholders.

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Speaking with a strong sense of nostalgia a visibly overwhelmed Dr S S.Badrinath recalled that he came to India with just four dollars and times have been indeed been very good and eventful and he considered himself very blessed to have been able to give shape to his dream of starting a world class eye care institution, he expressed that the past has been very good and the present is also very promising and hoped that the future will be good too. He thanked his colleagues for the hospital being rated as the best in its kind and went on to highlight a few major Sankara Nethralaya landmarks like the success of the MESU which reported absolutely no complications, being the only eye care institution providing technology support to 9 eye care institutions, the impact of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) process aided by artificial intelligence developed by the institution. He recounted with gratitude Sankara Ratna awardee Shri Deepak Parekh’s rare gesture of sanctioning a huge loan from the HDFC to Sankara Nethralaya by instructing his officials from the USA, when it was negotiating for the acquisition of the erstwhile lady Willingdon Hospital.

Shri Raju Barwale, Chairman, MAHYCO and sponsor of the Dr Barwale Centre for Technology and Innovation addresses the gathering

While it was natural that the evening resonated with the greatness of the great personalities whom the ‘Temple of the eye’ had chosen to honour on this momentous occasion, the inspiring and laudatory references on the host institution, the detailed account of its services and achievements and the need to support it, made by the awardees and the chief guest and the guest of honour made one wonder if even the representatives of Sankara Nethralaya could have made such a strong case about themselves, as its friends and well wishers gathered on the occasion had done. The spirited references to the institution in their acceptance speeches by the awardees and the chief guest’s address made one wonder if Sankara Nethralaya was felicitating its friends and supporters or was being felicitated by them on this memorable day! A glorious example of the Bard’s immortal lines ‘The quality of mercy is twice blessed; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes’.

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CONCLUSION The year 2017 – 2018 saw the Foundation stepping into its 40th year of operation. This remarkable achievement of service to the country has been due to the commitment and dedication of all the Employees of the Foundation supported by the Members of the Board of the Foundation under the towering leadership of the Founder, Dr. S. S. Badrinath. The 40 year journey has been made possible by the support of Well-wishers, donors and Philanthropists, who have kept their faith in the philosophy and the work of the hospital over the years. The Foundation has recorded yet another satisfying performance with the hospital collection showing a growth of 8.3% in comparison to the previous financial year. The year saw the finalization of the agreement with Larsen & Toubro to build the new community hospital at St. Thomas Mount, Chennai. The new centre in Rajarhat, Kolkata, which was inaugurated in February 2017, showed a steady increase in both Out-patients and In- patients. With the road transport connectivity increasing manifold in the Rajarhat area with the opening of many companies and residential complexes in the area, reach to the hospital has become easier, adding to the good growth of the hospital A special feat of note last year was the performance of the Mobile Eye Surgery Units in Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand. The two projects performed a total of 4198 totally free cataract surgeries in villages and tribal areas of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, compared to 2374 surgeries performed in the previous financial year. The team is Jharkhand is especially reaching out to many tribal areas that are un-served with eye care. The Tamil Nadu MESU project completed 50 camps, the 50th camp being held in tiny hamlet of Sappanipatti, on the Krishnagiri – Salem highway. The relevance of MESU in combating rural blindness could be gauged by the fact that none other than the Governor of the State, His Excellency Shri Banwarilal Purohit, presided over a function held on 12th February 2018, to commemorate the 50th camp, as the chief guest. The Sankara Ratna and Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi award ceremony was held at the stately Rajendra hall at the ITC Grand Chola on the 27th of January 2018. Mr. Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC received the Sankara Ratna Award, and Smt. Vani Jairam, renowned vocalist, musician received the Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi Award. Mr. A. M. Naik, Group Chairman, L&T presided over the function and gave away the awards. It was indeed a special evening for Sankara Nethralaya, as the Dr. B R Barwale Center for Innovation was also inaugurated. The family of Dr. B R Barwale attended the function. The program was well attended by the doyens of Industry, friends, well-wishers and donors of Sankara Nethralaya. During the program, Mr. A. M. Naik announced that his trust, the Nirali Memorial Medical Trust, was planning to set up an eye hospital in Gujarat. He said that Sankara Nethralaya will manage and run the hospital, thereby opening the first center for Sankara Nethralaya in the West of our country.

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The Hindu Group Publishing Pvt Ltd, among the nation’s oldest and highly prestigious media houses honoured Sankara Nethralaya as one of the 21 healthcare institutions in the State and its Founder Dr. S. S. Badrinath for their service to society. The awards were presented by His Excellency Banwari Lal Purohit, the Honourable Governor of Tamil Nadu on the 17th of March 2018 at ‘Hotel Feathers’, Chennai and attended by Shri C. Vijaya Baskar, Health Minister and Shri J. Radhakrishnan, Health Secretary, Tamil Nadu. The event also witnessed the launch of The Hindu’s coffee table book honouring leading institutions which have contributed significantly to healthcare in The Hindu Publishing group conferred Dr. S. S. Badrinath with the ‘Doyens’ award the country. The first copy of the book titled ‘Doyens Guardians of Healthcare – Tamil Nadu 2018’, which has an exclusive chapter dedicated to Sankara Nethralaya was launched by the Governor and received by Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Ambassador of West Bengal. The year also witnessed a number of the Ophthalmic Consultants in the hospital receiving National and International acclaim and awards. The Indian chapter of Vision 2020, the joint global initiative between the ‘World Health Organization’ (WHO) and the ‘International Association for the Prevention of Blindness’ (IAPB) conferred its highest and most prestigious award ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight- INDIA VISIONARY AWARD’ for year 2016 on Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya. The awards were presented at the annual conference of Vision 2020 held on the 3rd and 4th June 2017 Dr. L. Vijaya, Distinguished Senior Consultant at the Glaucoma Department and Dr. Pukhraj Rishi, Senior Consultant at the Vitreo-Retina department, Sankara Nethralaya have been identified for being honored with this most coveted Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). Dr. Rajeswari Mahadevan has been elected as a member of the ‘Executive Board’, of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators’ IACLE, the highest forum of the global body dedicated to education and safe usage of Contact Lens.

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CIMS Medica India, is a global leading provider of drug information, educational content and marketing services to healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical marketers and consumers. Sankara Nethralaya was honoured as the ‘Best Hospital Unit in Ophthalmology’ for the 2nd year in succession by this leading disseminator of healthcare information. Dr. Sahana Vaidya,SN Alumni member receives the CIMS The awards were presented at a glittering Medica ‘Best Hospital Unit in Ophthalmology’ on behalf ceremony held at the ITC Grand Maratha, of the institution on the 23rd of July 2017 With clinical work, academics and research marching ahead with full speed, 2017- 2018 was a busy and productive year for the organization. Vista India the publisher of Health & Fashion magazine recognizes outstanding medical professionals who have contributed to society through their service orientation, especially to the socially and economically backward sections of society, with the ‘Mayan Awards’ every year. This the selection committee chose Dr. Rajesh P. S., Senior Consultant and Dr. Gajendra Kumar Varma, Associate Consultant, Sankara Nethralaya in recognition of their impeccable service to the indigent visually impaired in the most remote regions of the country, through the ‘Mobile Eye Surgical Unit’ (MESU).

Dr. P. S. Rajesh and Dr Gajendra Kumar Varma being honoured with the ‘Mayan Award’ for social service in healthcare by Kiran Bedi, Lt Governor, Puducherry Threats & Concerns Consistent efforts of the various consultants have improved the overall performance amicably. Utilizations of our State of the art facilities have improved. The revised compensation structure for staff and consultants were agreed upon and implemented. Sankara Nethralaya standards of eye care have been accredited with NABH certification and international recognition. However the increased presence of other eye care institutions though is a good for the society, may pose a threat and reduce the utilization levels of the hospital facility.

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New Projects Sankara Nethralaya is looking forward eagerly to the inauguration of its new community centre in St. Thomas Mount, the expansion of the C U Shah Sankara Nethralaya and the New Eye Hospital in , Gujarat. With the donation of Suraj Hospital by Shri Surajmal Jain, in Chetpet, Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, Sankara Nethralaya is extending its reach to the rural areas of North Arcot District in Tamil Nadu. The hospital will be called Suraj Sankara Nethralaya and will extend both paying and free services to the people of that area.

Sankara Nethralaya’s exclusive community hospital makes an auspicious beginning at StThomas Mount, Chennai

Inauguration of ‘Suraj Sankara Nethralaya’ at Chetpet Taluk, Tiruvannamalai District. Tamil Nadu by Shri K S Kandaswamy, Collector of the District Human Relations: The Founder, Dr. S. S. Badrinath and Dr. Vasanthi Badrinath are the real force behind this great institution, continuously guiding and monitoring the progress of the institution in every sphere. Their concerted actions in the continuous development of Consultants and their professional management style with succession plans have started yielding results. Dr. Girish S. Rao, Medical Director – Administration & Vice-President, MRF has moved comfortably into the role of heading the administration of the hospital under the guidance of Dr. S. S. Badrinath. With the support of Chairman Emeritus and the Administration team, he is working on managing the hospital functions. The Vice Chairman, Dr. T. S. Surendran, Medical Directors / Senior Consultants Dr. Prema Padmanabhan, Dr. Pramod Bhende and Dr. L. Vijaya, Dr. J. Biswas all share a common vision as that of the Founder, Dr. S. S. Badrinath, which helps to continue the successful functioning of the Organisation.

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Quality administrative support is provided by Dr. K. S. Vasan, M.D., ably assisted by Ms. Akila Ganesan, Director Administration and Ms. Susila Girisan, DGM – Finance, Mr. V. Vaidyanathan, Board Member continues to render his expert guidance to ensure the smooth functioning of the Organisation. Our entire para medical and administrative staffs are an important link between the patients and the institution. They ensure the smooth functioning of the Organization. Regular training classes are being held to some of these groups. I record with gratitude the support of the dedicated Board of Management who despite their other priorities have always come forward to advise the Institution whenever needed even at very short notices. Our auditors, since the beginning of this institution, M/s S. Viswanathan & co. are carrying out their assignment as a service to a non-for-profit organization for a token compensation. I record with appreciation the personal involvement of the partners Mr. C. N. Ramachandran and Mr. Chella Srinivasan. The internal auditors Mr. S. A. Bhatt are also very dedicated in their service to us. I thank them for their personal involvement in our case. SWAN, the women auxiliary wing of our organization is continuing their good service to Sankara Nethralaya. Their contributions to the welfare of indigent patients treated at Nethralaya are praise worthy. I salute these dedicated ladies guided by Ms. Surekha Ben, Mrs. Appukutty, Mrs. Haridas and many more. Our bankers, HDFC and SBI, are very considerate in taking up our requests and delivering their service very promptly to us. I thank them for their support. Lions club collaborate with us in a continuous manner on various sight-related projects. Lions International recognizes our dedicated service to the poor in a very satisfactory manner. I thank them on behalf of our entire organization for their help in taking care of our indigent patients. Mission for Vision, Tulsi Trust, Shridi Sai Trust, Singhvi Trust are all committing funds continuously, supporting the free services rendered by us.

G. RAMACHANDRAN Hony. Secretary

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ACADEMICS Number of people trained by Sankara Nethralaya in Ophthalmology so far are: A total of 2083 Ophthalmologists trained in vision subspecialties after completion of their Post Graduation

DO : 101

DNB : 197

Ophthalmology Fellows : 1022

Advance Cataract Fellows : 763

B.S. Optometry : 642

M Phil Optometry : 112

MSMLT (BITS, PILANI) : 96

PhD Optometry : 9

*PhD (Ophthalmology) : 03 (Ph D from BITS University & The Tamilnadu Dr M G R Medical University) * Ph.D. (Microbiology, Biochemistry Genetics, Pathology) : 55 (Ph D from BITS, The Tamilnadu Dr M G R Medical University,Sastra University & Deakin University Australia) FRCS Edinburgh : 47

During the year of 2017-2018 total number of PG’s ,fellows and others trained. Total No of Students completed their Program Ophthalmology Fellowship Programme : 33

Cataract Fellowship : 60

DO : 4

DNB : 10

B. S. Optometry : 32

PhD : 1 Paediatric fellow (ophthalmology) : 1

Paediatric fellows (Optometry) : 1

External Internship : 8

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THE SANKARA NETHRALAYA ACADEMY The founding principles of Sankara Nethralaya being acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, its academic wing The Sankara Nethralaya Academy offers distinct PG, UG, Fellowship and Certificate level programs in Allied Health Sciences. Due emphasis is given in the pedagogy for hands-on-experience for developing requisite professional skills. PROGRAMS OFFERED l Affiliated to TN Dr. MGR Medical University w M Optom w MSc (Medical Laboratory Technology) w MHA w B Sc (Medical Laboratory Technology) l In collaboration with Periyar University w BSc (Ophthalmic Dispensing &Vision Science) l In collaboration with Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science (Deemed to be University) w M B A (Hospital & Healthcare Management) w B B A (Hospital & Healthcare Management) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS l Fellowship in British Dispensing Opticians from the Association of British Dispensing Opticians, UK l Work Integrated Fellowship in Clinical Optometry l Fellowship in Clinical Optometry /Low Vision /Contact Lens /Binocular Vision /Vision Therapy/Neuro Optometry OTHER PROGRAMS l Continuing Optometry Education l Continuing Medical Education l Post Graduate Program in Hospital Management l Post Graduate Program in Optical Retail Management l Certificate Course in Hospital Infection Control l Certificate Course in Hospital Management l Certificate Course in Hospital Finance Management l Certificate Course in Hospital Quality Management

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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS l Highest number of programs and admissions in TSNA since inception. l University rank holders from all programs. l 100% placement for all students in reputed organizations. l Sankara Nethralaya management awarded scholarships for deserving poor students, partially supported by philanthropic trusts and CSR initiatives. l Certificate Distribution Ceremonies were conducted for B.Sc and M.Sc (Medical Laboratory Technology), DONA & DOTAT students. l Organized free eye screening camps for the benefit of school children and public in and around TSNA, involving student volunteers. l Students of M.Optom, FCO, B.Sc ODVS (2nd and 3rd years) actively participated in the eye screening camps for 9000 school children of Chennai Corporation in association with Lions Club and JCOC. l Four students of integrated BSc (ODVS) & FBDO successfully completed FBDO course. l Renewed MoU with SMF for Lab postings and Internship for BSc MLT students for three more years. l Organized two National Seminars, each with 10 credit points from The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University. l Emerging Trends In Laboratory Diagnostics l Dynamic Horizons of Hospital Administration

Dr H N Madhavan and Dr Vasanthi Badrinath light the Participants and faculty at the seminar on ‘Dynamic auspicious lamp at the ‘Emerging trends in Horizons of Hospital Administration’ laboratory diagnostics’ seminar l Organized two Faculty Development programsfor the benefit of internal faculty. l Our students participated and won top prizes in events organized by neighbouring colleges. l Our faculties handled sessions as resource persons for a few events organized by other institutions.

32 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION VIDYASAGAR INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE (VIBS) VIBS was established on 25th October 2006 to promote research including fundamental research and foster biomedical technology and science in Basic Medical Sciences. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY OF VIBS I Ph.D. PROGRAMME: 1.NUMBER OF Ph. D. AWARDEES: - (July 2017 – June 2018) = 7 (SASTRA University, Thanjavur – 4, Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai -1 & Deakin University, Australia - 2 ) a)Number of candidates obtained Ph.D from SASTRA University, Thanjavur = 4 S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor External Date of Examiner Viva-Voce Examination 1. Mr. Madhu Beta "Biology of Ocular Dr. S.Krishna Kumar, Dr. Seema 21st (ID.No. PH 509) tumors and Biomakers Professor & HOD Kashyap, August (Stem cell for Retinoblastoma” (L & T Ocular Pathology professor, 2017 Laboratory) department & Incharge ocular pathology, of Nano Biotechnology All India Institute & Stem cell biology of Medical Sciences departments) (AIMS), New Delhi 2. Ms. D. Sudha, “Genetics and Dr. A. Jayamuruga Dr. P. 20th (ID No: PH 589) molecular Pandian, Sundaresan, January characterization of X- (SN ONGC Department linked retinoschisis Professor Professor, 2018 of Genetics and (XLRS)” (SN ONGC Department Department of Molecular Biology) of Genetics and Genetics, Aravind Molecular Biology) Medical Research Foundation, Mr. N. Murugan "NGS based Study on Dr.J.Malathi Dr.Srikrishna 20th (ID No: PH 625) Genome,Drug Associate Professor Subramanian, April resistance, Virulence 3. (L & T Microbiology (L & T Microbiology Chairman 2018 Mechanism of Multi Research Centre) Research Centre) Drug Resistant Emeritus, Pseudomonas CSIR-IM Tech., aeruginosa and its Chandigarh. molecular diagnosis to In silico drug discovery” 4. Mr. S. Sivasankar “Anti EMT activity of Dr. N. Dr.Debi. P. 25th (ID No. PH 525) extracts of Triphala and Angayarkanni, Sarkar, June its active constituents (R.S.Mehta Jain Chebulagic acid, Professor & Head, Professor, 2018 Department of chebulinic acid and (R.S.Mehta Jain (Biological Biochemistry & Cell gallic acid in Retinal Department of Sciences) Director Biology) pigment epithelium Biochemistry & Cell of Indian Institute and anti-angiogenic Biology) of Science activity in retinal Education & capillary endothelium: Research an invitro study” (I.I.S.E.R.) Mohali, Punjab.

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b) Number of Candidates obtained Ph.D from TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai =1

S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor External Date of Examiner Viva-Voce Examination 5. Mr. R. Saravanan “Identification, Dr.K.N.Sulochana, Dr.Debi. P. 3rd (ID No: EXII (1) molecular cloning and Professor, Sarkar, January 28209/2011) characterization of (R.S.Mehta Jain Professor, 2018 differentially expressed Department of (R.S.Mehta Jain proteins in the serum (Biological Biochemistry & Cell Sciences) Director Department of of patients with Eales’ Biology) disease” of Indian Institute Biochemistry & Cell of Science Biology) Education & Research (I.I.S.E.R) Mohali & Dr.Sandeep Sam xena, Senior Professor Dept., of Ophthalmology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP c) Number of Candidates obtained Ph.D from Deakin University, Australia = 2

6. Mr.Prasanna Kumar ‘Tumor-specific Professor Jagat Dr.J.Narayanan, 25th (ID No: 213510168) Oligonucleotide-toxin Kanwar, Senior Scientist, October chimeras for targeted Deakin University, Department of (Department of Nano gene therapy” 2017 Biotechnology) Australia (Supervisor) Nano Biotechnology (Co-Supervisor)

7. Ms.Rajeswari. R “Deciphering the role Professor Jagat Dr. S. Krishna 6th (ID No: 213390445) of Tumor Kanwar, Kumar, December (Department of Nano Microenvironment in Deakin University, Professor & 2017 the invasion and Australia (Supervisor) Biotechnology) progression of HOD Retinoblastoma” (L & T Ocular Pathology department & Incharge of Nano Biotechnology & Stem cell biology departments) (Co-Supervisor)

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II) 1. NO. OF CANDIDATES SUBMITTED Ph.D FINAL THESIS & AWAITING FINAL VIVA: ( N=4) (BITS PILANI – 1, SASTRA University, Thanjavur – 2 & , Chennai -1)

S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor Date of Final 23 submission of Ph.D. Final thesis

Ms.N.N.Srikrupa “Leber Congenital Dr. N. Soumittra 6th 1. (ID No: 2011PHXF100H) Amaurosis: Clinical Professor December (SN ONGC Department profiling and Genetic (SN ONGC Department of 2017 of Genetics and using High throughput Genetics & Molecular resequencing in an Molecular Biology) Indian cohort” biology)

(ii) SASTRA UNIVERSITY, THANJAVUR : (N =2)

2. Mr. Ravikanth Danda “Identification of Novel Dr. S. Krishna Kumar, 5th (ID No: PH 510) therapeutic target molecules Professor & HOD May (Stem cell in Retinoblastoma” (L & T Ocular Pathology 2017 Laboratory) department & Incharge of Nano Biotechnology & Stem cell biology departments)

3. Ms.S.Suganya, “A study on functional Dr.C. Subbulakshmi, 21st (ID No: PH 673) implications of PIWI-like Professor May (R.S.Mehta Jain proteins and PIWI-interacting (R.S.Mehta Jain Department 2018 Department of RNAs in human somatic and of Biochemistry & Cell cancer cells” Biochemistry & Cell Biology) Biology)

(iii) ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI : (N =1)

4. Ms. Jayshree B “EpCAM Aptamer siRNA Dr. B. S. Lakshmi - Anna 27th (ID No: 1424529140) Chimeras for targeted Anti- University/ June (Department of Nano- Cancer therapy: an in vitro Co-Supervisor: 2018 Biotechnology) and in vivo investigation” Dr. Sailaja Elchuri, (Professor, Nano Biotechnology)

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III) Total No. of Candidates pursuing Ph.D., Programme under 4 different Universities: (19 undergoing Ph.D.+ 4 awaiting Ph.D. Public viva) (N = 23)

S.No Basic Medical Sciences SASTRA The Tamilnadu ANNA Departments, VRF, University, Dr.M.G.R.Medical University KNBIRVO Block (N =19) Thanjavur University,Chennai Chennai (15) ( 1 ) (3) 1. L & T. Ocular Pathology 4 - 2 Department (N=6) 2. Nano Biotechnology 1 - 1 Department (N=2) 3. SN ONGC Department 1 - - of Genetics & Molecular Biology (N=1)

4. R.S. Mehta Jain 6 1 - Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (N=7)

5. Centre for 3 - - Bioinformatics (N=3)

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IV. MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS BY RESEARCH) PROGRAMME 1. NUMBER OF MASTER PROGRAMME IN RESEARCH AWARDEES (MS in Research) : (July 2017 – June 2018) NUMBER OF CANDIDATES PURSUING MS PROGRAMME IN RESEARCH:(N=2) ANNA UNIVESITY, CHENNAI : (N = 2)

S.No Candidate Name Topic Supervisor & Joint Registration Current Supervisor Month & Status Year

1. Mr.Ranjith kumar R “3D cancer tissue Supervisor: January 2017 II Year (ID No: growth on Dr.Tamilselvan, I Semester 17145281102) graphene sponges Asst.Professor, for cancer drug Centre for therapy” Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai Joint Supervisor: Dr.Sailaja V. Elchuri, Associate Professor, Dept., of Nano- biotechnology

2. Mr.Hemanth R ”Circulating Supervisor: January 2017 II Year (ID No: exosomal miRNA Dr.Devasena T, I Semester 17145281106) in serum as Associate biomarkers for Professor, Centre Retinoblastoma” for Nanoscience & TechnologyAnna University, Chennau Joint Supervisor (Applied & awaiting communication) Dr.S.Krishnakumar, HOD L & T Ocular pathology, Nano- biotechnology Depts.

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V. OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED AT VIBS : Short term Research Projects for PG students in Biological sciences: 24 students underwent VIBS – Short term projects from “December 2017- April 2018” in the 5 Basic Medical Sciences departments, as part of their academic programme from 10 Engineering Colleges & 2 Arts &Science Colleges.

S.No. Basic Medical Sciences Department No. of students (24) 1. L & T Microbiology Research Centre 6 2. R.S. Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 7 3. Centre for Bioinformatics 2 4. SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular biology 5 5. Department of Nano Biotechnology 2 6. Department of Core Laboratory 2

VI. One month Hands-on Summer Training Programme in Biomedical laboratory sciences for Postgraduate Science students of Arts & Science Colleges: 17 Post graduate students from 7 Arts & Sciences & 3 Engineering Colleges underwent Hands on Summer Training programme from “14th May to 1st June 2018” in the following 3 Basic Medical Sciences departments.

S.No. Basic Medical Sciences Department No. of students (17) 1. L & T Microbiology Research Centre 6 2. R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 7 3. SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular biology 4 VII.Specific Training programmes on specialized/advanced Techniques such as PCR/PCR RFLP, RT- PCR, ELISA, HPLC etc. In the year 2017 – 2018, 27 students underwent Special Training programme in the Basic Medical Sciences departments from 3 Arts & Sciences & 6 Engineering Colleges.

S.No. Basic Medical Sciences Department No. of students (27) 1. Nano Biotechnology(2) & L &T Ocular Pathology Department (7) 9 2. SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular biology 9 3. Centre for Bioinformatics 4 4. L & T Microbiology Research Centre 5

38 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION Independent Auditor's Report

To the Members of MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION for the year ended 31st March 2018. Medical Research Foundation Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial Statements of MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION which comprises the Balance Sheet as at 31 March, 2018, and the Income and Expenditure account for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and presentation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance of the foundation in accordance with the Accounting Standards. This responsibility includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the foundation and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditor's Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) .Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the foundation’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on whether the foundation has in place an adequate internal controls system over financial reporting and operating effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. Opinion In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India. a) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Foundation as at March 31, 2018 b) In the case of Income and expenditure account, of the Excess of Income over expenditure for the year ended on that date; For M/s. S.VISWANATHAN, LLP Chartered Accountants Regn No.: 004770S / S200025 Chella K. Srinivasan Place : Chennai Partner Date : 25.08.2018 Membership No.:023305

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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2018

PARTICULARS SCHEDULE AS AT 31.03.18 AS AT 31.03.17

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. LIABILITIES CORPUS FUND DONATION u/s 35AC As per Last B/S 272906563 263476563 Add: Donations received during the year- Corpus - 9430000 Add: Donations received during the year: 272906563 272906563 SN Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund CORPUS FUND SRTT CORPUS FUND 64280816 62765816 MRF CORPUS FUND 53287507 117568323 52031507 114797323

GENERAL FUND I 2045565856 1942100056 EARMARKED FUNDS II 54540810 70748703 NON CURRENT LIABILITIES ICICI TermLoan (TI-Project) 200000000 250000000 Gratuity Liability 80192389 76864757 Leave Encashment Liability 59566712 339759101 54672099 381536856

Current Liabilities & Provisions III 185547286 177636181

TOTAL LIABILITIES 3015887938 2959725682

ASSETS FIXED ASSETS IV Gross Block As on 31.03.2018 3337178608 3260191148 Depreciation 1679791930 1500872968 Net Block 1657386678 1759318180

Capital Work in Progress 2055802 1229669 Net Fixed Assets as on 31.03.2016 1659442480 1760547849

Investments V 400762359 392375944

Current Assets VI 955683100 806801890 TOTAL ASSETS 3015887938 2959725682

We declare that the particulars furnished above are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. SUGALCHAND JAIN N Examined and found correct as per the books maintained RAMACHANDRAN G. Hony. Treasurer by Medical Research Foundation (Regd.) Chennai. Hony. Secretary

M/S. S. VISWANATHAN, LLP CHELLA K. SRINIVASAN Chartered Accountants Partner M.No. 023305 Regn, No. 004770S/S200025 17, Bishop Wallers Avenue (west) C I T Colony, , Chennai 4 DATED : 25.08.2018

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.03.2018

PARTICULARS 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. INCOME SCHEDULE

Hospital Collections 1958659681 1802181189 Donations for meeting Running Cost 71762952 113958377 Grants 15405969 57884276 Interest 66379433 44556270 Other Income 69997962 56991494 Research Income 10507525 1885517

TOTAL 2192713524 2077457123

EXPENDITURE Salaries, Wages & Employee Benefits VII 821946168 724585453 Hospital Expenses VIII 972706034 909835898 Administration Expenses IX 219702295 213788085 Interest X 2375343 2875343 Research Expenses XI 4461346 459852

TOTAL 2021191186 1851544632

Surplus before Depreciation 171522338 225912492

DEPRECIATION 178918962 164981354

EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE

We declare that the particulars furnished above are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief.

SUGALCHAND JAIN N RAMACHANDRAN G. Hony. Treasurer Hony. Secretary Examined and found correct as per the books maintained by Medical Research Foundation (Regd.) Chennai.

M/S. S. VISWANATHAN, LLP CHELLA K. SRINIVASAN Chartered Accountants Partner M.No. 023305 Regn, No. 004770S/S200025

17, Bishop Wallers Avenue (west) C I T Colony, Mylapore, Chennai 4 DATED : 25.08.2018

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SCHEDULES TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2018

PARTICULARS AS AT 31.03.2018 AS AT 31.03.2017

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. SCHEDULE 1

GENERAL FUND As per Last B/S 1942100056 1758800653 Add: Donations received during the year 110862424 122368265 Add: Excess of Income Over Expenditure (7396624) 60931138 Total General Fund 2045565856 1942100056 SCHEDULE II

EARMARKED FUNDS Sir Ratan Tata - Phase III 30962 30962 SN Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund 1266373 1266373 Sri Ramdoss Bhavani Nethralaya Endowment 100000 100000 Dhingra Family Trust - Fund 1000000 1000000 Ltd 1500000 1500000 GlaxoSmithkline Pharmaceuticals Limited - 1327500 Orbis Project 594541 186439 Grant Advance - H T Parekh Foundation - 1980096 Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust 48934 13357333 Foundation 50000000 50000000 Total Earmarked Funds 54540810 70748703

SCHEDULE III

CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS Sundry Creditors - Suppliers 143958384 124695378 Sundry Creditors - Bills payable 11291648 5754453 Sundry Creditors - (Deferred Payment) 316601 10113583 Salary Payable 4899547 1551206 Security Deposit - Contractors - 2224359 Security Deposit - Others 20000000 20000000 Contingency Fund 2153495 1909075 Provision for VAT Liability - 10540187 Others 2927612 847940 Total Current Liabilities & Provisions 185547286 177636181

42 Rs. 26075 79996 as at 342662 3723502 2055802 6907144 31.03.18 40079142 48118838 33865140 20186704 707098362 260040549 404303357 132615207 1657386678 1659442480 Rs. 88885 37250 as at 342662 NET BLOCK NET 4174643 1229669 6627688 31.03.17 36348313 47574059 42882374 21324904 140837093 260040549 454725696 744314064 - 1760547849 1759318180 - - Schedule - IV Rs. as at 256443 342615 1132186 31.03.18 75165295 41717549 15126346 64244508 22158816 874680829 292444598 128626206 163896540 1679791930 0 0 Rs. 8889 11175 Total 648385 5861206 6965946 1508508 4826040 2017-18 37215703 10813149 96508946 14551016 178918963 - - - THE - Deletion FOR YEAR 2017-18 - 0 0 Rs. 7399 THE 97745 90817 174622 176509 973248 165607 FOR 2ND HALF 3653515 5339462 YEAR 2017-18 Depreciation 178918962 Rs. DEPRECIATION 8889 THE 11175 640986 FOR 5763461 9839901 4649531 1ST HALF 1ST 6875129 1333886 92855431 YEAR 2017-18 37215703 14385409 Depreciation 173579501 - - Rs. Till Till 342615 247554 1121011 31.03.17 14477961 57278562 69304089 36891509 20650308 778171883 255228895 149345524 117813057 1500872968 Rs. MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION MEDICAL as at 336439 685277 1158261 31.03.18 61904253 18849848 29065960 109030435 260040549 999542960 104323650 176745044 296511747 1278984185 3337178608 3260191148 - - Rs. 23166 17880 210103 167009 160518 6503636 6645483 1002875 1125289 1476714 1732547 Deletions 19065219 19065220 - 595616593 - - - Rs. 19726 Deletions During the FIXED ASSETS FIXED Year 2017-18 Year - - - - Rs. 23166 17880 as at 210103 167009 160518 6645483 1002875 1125289 6503636 1476714 1732547 Deletions 19065219 19045494 31.03.2017 - 0 0 0 - Rs. 826133 197244 3378033 1787965 6329130 3687840 4162714 2017-18 Additions 76987459 46086606 11357928 927539273 - Rs. GROSS BLOCK 98648 826133 1303271 1746223 1210895 9732482 1765090 3312136 2nd Half Additions 36535145 55703890 569478387 - Rs. 41742 98596 9551461 2074762 2951819 1625446 1922750 3016994 1st Half Additions 21283569 - 358060886 Rs. aluation 359605 685277 1176141 as at 1229669 27277995 18813122 64720049 01.04.17 165554125 107384949 100371039 291307906 261043424 - 1006188443 1234374293 2351717095 3279256368 Cost V % 5% 20% 15% 20% 15% 15% 10% 10% 20% 30% 20% VEHICLE TOTAL - 31ST MARCH, 2018 - 31ST TOTAL MESS / CANTEEN EQUIPMENTS OFFICE EQUIPMENTS SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION LAND LEASEHOLD PROPERTY BUILDING EQUIPMENTS & INSTRUMENTS & MACHINERY PLANT EQUIPMENTS EDP FURNITURE & FIXTURES INSTALLATIONS ELECTRICAL BOOKS LIBRARY Previous Year Previous CAPITAL WORK-IN-PROGRESS CAPITAL "TOTAL including Capital Work in Progress" including Capital Work "TOTAL 43 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

SCHEDULES TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2018

PARTICULARS AS AT 31.03.2018 AS AT 31.03.2017

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. SCHEDULE V

Investments SRTT Corpus 55000000 55000000 SRTT Corpus - Interest 8518000 63518000 8513816 63513816

MRF Corpus 45000000 45000000 MRF Corpus - Interest 7645000 52645000 7625188 52625188

Corpus Fund-PS Foundation 5000000 5000000

SN Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund 5060000 5060000

Other Corpus Investments 274539359 266176940

Total Investments 400762359 392375944

SCHEDULE VI

CURRENT ASSETS Cash & Bank Balances Cash in Hand 4431271 6012926 Bank Balances - in Savings Account 49351946 38342416 - in Fixed Deposits 665889769 719672986 536677223 581032565

Loans & Advances 46168253 51063697 Deposits 12980435 14526946 Inventories 20489783 14268063 Sundry Debtors 64871493 60200459 TDS Receivable 55834865 51402363 Interest Receivable 12419682 13688770 Prepaid Expenses 23245604 20619027 Total Current Assets 955683100 806801890

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SCHEDULES TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

PARTICULARS 31.03.2018 31.03.2017

Rs. Rs. SCHEDULE - VII SALARIES, WAGES & EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Salaries & Wages 561479818 486787257 Contribution to Provident Fund 28121650 21503023 Staff Welfare Expenses 81240397 93453338 Contribution to Superannuation Fund 12116948 9813205 Professional Fees 138987354 113028630 821946168 724585453 SCHEDULE - VIII HOSPITAL EXPENSES Drugs & Consumables 634721040 576875829 Power, Fuel & Water 81333277 69484428 Repairs & Maintenance 175301670 167596156 Insurance 3719442 3173254 Lab Expenses 26414793 25606466 Rent, Rates & Taxes 51215811 67099765 972706034 909835898 SCHEDULE - IX ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES Information Techonology Expenses 23637045 19796741 Academic Expenses 51454556 47841022 Communication Expenses 6608303 6235727 Printing & Stationery 12382352 11630844 Vehicle Expenses 13697648 11355901 Security Services 27282322 23685347 Camp Expenses 12149273 5572798 Travelling and Conveyance 5924428 5259443 Books & Perodicals 3034189 2566830 Publicity Expenses 6313395 4786561 Conference 35178039 29233926 Loss On Sale Of Assets - 500 Subscription/Membership 2907049 1334010 Function Expenses 4714373 30648803 Legal & Audit Fees 1312853 877068 Bank Charges 9143859 7748955 Management Consultancy Expenses 1649099 1526081 Miscellaneous Expenses 2313514 3687528 219702295 213788085 SCHEDULE - X INTEREST Interest on ICICI Term Loan 2375343 2875343 2375343 2875343 SCHEDULE - XI INTEREST Research Expenses 4461346 459852 4461346 459852

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SUB SCHEDULES TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2018

PARTICULARS AS AT 31.03.2018 AS AT 31.03.17 Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. 1. CASH AND BANK BALANCES

Cash in hand 4431271 6012926 Bank Balances (i) Savings Bank Account Andhra Bank 624725 590596 - College Road 49430 54600 State Bank of India - 6467341 754022 State Bank Of India - 636239 4186018 State Bank Of Mauritius -Cathedral Road 1476189 1175706 HDFC Bank - Mount Road 123206 118761 HDFC Bank - Nungambakkam 15496337 2396015 HDFC Bank - Corpus-Nungambakkam 2377447 9439271 HDFC Bank - Kolkata 10325583 8608632 HDFC Bank - CA-Nungambakkam 576598 471453 ICICI Bank - Nungambakkam 576153 856065 Development Credit Bank Ltd - Nungambakkam 3797852 1667791 HDFC Bank - SRTT MRF-Nungambakkam 33093 31899 State Bank Of India - Tada 298092 3004238 IOB-Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund-SN-College Road 2657535 2553856 Citi Bank - Mount Road 105254 105254 City Union Bank - 828451 351167 IDBI Bank Ltd - Greams Raod 43282 41697 State Bank of India - Mukundapur 2604092 1935326 HDFC Bank - Nungambakkam - NRTT 255047 49351946 47 38342416

(ii) Fixed Deposits 610045870 460389849 (iii) Fixed Deposit - HTP Foundation - - (iv) Fixed Deposit - 50000000 50000000 (v) Fixed Deposit - 5843899 5843899 (vi) Fixed Deposit - NRTT 0 665889769 20443475 536677223

719672986 581032565 2. LOANS & ADVANCES Employees' - Loan 9272421 9196616 Advance for Purchases/Contracts 10043521 20152970 Rent Advance 26852311 21714111 Others - 46168253 - 51063697

3. DEPOSITS T.N.E.B 11817024 13368535 Telephone 272270 272270 Others 891141 12980435 886141 14526946

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NOTES FORMING PART OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31.03.2018 I. ACCOUNTING POLICIES 1. The Foundation follows mercantile system of accounting and recognizes Income and Expenditure on accrual basis. 2. Financial Statements are prepared under historical cost convention. 3. The Fixed Assets of the Foundation are valued at cost less depreciation. 4. Inventories have been valued at Cost. 5. The Foundation’s contribution to various schemes of retirement benefits such as Provident Fund and Superannuation Fund are charged to the Income and Expenditure Account every year. 6. The expenditure on unavailed leave of employees allowed to be encashed by them as per rules of the foundation. 7. Gratuity and Leave Encashment provision have been created on the basis of actuarial valuation. 8. Donation and Grants received towards Capital Purchases are accounted under Capital Fund. 9. Donations received for Community Services accounted under Income Statement. 10. There is an Income tax demand of Rs.908 lakhs for the Assessment year 2015-16 which is pending with the Hon’ble High Court, Chennai

II. Schedules I to VI of the Balance Sheet and Schedules VII to XI of the Income and Expenditure Account form an integral part of the Balance Sheet. III. Previous year figures have been regrouped wherever necessary to conform to current year’s classification. IV. Statutory Audit fees Rs.1,77,000/- inclusive of GST.

SUGALCHAND JAIN N. RAMACHANDRAN G. Hony. Treasurer Hony. Secretary

M/S. S. VISWANATHAN LLP Dated : 25.08.2018 Chartered Accountants Regn. No:004770S/S200025

CHELLA K.SRINIVASAN Partner M.No. 023305

47 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION HONOURS & AWARDS l Shri V Sivakumar was honoured with the ‘Seva Ratna Award’ – 2016, by Exnora International for his exemplary and selfless service to the society. The award was presented by Honourable Justice M.V. Muralidharan, Judge, on 7th May 2017. l Dr S S Badrinath conferred “Vision 2020: The Right to Sight – INDIA VISIONARY AWARD” by the Vision 2020: The Right to Sight – INDIA for his yeoman service and contribution towards reducing the burden of blindness in the country, on 3rd June 2017. The award was presented by the Honourable Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, at the annual conference of Vision 2020 held on 3rd and 4th June 2017 at the MGM Eye Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. l Ms Rashima Asokan was awarded the Ph.D Degree at BITS Pilani on 15th June 2017 for her Ph.D thesis entitled “Quantification of Ocular Ultraviolet-B Radiation Exposure in a South Indian Population and its Association with Ocular Surface Disorders, Pseudoexfoliation, Cataract and Age-related Macular Degeneration - A Part of the Chennai Eye Disease Incidence Study” under guide-ship of Dr. Ronnie George. l Ms Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen was awarded the Ph.D Degree at BITS Pilani on 19th June 2017 for her Ph.D thesis entitled, “Prevalence of Binocular Vision anomalies among school children in rural and urban Tamilnadu”, under the guide-ship of Dr Krishna Kumar R. l Dr. J Biswas was awarded Canadian Ophthalmic Journal Lecture Award at the Canadian Ophthalmological Society Meeting held at Montréal, Canada from 15th to 19th June 2017. He gave a talk on “Uveitis search for the cause”. l Ms Kiran Bedi, Lt Governor of Puducherry, honoured Dr Rajesh P.S, and Dr Gajendra Kumar Varma, Mayan Awards in recognition of their impeccable service to the indigent visually impaired in the most remote regions of the country, through the ‘Mobile Eye Surgical Unit’ (MESU), on 2nd July 2017. l Dr Shah Haard Rajeshbhai received Best Poster Award for his poster entitled “Outcomes Of Peripheral 360° Relaxing Retinectomy In Complicated Retinal Detachments” at the Retina Summit 2017 conference held from 14th to 15th July 2017. l Dr Nimisha Sharma received Best Poster Award for her poster on “Risk of Retinal Detachment in More Than 10 Year Follow up Study of Sutured Sclera Fixated Intraocular Lenses” at the Retina Summit 2017 conference held from 14th to 15th July 2017. l Dr. Jaichandran V V and Dr Jagadeesh V released the book “Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Anaesthesia” at the 28th Alumni Meet held on 16th July 2017. l Dr L Vijaya delivered Dr P Siva Reddy Oration on "Pseudoexfoliation - prevalence, natural history and treatment options" at the 3rd Annual Conference of Telangana Ophthalmological Society at Warangal on 21st July 2017.

48 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Sankara Nethralaya was honoured as the ‘Best Hospital Unit in Ophthalmology’ for the 2nd year in succession by CIMS Medica India in Mumbai on 23rd July 2017. l Dr L.Vijaya and Dr Pukhraj Rishi honoured the Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). l Shri A. Shankar Kumar received a ‘Certificate of Honour’ from the Madras Library Association. l Dr J Biswas received the Prof. M A Matin Memorial Indo-Bangladesh Friendship Award 2016 in the ACOIN Conference held at Goa on 9th September 2017. l Mr. Praveen Kumar, Optometrist, won Optometry Quiz in the World Congress of Optometry held at from 11th to 13th September 2017. l Dr.B.Mahalakshmi received the Best Woman Scientist Award in memory of Smt. Sreerangamma N. Narayana Endowment Award for the year 2017 in the Graduation Ceremony held at Sri. V.D. Swami Auditorium on 20th September 2017. l Dr Rashima A received the Contribution for Optometry Award from Optometric Association of Tamil Nanbargal, Chennai, in recognition of her PhD, on 3rd September 2017. l Ms. Anuradha received the Ruby Banik Memorial Award for Best Research in Clinical Sciences in Ophthalmology at SN graduation Ceremony of Sankara Nethralaya held at Sri. V.D. Swami Auditorium on 20th September 2017. l Dr Minal Sharma received the “Swarnalata Punshi” Award for Best Research Fellow at SN graduation Ceremony of Sankara Nethralaya held at Sri. V.D. Swami Auditorium on 20th September 2017. l Dr Shweta Agarwal received the 'Best Presenter Trophy' in the state competitive video session held in the 2nd Annual Conference of Women Ophthalmologists Society (WOS) held at Jaipur on 25th & 26th November 2017 and SN Team of Dr G Suganeshwari, Dr Shikha Bassi and Dr Sumathi won the Best Team Award. l Dr J Biswas received “Dr CE Ommen Memorial oration Award” for his oration talk on “My Journey in uveitis through 28 years ” in the 4th Annual conference of Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons” (KSOS) at Kerala on 25th November 2017. l Dr L Vijaya was elected as the Member of Board of Governors, World Glaucoma Association for a period of 3 years from 1st January 2018. l Ms N. Anuradha was awarded the Ph.D Degree at Sastra University, Thanjavur, on 5th February 2018 for her Ph.D thesis entitled, “Innovative approaches in improving spectacle compliance and referral compliance in school vision screening”, under the guide-ship of Dr Krishna Kumar R. l Dr J Biswas was honoured as “International Ophthalmic Hero of India” at the 76th Annual Meeting of All India Ophthalmology Society held at Coimbatore between 22nd and 25th February 2018.

49 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr Sheila John, received the ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ for her meritorious service in the medical field from Lions Clubs International. l The Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) honoured Dr S S Badrinath for being inducted into the highly prestigious ‘Retina Hall of Fame’ by the American Society of Retina Specialists. l Dr. Pukhraj Rishi received the AIOS-CN Shroff Award for his outstanding contribution towards posterior segment and Best Paper Award for his paper entitled “Paediatric Ophthalmology for Intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma” at the 76th Annual Meeting of All India Ophthalmology Society held at Coimbatore between 22nd and 25th February 2018. l Dr. Vikas Khetan was honoured the AIOS P. Siva Reddy International Award for the year 2017 at the 76th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society held at Coimbatore from 22nd to 25th February 2018 and he gave an invited talk on “Expectant Management Versus Conventional Screening In Infants with Familial Retinoblastoma”. l Dr Rupak Roy received the Best Paper Award for his paper presentation on “Reduction in Foveal Thickness after Anti Vegf Injection as a Predictor of Outcome in BRVO Patients” at the Annual Conference Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal l Dr S Srilekha received the Developing Country Eye Research Fellowship (DCERF) award for attending the ARVO 2018 Conference at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA from 29th Apr to 3rd May 2018. l Dr Rajeswari Mahadevan has been elected as a member of the ‘Executive Board’, of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators’ IACLE. l Ms Archayeeta Rakshit and Mr S Robin Dhruval Parekh received the Oral Clinician to Researcher Award at the Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Session organised by the Elite School of Optometry,Mr Bhumin Parekh & Mr Dhruval Parekh and Mr Sridharan received the Vision Therapy Innovation Star Award at the Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Session organised by the Elite School of Optometry, Medical Research Foundation on 24th and 25th February 2018. l Ms. Najiya Sundus & Ms Ashwini VC received the Dr S Narasimhan Memorial Award for best research in optometry Editor for "EcSelO e-book” at the17th Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific session held from 23rd to 25th February 2018. l Ms.Najiya Sundus & Ms Kalpa Negiloni received the "Presentation to Publication" award, at the 17th Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific session held from 23rd to 25th February 2018. l Ms Ambika C received the Case Story Contest Award and Mehal Rathore received Eposter Student award at the Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Session organised by the Elite School of Optometry, Medical Research Foundation on 24th and 25th February 2018. l Dr T S Surenderan joined the Editorial Board of AIOS for Paediatric Ophthalmology 2017. Medical Research Foundation on 24th and 25th February 2018.

50 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr S S Badrinath received the “Sadguru Humanitarian Award” for his life time dedicated and distinguished contribution in the field of ophthalmology from Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, on 9th March 2018. l Sankara Nethralaya has been adjudged as the ‘Best Medical Tourism Hospital’ in the ‘Tamil Nadu Tourism Awards 2018′. The award was presented on 14th March 2018 at a function organized jointly by Ms Madura Travels and the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation, at Chennai. l The Hindu Group Publishing Pvt Ltd honoured Sankara Nethralaya as one of the 21 Healthcare Institutions in the State and its Founder Dr S S Badrinath for his service to the society. The awards were presented by His Excellency Banwari Lal Purohit, the Honourable Governor of Tamil Nadu on 17th March 2018 at Hotel Feathers, Chennai and it was attended by Shri C. Vijaya Baskar, Health Minister and Shri J. Radhakrishnan, Health Secretary, Tamil Nadu. The first copy of the book titled ‘Doyens Guardians of Healthcare – Tamil Nadu 2018’, which has an exclusive chapter dedicated to Sankara Nethralaya was launched by the Governor and received by Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Ambassador of West Bengal.

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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED: l Shetty SB, Devulapally SH, Murali S, Walinjkar JA, Biswas J. Tuberculous uveitis presenting as pigmented hypopyon - A case report. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2017 Apr 12;7:1-3. l Kolarik AJ, Raman R, Moore BCJ, Cirstea S, Gopalakrishnan S, Pardhan S. Partial Visual Loss Affects Self-reports of Hearing Abilities Measured Using a Modified Version of the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Questionnaire. Front Psychol. 2017 Apr 12;8:561. l Biswas J, K R R, Pal B, Gondhale HP, Kharel Sitaula R. Long-Term Outcomes of a Large Cohort of Patients with Eales' Disease. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Apr 27:1-7. l Cunningham ET Jr, Kilmartin D, Agarwal M, Zierhut M. Sympathetic Ophthalmia. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Apr;25(2):149-151. l Sudha D, Kohansal-Nodehi M, Kovuri P, Manda SS, Neriyanuri S, Gopal L, Bhende P, S, Arunachalam JP. Proteomic profiling of human intraschisis cavity fluid. Clin Proteomics. 2017 Apr 24;14:13. l Negiloni K, Ramani KK, Sudhir RR. Do school classrooms meet the visual requirements of children and recommended vision standards? PLoS One. 2017 Apr 3; 12(4):e0174983. l Raichura ND, Alam MS, Noronha VO, Mukherjee B. A prospective study of the role of intralesional bleomycin in orbital lymphangioma. J AAPOS. 2017 Apr;21(2):146-151. l Mukherjee B, Ambreen A, Alam MS. Sarcoidosis of the ocular adnexa. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 Apr;118(4):512-513. l Priya D, Sudharshan S, Biswas J. Management of a rare presentation of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency disease syndrome patient. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 May; 65(5):413-416. l Karna S, Jain M, Alam MS, Mukherjee B, Raman R. Carotid cavernous fistula with central retinal artery occlusion and Terson syndrome after mid-facial trauma. GMS Ophthalmol Cases. 2017 May 19;7:Doc12. l Krishna S, Neriyanuri S, Sripriya S, Sen P, Chidambaram S, Arunachalam JP. Sarangapani S, et al. Genetic association study of exfoliation syndrome identifies a protective rare variant at LOXL1 and five new susceptibility loci. Ophthalmic Genet. 2017 May-Jun;38(3):260-266. Nat Genet. 2017 Jul;49(7):993-1004. l Alam MS, Khetan V. Inadvertent steroid injection into the crystalline lens. GMS Ophthalmol Cases. 2017 Jun 27;7:Doc16. l Raichura ND, Alam MS, Noronha V, Mukherjee B. Accidental Duplication: Role of Intralesional Bleomycin in Orbital Lymphangioma: A Prospective Study. J AAPOS. 2017 Jun 1. pii: S1091- 8531(16)30570-5.

52 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Balekudaru S, Choudhari NS, Rewri P, George R, Bhende PS, Bhende M, Lingam V, Lingam G. Surgical management of malignant glaucoma: a retrospective analysis of fifty eight eyes. Eye (Lond). 2017 Jun; 31(6):947-955. l Sudha D, Ganapathy A, Mohan P, Mannan AU, Krishna S, Neriyanuri S, Swaminathan M, Rishi P, Chidambaram S, Arunachalam JP. Clinical and genetic analysis of Indian patients with NDP- related retinopathies. Int Ophthalmol. 2018 Jun;38(3):1251-1260. Epub 2017 Jun 10. l Annamalai R, Biswas J. Patterns of Intermediate Uveitis in Children Presenting at a Tertiary Eye Care Center in . Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2017 Apr-Jun;24(2):94-99. l Singh S, Velu G, Raman R. Development and Validation of Non simultaneous Retinal Image Acquisition-Based Retinal Oximeter. Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 27;7(1):4270. l Balekudaru S, Sankaranarayanan N, Agarkar S. Prevalence, Incidence, and Risk Factors for the Development of Glaucoma in Patients with Aniridia. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2017 Jul 1;54(4):250-255. l Jaisankar D, Raman R, Sharma HR, Khandelwal N, Bhende M, Agrawal R, Sudharshan S, Biswas J. Choroidal and Retinal Anatomical Responses Following Systemic Corticosteroid Therapy in Vogt- Koyanagi-Harada Disease Using Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Jul 12:1-9 [Epub ahead of print] l Srinivasan S, Raman R, Ganesan S, Roy R, Natarajan V, Sharma T. Four-year incidence and progression of visual impairment in a South Indian population with diabetes. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jul;65(7):589-595. l Alam MS, Sugavaneswaran M, Arumaikkannu G, Mukherjee B. An innovative method of ocular prosthesis fabrication by bio-CAD and rapid 3-D printing technology: A pilot study. Orbit. 2017 Aug;36(4):223-227. l Ganesh SK, Ali BS. Paradoxical worsening of a case of TB subretinal abscess with serpiginous-like choroiditis following the initiation of antitubercular therapy. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Aug;65(8):761-764. l Khan NA, Govindaraj P, Soumittra N, Sharma S, Srilekha S, Ambika S, Vanniarajan A, Meena AK, Uppin MS, Sundaram C, Bindu PS, Gayathri N, Taly AB, Thangaraj K. Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy-Specific Mutation m.11778G>A Exists on Diverse Mitochondrial Haplogroups in India. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 Aug 1;58(10):3923-3930. l Rishi P, Rishi E, Sharma M, Maitray A, Bhende M, Gopal L, Sharma T, Ratra D, Sen P, Bhende P, Rao C, Susvar P. Incidence, outcomes, and risk factors for hemorrhagic complications in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy following photodynamic therapy in Indian subjects. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Aug;65(8):712-718. l Jain M, Alam MS, Mukherjee B, Raman R. Carotid cavernous fistula masquerading as delayed suprachoroidal hemorrhage after trabeculectomy. GMS Ophthalmol Cases. 2017 Aug 25;7:Doc20.

53 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Alam MS, Tongbram A, Noronha V, Mukherjee B. Haberland Syndrome Associated With Calvarial Exostosis. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Aug 23. l Sen P, Yusufali H, Khetan V, Rao C, Banerjee A. Exudative retinal detachment, a primary presentation in retinopathy of prematurity. Can J Ophthalmol. 2018 Apr; 53(2):e74-e77.Epub 2017 Sep 25. l Shah KP, Mukherjee B. Efficacy of frontalis suspension with silicone rods in ptosis patients with poor Bell's phenomenon. Taiwan J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jul-Sep;7(3):143-148. l Agarwal M, Elizabeth A, George R, Biswas J. Conjunctival Necrosis Masquerading as Necrotizing Scleritis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Sep 14:1-2. l Alam MS, Mukherjee B, Krishnakumar S, Biswas J. Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the orbit: Report of a case and review of literature. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep;65(9):889- 891. l Parikh D, Mukherjee B. Lacrimal gland myxoma. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep;65(9):887-889. l Sreelakshmi KV, Chandra A, Krishnakumar S, Natarajan V, Khetan V. Anterior Chamber Invasion in Retinoblastoma: Not an Indication for Adjuvant Chemotherapy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 Sep 1;58(11):4654-4661. l Agarkar S, Desai R, Singh S, Jaisankar D, Bhende P, Raman R. Influence of laser versus lens- sparing vitrectomy on myopia in children with retinopathy of prematurity. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep;65(9):841-845. l Roy R, Saurabh K, Bhattacharyya S, Thomas NR, Datta K. Multimodal imaging in dominant cystoid macular dystrophy. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep;65(9):865-866. l Dutta Majumder P, Ghose A, Rao C, Bhende M, Biswas J. A case of choroidal neovascular membrane in 6-year-old boy with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2017 Sep 30;7(1):18. l Dutta Majumder P, Menia N, Roy R, Sen P, George AE, Ganesh SK, Biswas J. Uveitis in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa: 30 Years' Consecutive Data. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Sep 29:1-6. l Rahman Z, Ali S, Dutta Majumder P. Sympathetic Ophthalmia Following Accidental Burn with Hot Water Involving the Other Eye. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Sep 14:1-3. l Sen P, Shaikh SI, Sreelakshmi K. Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in paediatric patients after pars plana vitrectomy and sutured scleral-fixated intraocular lenses. Eye (Lond) 2017 Sep 1. l Majumdar PD, Pal BP. Neglected Intraocular Cysticercosis. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep 14;135(9):e172487. l Alam MS, Mehta NS, Mukherjee B. Anatomical and functional outcomes of canalicular laceration repair with self-retaining mini-MONOKA stent. Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jul-Sep;31(3):135-139. Epub 2017 May 3.

54 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Nahid Akhtar Khan, Periyasamy Govindaraj, Nagasamy Soumittra, Sonika Sharma, Sundaramoorthy Srilekha, Selvakumar Ambika, et al. Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy – Specific Mutationm.11778G>A Exists on Diverse Mitochondrial Haplogroups in India. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017. 2017 Aug 1;58(10):3923-3930. l Vinita K, Sripriya S, Sharmila FM, Vaitheeswaran K, Rajiv Raman, Sharma T. High order interaction analysis of SNPs in PEDF (rs12150053, rs12948385) and EPO (rs1617640) genes with clinical determinants of type 2 diabetic retinopathy patients from south India. Meta Gene Vol.13 Sep 2017 Pages 92-98. l Jaisankar D, Raman R, Gondhale H, Chhablani J, Agarwal M. Visual Function Correlates of Foveal Slope changes on Optical Coherence Tomography in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2. Retina. 2017 Dec;37(12):2248-2253. l Alam MS, Backiavathy V, Mukherjee B. Giant pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland: A surgical challenge. Orbit. 2018 Apr;37(2):125-127. Epub 2017 Oct 17. l Rishi E, Rishi P, Bhende P, Raman R, Sen P, Susvar P, Rao C, Therese L, Hirawat R. Enterococcus faecalis Endophthalmitis in Children - A 21 Year Study. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018;26(4):543- 549. Epub 2017 Oct 13. l Dutta Majumder P, Chen EJ, Shah J, Ching Wen Ho D, Biswas J, See Yin L, Gupta V, Pavesio C, Agrawal R. Ocular Syphilis: An Update. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Oct 11:1-9. l Ganesh SK, Ali BS, Madhavan HN. Infectious chorioretinitis in an immunocompetent patient: A diagnostic dilemma. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Oct; 65(10): 1043-1046. l Srinivasan R, Sharma U, George R, Raman R, Sharma T Sankara Nethralaya Vitreoretinal Study Group (SNVR Study Group). Intraocular pressure changes after dexamethasone implant in patients with glaucoma and steroid responders. Retina. 2017 Oct 31. l Raman R, Ganesan S, Pal SS, Gella L, Kulothungan V, Sharma T. Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in Urban India: Sankara Nethralaya-Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology and Molecular Genetics Study (SN-DREAMS II), Report 1. l Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2017 Oct;24(5):294-302. l Choudhari NS, Pathak-Ray V, Kaushik S, Vyas P, George R. Understanding practice patterns of glaucoma sub-specialists in India. Int J Ophthalmol. 2017 Oct 18;10(10):1580-1585. l Mukherjee B, Subramaniam N, Kumar K, Nivean PD. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma of the orbit mimicking pagetoid sebaceous gland carcinoma. Orbit. 2018 Jun;37(3):235-237. Epub 2017 Oct 20. l Raichura ND, Alam MS, Jaichandran VV, Mistry S, Mukherjee B. Hyaluronidase allergy mimicking orbital cellulitis. Orbit. 2018 Apr;37(2):149-153. Epub 2017 Oct 20. l Rao BS, Tharigopala A, Rachapalli SR, Rajagopal R, Soumittra N. Association of polymorphisms in the intron of TCF4 gene to late-onset Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy: An Indian cohort study. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Oct;65(10):931-935.

55 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Gopalakrishnan S, Muralidharan A, Susheel SC, Raman R. Improvement in distance and near visual acuities using low vision devices in diabetic retinopathy. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Oct;65(10):995-998. l Rishi E, Shantha B, Dhami A, Rishi P, Rajapriya HC. Needle stick injuries in a tertiary eye-care hospital: Incidence, management, outcomes, and recommendations. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Oct; 65(10):999-10. l Gella L, Raman R, Kulothungan V, Pal SS, Ganesan S, Srinivasan S, Sharma T. Color vision abnormalities in type II diabetes: Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology and Molecular Genetics Study II report no 2. Indian J Ophthalmol 2017 Oct; 65(10):989-994.03. l Dr. Sudha K Ganesh, Dr. Sowkat Ali. Infections chorioretinitis in an immunocompetent patient – a diagnostic dilemma. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 65(10):1043-1046, 2017. l Dr. Sudha K Ganesh, Dr. Arshee Ahmed, Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas. Analysis of the clinical profile and management of inflammatory choriodal neovascular membranes in uveitic eyes: A study from a tertiary referral centre. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2017 Oct 17:1-11. l Srikrupa N N, Srilekha S, Sen P, Arokiasamy T, Swaminathan M, Bhende M, Kapur S, Soumittra N. Genetic Profile and Mutation Spectrum of Leber Congenital Amaurosis in a Larger Indian Cohort using High Throughput Targeted Re-sequencing. Clin Genet. 2017 Oct 25. l Divya Harshwardhan Jain, Kavitha Kalavani Natarajan. Rare association of optic disk pits with myelinated retinal nerves. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Oct;21(5):429-430. l Dr. Vasconcelos-Santos Daniel Vitor, Dr. Parthopratim Dutta Majumder, Dr. Eliza Anthony, Dr. Sudha K Ganesh, Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas, Dr. Rupesh Agrawal. Ocular toxoplasmosis in tropical areas: analysis and outcome of 190 patients from a multicentre collaborative study. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2017 Oct 11:1-8. l Ratra D, Tan R, Jaishankar D, Khandelwal N, Gupta A, Chhablani J, Agrawal R. Choroidal structural changes and vascularity index in stargardt disease on swept source optical coherence tomography. Retina. 2017 Oct 6. l Alam MS, Vaidehi D, Therese KL, Ali MJ. Rare Pleurostomophora richardsiae Mass Causing Transient Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Nov/Dec;33(6):e154-e156. l Dutta Majumder P, Anthony E, George AE, Ganesh SK, Biswas J. Postsurgical sympathetic ophthalmia: retrospective analysis of a rare entity. Int Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov 21. l Rishi P, Rishi E, Maitray A, Agarwal A, Nair S, Gopalakrishnan S. Hospital anxiety and depression scale assessment of 100 patients before and after using low vision care: A prospective study in a tertiary eye-care setting. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;65(11):1203-1208. l Jaichandran VV, Bhaskar S. Retrobulbar alcohol injection for phantom eye pain syndrome in bilateral eviscerated orbit. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep-Dec;10(3):264-265.

56 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Ratra D, Ratra V, Kishnani M. Localized retinal degeneration secondary to Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep-Dec;10(3):244-246. l Ratra D, Akhundova L, Das MK. Retinopathy of prematurity like retinopathy in full-term infants. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep-Dec;10(3):167-172. l Maitray A, Khetan V. Classification of retinoblastoma: Evolution with time and the need for uniformity. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep-Dec;10(3):133-134. l Arumugam V, Singh S, Ramani KK. Reasons for spectacle reassessment in a tertiary eye care centre over a period of six years. Clin Exp Optom. 2017 Nov 3. l Thomas NR, Das D, Saurabh K, Roy R. A rare case of bilateral tractional retinal detachment following snakebite. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;65(11):1238-1240. l Maitray A, Rishi P. Methoxsalen-induced macular toxicity. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;65(11): 1243-1245. l Dastidar AG, Barbhaya RD, Vyas C, Saurabh K, Roy R. Intracorneal haemorrhage after intravitreal injections. Clin Exp Optom. 2017 Nov 14. l Ambika S, Padmalakshmi K. Pediatric optic neuritis: Points to ponder! Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;65(11):1267. l Thomas NR, Ghosh PS, Chowdhury M, Saurabh K, Roy R. Multicolor imaging in optic disc swelling. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;65(11):1251-1255. l Singh N, Srinivasan S, Muralidharan V, Roy R, V J, Raman R. Prevention of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2017 Nov-Dec;6(6):520-526. l Bikramjit P. Pal, Saili Garge, Vikas Khetan. Choroidal melanoma: A short review with an Indian perspective. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2017 Sep-Dec;10(3):135-144. l Dutta Majumder P, Ali S, Biswas J. Optic disc granuloma with epididymitis: a diagnostic challenge. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2017 Dec;7(1):12. l Yadav HM, Dutta Majumder P, Biswas J. Dengue associated choroiditis: a rare entity. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2017 Dec;7(1):14.. Epub 2017 May 30. l Koka K, Mukherjee B, Agarkar S. Effect of oral propranolol on periocular Capillary Hemangiomas of Infancy. Pediatr Neonatol. 2017 Dec 6. pii: S1875-9572(16)30310-2. [Epub ahead of print] l Srinivasan S, Raman R, Kulothungan V, Swaminathan G, Sharma T. Influence of serum lipids on the incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema: Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology And Molecular genetics Study-II. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2017 Dec;45(9):894-900. Epub 2017 Jun 22.

57 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Agarwal A, Agrawal R, Gunasekaran DV, Raje D, Gupta B, Aggarwal K, Murthy SL, Westcott M, Chee SP, Mccluskey P, Su Ling H, Teoh S, Cimino L, Biswas J, Narain S, Agarwal M, Mahendradas P, Khairallah M, Jones N, Tugal-Tutkun I, Babu K, Basu S, Carreño E, Lee R, Al-Dhibi H, Bodaghi B, Invernizzi A, Goldstein DA, Herbort CP, Barisani-Asenbauer T, González-López JJ, Androudi S, Bansal R, Moharana B, Mahajan S, Esposti S, Tasiopoulou A, Nadarajah S, Agarwal M, Abraham S, Vala R, Singh R, Sharma A, Sharma K, Zierhut M, Kon OM, Cunningham E, Nguyen QD, Pavesio C, Gupta V. The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1 Report 3: Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis and Management of Tubercular Uveitis: Global Trends. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Dec 20:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] l Mukherjee B, Vijay V, Halbe S. Combined approach to management of periocular arteriovenous malformation by interventional radiology and surgical excision. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan;66(1):151-154. l Agarkar S, Gokhale VV, Raman R, Bhende M, Swaminathan G, Jain M. Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Retinal Detachment after Pediatric Cataract Surgery. Ophthalmology. 2018 Jan;125(1):36-42. Epub 2017 Aug 24. l Dutta Majumder P, Biswas J, Bansal N, Ghose A, Sharma H. Clinical Profile of Patients with Tubercular Subretinal Abscess in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Southern India. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018;26(3):353-357. l Majumder PD, Ali S, George A, Ganesh S, Biswas J. Clinical Profile of Scleritis in Children. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018 Jan 25:1-5. [Epub ahead of print] l Khan NA, Govindaraj P, Soumittra N, Sharma S, Srilekha S, Ambika S, Vanniarajan A, Meena AK, Uppin MS, Sundaram C, Bindu PS, Gayathri N, Taly AB, Thangaraj K. Author Response: Penetrance of the LHON Mutation m.11778G>A May Depend on Factors Other Than Haplotype or Heteroplasmy Rate. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 Jan 1;59(1):382. l Kharel Sitaula R, Janani MK, Madhavan HN, Biswas J. Outcome of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis in 100 suspected cases of infectious uveitis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2018 Jan 10;8(1):2. l Alam MS. The orbit. Orbit. 2018 Jan 5:1. l Srividya G, Jain M, Mahalakshmi K, Gayathri S, Raman R, Angayarkanni N. A novel and less invasive technique to assess cytokine profile of vitreous in patients of diabetic macular oedema. Eye (Lond). 2018 Apr;32(4):820-829. Epub 2018 Jan 5. l Dr. Sudha K Ganesh, Dr. Priyanka Singh. Analysis of clinical profile, investigation and management of Ocular Cysticercosis Seen at a Tertiary Referral Centre. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. [Epub 8 Jan 2018] l Praveen Kumar KV, P, Alam MS. Aripiprazole-induced transient myopia: A rare entity. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan;66(1):130-131. l Roy R, Saurabh K, Bhattacharyya S, Thomas NR, Datta K. Response to comment on "Multimodal imaging in dominant cystoid macular dystrophy". Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan;66(1):176-177.

58 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Ananth JV, Sudharshan S, Selvakumar A, Devaleenal BJ, Kalaivani K, Biswas J. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension associated with anaemia, secondary to antiretroviral drug in a human immunodeficiency virus positive patient. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan;66(1):168-169. l Bhende M, Raman R, Jain M, Shah PK, Sharma T, Gopal L, Bhende PS, Srinivasan S, Jambulingam M; Sankara Nethralaya Vitreoretinal Study Group (SNVR-Study Group). Incidence, microbiology, and outcomes of endophthalmitis after 111,876 pars plana vitrectomies at a single, tertiary eye care hospital. PLoS One. 2018 Jan 16;13(1):e0191173. l Praveen S. Training: The way we do it. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan;66(1):173. l Sowmya P, S Krishnakumar, Vikas Khetan. The Roundabout Way of Finding the Right Target. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Jan 2018;55(1):11-12. l Ganesh SK, Mistry S. Phacoemulsification with Intraocular Lens Implantation in Pediatric Uveitis: A Retrospective Study. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018; 26(2):305-312. l Poonam NS, Alam MS, Das D, Biswas J. Solitary eyelid neurofibroma presenting as tarsal cyst: Report of a case and review of literature. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2018 Feb 6;10:71-73. l Ratra D, Barh A, Banerjee M, Ratra V, Biswas J. Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant for Refractory Uveitic Macular Edema in Adults and Children. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018 Feb 2:1-7. [Epub ahead of print] l Iyer G, Agarwal S, Srinivasan B. Outcomes and Rationale of Excision and Mucous Membrane Grafting in Palpebral Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis. Cornea. 2018 Feb;37(2):172-176. l Agarwal S, Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Agarwal M, Panchalam Sampath Kumar S, Therese LK. Clinical profile of pythium keratitis: perioperative measures to reduce risk of recurrence. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;102(2):153-157. Epub 2017 Sep 13. l Alam MS, Subramanian N, Desai AS, Krishnakumar S. Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the orbit: A case report with 5 years of follow-up. Orbit. 2018 Feb;37(1):73-75. Epub 2017 Aug 16. l Alam S, Backiavathy V, Mukherjee B, Subramanian K. A rare case of giant multicystic solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit. Orbit. 2018 Feb;37(1):69-72. Epub 2017 Aug 17. l Negiloni K, Ramani KK, Jeevitha R, Kalva J, Sudhir RR. Are children with low vision adapted to the visual environment in classrooms of mainstream schools? Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;66(2):285-289. l Gurumurthy S, Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Agarwal S, Angayarkanni N. Ocular surface cytokine profile in chronic Stevens-Johnson syndrome and its response to mucous membrane grafting for lid margin keratinisation. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;102(2):169-176. Epub 2017 Jul 8. l Rao V, Biswas J, Lingam G. Real-time polymerase chain reaction in acute retinal necrosis following encephalitis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;66(2):322-324. l Sen P, S VK, Bhende P, Rishi P, Rishi E, Rao C, Ratra D, Susvar P, Kummamuri S, Shaikh S, Gopal L. Surgical outcomes and complications of sutured scleral fixated intraocular lenses in pediatric eyes. Can J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;53(1):49-55. Epub 2017 Sep 27.

59 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dhami A, Kharel Sitaula R, Biswas J. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of serpiginous choroiditis with biopsy-proven testicular tuberculosis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;66(2):320-322. l Narayanan N, Vaidehi D, Dhanurekha L, Therese KL, Rajagopal R, Natarajan R, Lakshmipathy M. Unusual ulcerative keratitis caused by Prototheca wickerhamii in a diabetic patient. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;66(2):311-314. l Walinjkar JA, Sharma US, Rishi P, Rishi E, Gopal L, Sharma T. Clinical features and treatment outcomes of vasoproliferative tumors in Indian participants. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;66(2):246-251. l Rishi P, Krishnakumar S, Biswas J, Nair S. Atypical Presentation of Bilateral Retinoblastoma with Floaters and Sub-Internal Limiting Membrane Seeds in an 11-Year-Old Asian Indian Male. Ocul Oncol Pathol Feb 2018;309–12. l N S Kadavth Meethal, D Mazumdar, R Asokan, M Panday, J Vander Steen, K A Vermeer, H G Lemji, R J George and J J M Pel. Development of a test grid using Eye Movement Perimetry for screening glaucomatous visual field defects. Grafe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2018 Feb;256(2):371-379. l Ashim Dey, Rathini Lilian David, Ms Rashima Asokan, and Ronnie George. Can corneal Biomechanical properties explain difference in Tonometric Measurement in Normal Eyes? Optom Vis Sci 2018 Feb; Vol 95(2) P 120-128 l Roy R, Saurabh K, Thomas NR. Multicolor imaging in a case of acute retinal pigment epitheliitis. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2018 Feb 22. l Murugan N, Malathi J, Therese KL, Madhavan HN. Application of six multiplex PCR's among 200 clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the detection of 20 drug resistance encoding genes. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2018 Feb;34(2):79-88. Epub 2017 Nov 6. l Ismail AM, Cui T, Dommaraju K, Singh G, Dehghan S, Seto J, Shrivastava S, Fedorova NB, Gupta N, Stockwell TB, Madupu R, Heim A, Kajon AE, Romanowski EG, Kowalski RP, Malathi J, Therese KL, Madhavan HN, Zhang Q, Ferreyra LJ, Jones MS, Rajaiya J, et al. Genomic analysis of a large set of currently-and historically-important human adenovirus pathogens. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018 Feb 7;7(1):10. l Saurabh K, Roy R, Thomas NR, Chowdhury M. Multimodal imaging characteristics of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb;66(2):324-327. l Majumder PD, Damodaran K, George AE, Biswas J. Scleroderma-related choroiditis. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan-Apr;11(1):75-77 [Epublished on 05.03.2018] l Nambiar Soumya, Natarajan Kavitha Kalaivani. Bilateral absent medial rectus with neurological abnormalities: A rare clinical presentation and its management. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan- Apr;11(1):58-61. [Epublished on 05.03.2018] l Annamalai R, Biswas J. Sympathetic ophthalmia presenting with signs of frosted branch angiitis: Report of a case. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan-Apr;11(1):49-51. [Epublished on 05.03.2018]

60 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Saurabh K, Roy R, Thomas NR, Chowdhury M. Concurrent management of myopic choroidal neovascularization and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor during primary retinal detachment repair. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar;66(3):472-474. l Verma A, Khetan V. Transient reversal of macular ischemia with intravitreal steroid implant injection in a case of radiation maculopathy. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar;66(3):468-471. l Ramasubramanian S, Majumder PD. Acorea: A rare congenital anomaly. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar;66(3):450. l Saurabh K, Roy R. Macular changes in retinal vasculitis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar;66(3):439. l Mistry S, Sudharshan S, Ganesan S, Akbar AB, Biswas J. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease like presentation in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2018 Mar 10;10:221-225. l Mukherjee B, Desai A. A giant dermoid cyst of the orbit. Orbit. 2018 Mar 28:1-4. l Vincent A, Khetan V, Rishi P, Suganeswari G, Krishnakumar S, Krishnan UM, Parameswaran S. Generation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line (VRFi001-A) from orbital adipose tissue of a bilateral retinoblastoma patient with heterozygous RB1 gene deletion. Stem Cell Res. 2018 May;29:42-45. Epub 2018 Mar 19. l Bassi ST, George R, Sen S, Asokan R, Lingam V. Prevalence of the optic disc anomalies in the adult South Indian population. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar 22. l Ambika S, Padmalakshmi K, Venkatraman V, Noronha OV. Visual Outcomes and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Optic Neuritis in Indian Population: An Institutional Study. J Neuroophthalmol. 2018 Mar 16. l Dhami A, Shah KK, Ratra D. The mimatic retinopexy outcomes as primary or secondary surgical option for treating rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar;66(3):420-425. l Hussaindeen JR, Rakshit A, Singh NK, Swaminathan M, George R, Kapur S, Scheiman M, Ramani KK. The minimum test battery to screen for binocular vision anomalies: report 3 of the BAND study. Clin Exp Optom. 2018 Mar;101(2):281-287. l Hussaindeen JR, Shah P, Ramani KK, Ramanujan L. Efficacy of vision therapy in children with learning disability and associated binocular vision anomalies. J Optom. 2018 Jan - Mar;11(1):40- 48. Epub 2017 Jun 7. l Saurabh K, Roy R, Chowdhury M. Efficacy of Multicolor Imaging in Patients with Asteroid Hyalosis: Seeing the Unseen. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar 8. l Roy R, Saurabh K, Vyas C, Sharma P, Bansal A. Forme fruste focal choroidal excavation in a case of serpiginous choroiditis. Clin Exp Optom. 2017 2018 Mar;101(2):302-304.

61 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Biswas J, Ranju K , Priyansha M. Changing Uveitis patterns in South India - Comparison between two decades as per the reviewer’s suggestion. Indian J Ophthalmol 2018 Mar:66(4): 524-527 l Raman R, Verma A, Srinivasan S, Bhojwani D. Partial reversal of color vision impairment in type 2 diabetes associated with obstructive sleep apnea. GMS Ophthalmol Cases. 2018 Mar 8;8:Doc05. l Pardhan S, Nakafero G, Raman R, Sapkota R. Barriers to diabetes awareness and self-help are influenced by people's demographics: perspectives of South Asians with type 2 diabetes. Ethn Health. 2018 Mar 26:1-19. [Epub ahead of print] CHAPTERS PUBLISHED : l Sripriya S, Raman R, Soumittra N, Pandian AJ. Current research perspectives in understanding diabetic retinopathy, in: advances in Vision Research. Volume I: Genetic Eye Research in Asia and the Pacific, Prakash, Gyan, Iwata, Takeshi (Eds), pp 259-274, 2017 l Sarangapani Sripriya, Rajiv Raman, Nagasamy Soumittra. Chapter – Genotype phenotype correlation in Retinal degenerations Book - Advances in Vision Research, Volume II, Jan 2018. l Dr M Rajeswari, Dr Prema Padmanabhan. Contact Lens. Peyman’s Ophthalmology.

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COMPLETED PROJECTS: l Protocol No.: CLS1001-301, A Phase 3, Randomized, Masked, Controlled Clinical Trail to Study the Safety and Efficacy of Triamcinolone Acetonide Injectable Suspension (CLS-TA) for tHe Treatment of Subjects with Macular Edema associated with Non-Infectious UvEitis [Dr. J Biswas] l Study No. 045-15: A Prospective, Multicenter Clinical Study to Assess Safety, Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Ranibizumab (Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited) for the Treatment of Wet AMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration) [Dr Dhanashree Ratra] l An observational, multi-center, open, study assessing the efficacy and safety of Ranibizumab intravitreal injections (IVI) of in patients with visual impairment due to Macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO) [Dr Jaydeep Avinash Walinjkar] l CRFB002DIN04: A multi-center, open-label, observational study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravitreal injections (IVI) of Ranibizumab in patients with visual impairment due to Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) [Dr Jaydeep Avinash Walinjkar] l Validation of Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) of diabetic retinopathy from retinal photographs in real-world situations-Phase 2 [Dr Rajiv Raman] l Three-year Incidence of Referrals of Diabetic Retinopathy Identified from Retinal Images Interpretation by Deep Learning Algorithms, Trained Graders, and Retinal Specialists [Dr Rajiv Raman] l Identifying Preferred Retinal Loci in ocular disease using custom made algorithm [Dr Rajiv Raman] l Development of Virtual Reality (VR) platform and Assessing Performance of Activities Daily Living in Patients with Low vision [Dr Rajiv Raman] l Assessment of Near Contrast Sensitivity in various Ocular diseases [Dr Rajiv Raman] l Assessment of Accommodative Microfluctuation in Accommodative Infacility Pre and Post Vision therapy [Dr Jameel Rizwana H] l Comparison of change in corneal thickness and vault with two different thickness miniscleral contact lens in patients with Keratoconus [Dr. M Rajeswari] l Accommodative & Binocular function in patients with different refractive status using Spectacle Versus Contact Lenses [Dr. M Rajeswari] PH.D RESEARCH PROJECTS : l Prevalence of Binocular Vision anomalies among school children in rural and urban Tamilnadu [Ms. Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen Guide: Dr Krishna Kumar R]

l Quantification of Ocular Ultraviolet-B Radiation Exposure in a South Indian Population and its Association with Ocular Surface Disorders, Pseudoexfoliation, Cataract and Age-related Macular Degeneration - A Part of the Chennai Eye Disease Incidence Study [Ms. Rashima A Guide: Dr. Ronnie George]

63 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Innovative approaches in improving spectacle compliance and referral compliance in school vision screening [Ms. N. Anuradha Guide: Dr. Krishna Kumar. R] l Visual demands in Chennai schools [Ms. Kalpa N, Guide: Dr R.R. Sudhir] DNB THESIS PROJECTS:

l Assessment and correlation of change in retinal sensitivity, central retinal thickness and visual acuity in diabetic macular edema after Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment [Dr. Prabrisha Banerjee; Guide: Dr. Dhanashree Ratra]

l Microperimetric Analysis of Retinal Sensitivity in Patients with Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment [Dr. Chintan Dilip Desai; Guide: Dr. Chetan Rao]

l Clinical Profile of Parafoveal Telangiectasia [Dr. Pathare Nikita Vivek; Guide: Dr. Susvar Pradeep]

l Optical Coherence Tomography Characterization of Macular Edema Due to Uveitis and Other Etiologies [Dr. Jayshree; Guide: Dr. Amala Elizabeth George]

l Evaluation of risk factors causing post-operative pain in corneal surface ablation surgeries and comparison of keratometry based customized base curve bandage contact lenses and non- customized base curve bandage contact lenses in post-operative pain management [Dr. Smita Ghosh; Guide: Dr. R R Sudhir]

l Outcomes of congenital ptosis correction with silicone sling [Dr.K. Gowri Pratinya; Guide: Dr. Prashant Oberoi]

l Bacterial Keratitis: Etiology, microbiological profile and outcome in a tertiary centre [Dr. Madhuri V Thallam; Guide: Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy]

l To study the long term stability and complications of scleral fixated intraocular lens over a period of 10 years [Dr. Nimisha Sharma; Guide: Dr. Ekta Rishi]

l Comparison of efficacy of ivta versus intravitreal antivegf in patients with cataract and csme having phacoemulsification [Dr. Shebin S; Guide: Dr. Shikha R Bassi]

l Spectral domain optical coherence tomography and fundus fluorescein angiography features in patients with diabetic macular edema in Indian population [Dr. Chanda Gupta; Guide: Dr. Parveen Sen]

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ONGOING PROJECTS l REACH- Refractive error among children [Dr T.S. Surendran] l Treating refractory Glaucoma with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. A safety study of HIFU in Indian Patients [Dr Ronnie George] l A Phase III, Randomized, Observer-Masked, Active Controlled, Parallel Group Multinational and Multicenter study assessing the safety and efficacy of DE-117 ophthalmic solution 0.002% compared with Latanoprost Ophthalmic Solution 0.005% in subjects with Open Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension-PEONY study [Dr Ronnie George] l Construction and validation of a pediatric perimeter based on eye tracking technology [Dr Ronnie George] l Normative data collection for oculomotor functions using prototype eye-tracking technology in accordance with the conventional method [Dr Ronnie George] l Biomarker Discovery in two daily disposable contact lenses [Dr Rajeswari Mahadevan] l To evaluate prevalence of dry eye following retinal surgery [Dr Dhanashree Ratra] l Neurotrophins and inflammatory markers in the progression of pre-diabetes to Type II Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Retinopathy [Dr Dhanashree Ratra] l Electrophysiological studies in eyes receiving Intravitreal Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma [Dr Pukhraj Rishi] l Comparison of outcomes of different gas tamponade agents for macular hole surgery [Dr Pukhraj Rishi] l CRISEPTED Combined radiotherapy and intravenous steroids for the treatment of Early Progressive Thyroid Eye Disease [Dr Bipasha Mukherjee] l Hemodynamic effect of peribulbar injection of 0.75% Ropivacaine injection vs 0.5% Bupivacaine injection [Dr V V Jaichandran] l Low Vision Intervention in individuals with Retinal diseases [Dr Rajiv Raman] l Deep Learning System for Eye Disease in Global Populations [Dr Rajiv Raman] l The combined influence of neuropathy and retinopathy in people with diabetes [Dr Rajiv Raman] l Early improvement in visual functions after anti-vegf in Center involving Diabetic Macular Edema [Dr Rajiv Raman] l Impact of dichoptic training on motor fusion in amblyopia [Dr Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen] l Visual Rehabilitation using video game stimulation and teleophthalmology- a pilot study [Dr Dhanashree Ratra] l Analysis of auditory cues of visually impaired in distance perception [Ms. Sarika G]

65 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Evaluating the effectiveness of a Dot Pattern Visual Cognition Task for the assessment of visual sequencing and visualization aptitude in elementary school children [Dr Jameel Rizwana H] l Diagnostic accuracy of indigenously developed computer based binocular vision testing and efficacy of computer based vision therapy [Dr Jameel Rizwana H] l Incidence of undetected binocular vision anomalies among microsurgical ophthalmology trainees at a tertiary care centre in India [Dr Meenakshi S] l Comparison of methods of accommodation control for refractive error assessment in Indian children [Dr Meenakshi S] l A system for measurement of amblyopia and strabismus – specific quality of life using item banking and computer adaptive testing (Eye-tem bank) [Dr Jameel Rizwana H] l School children Ocular biometry and Refractive error (SCORE) study [Dr Anuradha N] l Exploring maturation of visual perception in school age children using portable devices [Dr Anuradha N] l Assessment of reading performance with the International Reading Speed Text (IReST) in Indian regional languages of Tamil and Bengali [Dr Jameel Rizwana] l Ophthalmic anthropometry measurements for school children [Dr Anuradha] l Profile of Binocular Vision function in patients with Keratoconus [Dr Prema Padmanaban] l Binocular vision parameters pre and post LASER vision surgery (LASIK and Epi-LASIK) [Ms. Sushmitha A D] l Visual profile of patients with Traumatic and acquired brain injury seen at a tertiary eye care center [Ms. Ayisha Atiya] l Validation of newly developed Dalton’s pseudoisochromatic plates to detect congenital colour vision deficiency among children and adults. [Ms. Anuradha N] l Development and validation of a prototype to assess visual reaction time among visually normal individuals and patients with traumatic brain injury [Dr Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen] l Development of virtual reality prototype using dichoptic viewing for amblyopic training [Dr Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen] l Aniso-accommodation In Children With Anisometropic Amblyopia [Dr Meenakshi S] l A Comparative study of Reading speed of anisometropic amblyopia with age matched visually normal children at a tertiary eye care center [Dr Meenakshi S] l Knowledge and Attitude about Colour Vision Deficiency among stakeholders of school eye screening- A qualitative study [Dr Anuradha N] l Changes on Ocular surface due to Anti - Glaucoma medications [Dr Rashima A] l Comparing central visual fields test points in 24-2 with 10-2 in patients with different grades of glaucoma [Dr Rashima A]

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PH.D RESEARCH PROJECTS :

l Low vision intervention in individuals with retinal diseases [Ms. Sarika G; Guide: Dr Rajiv Raman]

DNB THESIS PROJECTS :

l Surgical outcomes in Primary Congenital Glaucoma: External trabeculotomy versus external trabeculotomy plus trabeculectomy with or without antimetabolites [Dr N. Vidhya; Guide: Dr B. Shantha]

l Short term changes in intraocular pressure after phacoemulsification + IOL implantation in Glaucomatous and normal eyes [Dr Pankaj Jeswani; Guide: Dr Ronnie George]

l SS-OCT features and ocular perfusion pressure in patient with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy [Dr Pritesh More; Guide: Dr Pukhraj Rishi]

l Outcomes and complications of lamellar keratoplasty [Dr P. Soumya; Guide: Dr Rama Rajagopal]

l Longitudinal study analyzing the Factors affecting Visual Outcomes in an Indian pediatric population with High Hypermetropia [Dr Varshini Ramesh; Guide: Dr Meenakshi S]

OCCUPATIONAL OPTOMETRY RESEARCH PROJECT:

l Impact of vision correction and vision therapy on productivity and vision related quality of life of the small scale and cottage industry workers [Dr R. Krishna Kumar]

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PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES l Dr. Meenakshi S, Dr. Mamta Agarwal, Dr. Parveen Sen, Dr. Pukhraj Rishi and Dr. Shweta Agarwal participated in the 68th Annual Conference of Delhi Ophthalmological Society 2017 at New Delhi from 7th to 9th April 2017. Dr. Meenakshi S gave a talk on “Botulinum toxin in strabismus”; chaired a special session on “Strabismus” and judged free papers on strabismus and pediatric ophthalmology. Dr Pukhraj Rishi gave a talk on “Surgical management of CNVM in the anti VEGF era” and Dr. Mamta Agarwal made poster presentations on “Scleritis-Infectious of Autoimmune (Keratitis Kaleidoscope)” and “Complications- Macular edema post cataract surgery in uveitic eyes” and panelist in “Corneal Conundrums”. Dr. Parveen Sen gave an invited talk on “ROP screening”. l Dr. J Biswas gave an invited talk on “Assessing Choroidal and Retinal Anatomical Responses Following Systemic Steroids In Vkh Disease Using Swept-Sources Oct” in the GOIW-2017 - Global Ocular Inflammation Workshop at Bali, Indonesia held from 25th April To 1st May 2017. Dr. Sudha Ganesh delivered an invited lecture on “APLLSG (Asia-Pacific Intraocular Inflammation Study Group) and Dr. Mamta Agarwal on “Ocular TB- Diagnostic Challenge!” & “Diagnostic role of OCT in Chronic VKH patients”. l Dr. Lingam Gopal attended the Vitreoretina Update (Changing Paradigms in Vitreoretina) on 29th and 30th April 2017 at The Eye Foundation, Coimbatore. He chaired the session on “Update on Imaging Techniques” and he gave a presentation on “Laser in the era of Pharmacotherapy”. l Dr. R R Sudhir, Dr. Muna Bhende, Dr Parveen Sen and Dr. Vinata Muralidharan attended the ARVO 2017 Conference at Baltimore, USA, from 7th to 11th May 2017. Dr Sudhir made poster presentations on “Re-evaluation of the epithelial permeability to fluorescein by the multi-drop method”, “Measurement of Endothelial permeability to fluorescein with a spot fluorometer”, “Measurement of aqueous flare objectively using an ocular fluorometer” & “Corneal epithelial permeability in patient on topical anti-glaucoma medications” and Dr. Vinata on “Intraocular gnathostomiasis: clinical profile and management of eight cases”. l Dr. R R Sudhir and Dr. Radhika N attended the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Meeting at Los Angeles, California, from 5th to 9th May 2017. Dr Radhika made a presentation on “Swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) for prosthetic replacement of ocular surface ecosystem (prose) tailoring the casia asoct bosp”. l Dr Kirthi Koka attended the Reconstructive and Aesthetic Services Conference at Kashi Eye Plasty - Mid Term OPAI, Varanasi on 14th May 2017. She gave a talk on “Techniques of Tarsorrhaphy: A case based approach”. l Dr T S Surendran participated in the Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmological Society of India Annual Conference on 21st May 2017 at Cochin. He chaired a session and gave a talk on “Four decades of strabismus. l Dr. Suchitra Pradeep participated in the 30th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS) at Hangzhou, China, from 1st to 3rd June 2017. She made a Video Presentation on “Complicated Uveitic Cataracts”.

68 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. R R Sudhir and Dr. Jameel Rizwana attended 13th Annual Conference of VISION 2020 at Raipur, from 3rd to 4th June 2017. Dr Sudhir made an oral presentation on “Cataract surgery and infection+ Quality Assurance - EMR based outcome measures” and Dr. Jameel Rizwana on on "Visual demands for Ophthalmologists". l Dr. J Biswas attended the Canadian Ophthalmological Society Meeting at Montréal, Canada from 15th to 19th June 2017. He gave a guest lecture on “Top 5 things to know about TB in uveitis” and made case presentations on “Conjunctival Tuberculoma” and “Nodular scleritis which turned out to be due to TB”. He also gave talks on “OZURDEX an intravitreal implant in non-infectious uveitis”, “Uveitis search for the cause” and “An interactive uveitis quiz: Kaun Banega Uveapati?”. l Dr. Muna Bhende, Dr. Ekta Rishi, Dr. S Pradeep, Dr. J. Biswas, Dr. Pramod S. Bhende, Dr. Rajiv Raman and Dr. Mamta Agarwal participated in the Mid-Term VRSI Rishi – II - Retinal Imaging Symposium in the Himalayas at Palampur, India, from 16th to 17th June 2017. Dr. Muna Bhende gave a talk on “PCV update”. Dr. Ekta Rishi made a presentation on “OCT characteristics of bevacizumab non responding DME+ chaired a session on mystery cases” and Dr. S Pradeep made a paper presentation on “Evaluation of OCT characteristics of myopic maculopathy before and after macular buckle”. Dr. Biswas gave talks on “Cytopathological and molecular biologic studies of posterior uveitis”, “Management of infective posterior uveitis; Pearls and pitfalls” and “Opportunistic infections in HIV”; Dr.Pramod S Bhende on “Posterior Vitreous Detachment in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy” and Dr. Rajiv Raman on “Intravitreal corticosteroids for DME as primary therapy: Pro: R”. l Ms. Deepmala M made an oral presentation on “Saccadic Reaction Time in areas at risk for glaucomatous visual field loss using Eye Movement Perimetry" and Ms. Najiya Sundus on "An approach to quantifying pupillary response using an eye tracker based pupillometer" at the VISION 2017 at Hague, The Netherlands between 25th and 29th June 2017. l Dr. B. Shantha, Dr. L. Vijaya and Dr. Ronnie George attended the World Glaucoma Association 2017 at Helsinki, Finland from 28th June to 1st July 2017. Dr. Shantha gave an invited talk on “Prospective analysis of incidence of and risk factors for the development of glaucoma in children following surgery for congenital cataract”, Dr. Vijaya on “Developing POAG risk profiles for clinical practice using population based data” and Dr. Ronnie George on “Undetected glaucoma: effective glaucoma screening in resource constrained poor settings”, “High Intensity focussed ultrasound: India experience”, “Neovascular glaucoma: Treatment strategies at different phases of disease” and “Innovations in angle closure glaucoma”. l Dr. Vineet Ratra, Dr. Shikha Bassi, Dr. Niveditha Narayanan, Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy attended the Annual Conference of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India 2017 (IIRSI) at Chennai, from 8th to 9th July 2017. Dr Niveditha made a presentation “EDOF IOL (Extended Depth of Focus)-Are they hitting the visual sweet spot” and Dr.Meena Lakshmipathy on “MPC - A newer approach for antibiotic section”. l Dr. Rajiv Raman participated in the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand held in Thailand from 7th to 10th July 2017. l Dr. Ronnie George gave invited talks on “Technique of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Surgery” and “Managing complications of AGV surgery” at the Pune Ophthalmic Society Meeting held on 27th July 2017.

69 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. R R Sudhir, Dr. Rama Rajagopal, Dr, Radhika N, Dr. Meenakshi S, Dr. Sudharshan S, Dr. Suchitra Pradeep, Dr.Biswas J, Dr. Geetha Iyer, Dr.Niveditha Narayanan, Dr. Saranya, Dr. L Vijaya, Dr. B Shantha, Dr. Prashant Oberoi, Dr. Sumita Agarwar and Dr. Parthapratim Majumdar participated in the 65th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmology Association (TNOA) at , from 4th to 6th August 2017. Dr Rama Rajagopal made a presentation on “Shield ulcer talk”; Dr. Radhika N on “Peripheral ulcerative keratitis management” and “Intervene early for Keratoconus”, Dr. Meenakshi S on “Vast Symposium Neeya Naana”; Dr. Sudharshan S on “Nuances in the Usage of Steroids in Toxoplasmosis Infectious Uveities-A Challenge”; Dr. Suchitra Pradeep on “Imaging in Uveities”, Dr, Biswas J on “biopsy pathology in uveitis”, Dr. Geetha Iyer on “Innovations In Ophthalmology – Reaching Heights”. Dr. Biswas made a free paper presentation on “Clinical presentation and treatment outcomes in presumed tuberculous uveitis” and Dr. Parthapratim Majumdar on “Clinical Spectrum of Dengue eye Disease in a Tertiary Care Centre”. Dr. Niveditha Narayanan made a poster presentation on “Case Series of Surgically managed cases of Pellucid Marginal Degeneration (PMD)” l Dr. Shweta Agarwal was invited as a faculty for the Bombay Ophthalmologists’ Association (BOA) FOCUS 2017 conference held in Mumbai in Aug’17. l Dr. Rashima Asokan attended the Optometric Association of Tamil Nanbargal (OATN) CME at Chennai on 20th August 2017. She gave a guest lecture on “Ultraviolet radiations and the eye” l Dr. Jaichandran V V and Dr. Jagadeesh V participated in the 4th OFISACON 2017 at LVPEI, Hyderabad on 2nd and 3rd September 2017. Dr. Jaichandran made presentations on “From Needle to Needle-less technique” & “Simulators in Needle blocks” and Dr. Jagadeesh on “Sedation in Ocular Surgery”. l Dr. M. Rajeswari attended the World Congress of IACLE Educators at Hyderabad, on 09th & 10th September 2017. She gave an invited talk on “Importance of lens care and follow-up” l Dr. Rajiv Raman, Dr. Jaydeep Avinash Walinjkar, Dr Dhanashree Ratra, Dr. Muna Bhende, Dr. Veena Bhaskaran participated in the EURETINA Annual Conference in Barcelona, Spain from 6th to 10th September 2017. Dr Jaydeep made a presentation on “clinical features and treatment outcomes of VPT in Indian subjects”; Dr Dhanashree Ratra on “Participated as co instructor in instruction course on Demystifying Extreme retinal surgery” and Dr. Muna Bhende on “Post vitrectomy endopht 1”. l Dr. L Vijaya, Dr. Ronnie George, Dr. Rathini Lilian David, Dr. S V Nagalakshmi, Dr. A Parivadhini and Dr. Divya Shetty participated in the Glaukopedia – the 27th Annual Conference of Glaucoma Society of India held at Jaipur from 15th to 17th September 2017. Dr, Ronnie George delivered invited talks on “Augmenting ocular blood flow”, “Clinical vs. statistical significance” & “EAGLE study”. l Dr. V V Jaichandran participated in the 11th National Ocular Trauma Conference (OTSI) at Ahmadabad on 16th September 2017. He made a presentation on “Regional Anaesthesia for Open Globe Injury”. l Dr. V. Sujatha attended the 31st Annual Meeting of Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society at Chicago, USA on 22nd to 24th September 2017. She made a Poster presentation on “Intraoperative Seizures----A Rare Cause!”

70 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. Krishna Kumar R, Dr. Viswanathan S, Dr. Rajeswari M, Dr. Anuradha N, Dr. Rashima A, Dr. Jameel Rizwana H, Mr. Praveen Kumar, Ms. Shwetha, Ms. Archayeeta, Ms. Deepmala M, Ms. Najiya Sundus, Ms. Shoba PS and Mr. Sharad Kakkar attended the World Congress of Optometry at Hyderabad from September 11th to 13th, 2017. Dr. Krishna Kumar made oral presentations on “Visual profile of Tailors A study from small scale industries by occupational optometry services of a tertiary eye care centre in Chennai” & “Vision science free paper session”; Dr. Viswanathan on “Near induced transient myopia pre and post LASIK in Indian myopes”; Dr. Rajeswari on “High and Low DK Gas permeable lenses – do they act differently?” Dr. Anuradha on “Improving Compliance to spectacle and referral in school vision screening”; Dr. Rashima on “Lifetime ocular ultraviolet radiation exposure levels and its risk for pseudo-exfoliation – a report from the Chennai eye Disease Incidence study” & “Visual profile of employees in rubber industries- A study from occupational optometry services of a tertiary eye care centre in Chennai”; Dr. Jameel Rizwana on “Efficacy of Vision Therapy in a Community Set-Up - Preliminary Results - Report 4 of BAND Study”, “The minimum test battery to screen for convergence insufficiency and accommodative infacility in a community set up - Report 3 of BAND study” & moderator for the free paper session on “Binocular vision & Vision therapy”. Mr. Praveen Kumar also made an oral presentation on “Comparison study between Manual and computer based binocular vision assessment - A Pilot Study”; Ms. Shwetha on “Low vision assessment and intervention in subjects with retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary eye care center”; Ms. Archayeeta on “Effectiveness of Action Videogame Exercise as a Treatment Strategy for Adult and Juvenile Amblyopia”; Ms. Deepmala M on “Variability of saccadic reaction rime evaluated using a modified visual field grid in eye movement perimetry”, Ms. Najiya Sundus on “Clinical acceptability of an eyetracker papillary based system”, Ms. Shoba PS on “Confocal biomicroscopy: A novel clinical tool for Schnyder’s dystrophy” and Mr. Sharad Kakkar on “Recurrent Accommodative spasm due to stress” l Dr Vineet Ratra and Dr Dhanashree Ratra participated in the Angiogenesis Club Meeting at Bangalore, on 24th & 25th September 2017. Dr Vineet Ratra made a presentation on “DR Neovascularization in glaucoma” and Dr Dhanashree Ratra on “NVE is it different in DR and ARVO?” l Dr. J. Biswas attended the 42nd Annual Meeting of lndonesian Ophthalmologist Association (lOA) at Malang, lndonesia from 27th to 29th September 2017. He gave presentations on “Scleritis”, “Challengers in diagnosis of ocular TB”, “Recent advances in management of uveitis”, “Investigation in uveitis” and “Difficult cases of tuberculosis of eye”. l Dr. Ronnie George attended the EYECHINTAN – 2017 - 42nd Annual Conference of Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society at Amravati from 6th to 8th October 2017 and gave presentations on “Perimetry”, “Approach to a Glaucoma Suspect”, “Structure Vs Function in Glaucoma”, “Recent Advances in Angle Closure Imaging”, “Indication for Neuroimaging in Glaucoma Patients”, “AGV Indications & Surgical Pearls”, “Managing AGV Complications” and “Neovascular Glaucoma” l Dr. Rajiv Raman participated in the 41st Annual Conference of the Madhya Pradesh State Ophthalmic Society at Gwalior on 8th October 2017.

71 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. Rajeswari Mahadevan and Dr. Jameel Rizwana attended the Annual Meeting of American Academy of Optometry, Chicago from 6th to 11th October 2017 at Chicago from 6th to 10th October 2017. Dr Rajeswari made poster presentations on “Meibomian gland functioning in contact lens and non-contact lens wearers – are they symptomatic?” & “Ocular microbial flora in contact lens and non-contact lens wearers – are they symptomatic?” and Dr. Jameel Rizwana on “The Pseudo Pseudo-Myopia”. l Dr. Prema Padmanabhan and Dr.Rama Rajagopal participated in the EuCornea ESCRS 2017, at Lisbon, Portugal, from 6th to 11th October 2017. Dr. Prema Padmanabhan made a Presentation on “Long term outcomes of unilateral corneal collagen cross linking (CXL) for bilateral keratoconus in Paediatric patients – comparative contralateral study”. Dr.Rama Rajagopal made paper presentation on “Mitomycin C (MMC) and Interferon α2B (IFNα2B) in the management of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN)–indications and outcome”, “Bacterial keratitis following collagen cross linking (cxl) – why and how do we manage?”, “Scleral staphyloma repair: etiology, surgical management and outcomes”. l Dr. Pramod Bhende and Dr. Girish S Rao participated in the MOSCON 2017 - 37th Annual Conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society at Pune from 13th to 15th October 2017. Dr. Pramod Bhende made a presentation on “Globe perforation during peri-ocular infection VR approach”, “Lens sparing vitrectomy for ROP” & “Complex diabetic with vasectomy” and Dr. Girish Rao on “Buckle with confidence mastering the art of bucking”. l Dr. Sumita Agarkar and Dr. S Meenakshi participated in the Intercontinental Perspective of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus: Joint Conference - American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) / CAPOS 2017 held at Shanghai from 13th to 15th October 2017. Dr Sumita Agarkar made a paper presentation on “Surgical outcomes following cataract surgery in children with posterior lenticonus” and Dr S Meenakshi gave an invited talk on “Infantile esotropia: Insights and Interventions”. l Dr. L Vijaya attended the Amaravati Vision 2017 – 3rd AP State Ophthalmic Conference at Vijayawada from 13th to 15th October 2017. She delivered gave Dr Sriram Sonty Lecture on “Angle closure glaucoma what surgeries to do”. l Dr. L. Vijaya attended the Aravind Glaucoma Education Services 25 years Silver Jubilee Conference from 14th to 15th October - 2017 at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry. She made a Presentation on “Newer glaucoma medications”. l Dr. Parthapratim Dutta, Dr. Sudharshan S and Dr. Amala E George participated in the IOIS – 2017 14th Congress of the International Ocular Inflammation Society at Lausanne, Switzerland from 18th – 21st October 2017. Dr. Amala George gave an invited talk on “Paradoxical Hypersensitivity Reactions in Ocular Toxoplasmosis” and made a free paper presentation on “YAG capsulotomy: Comparison of laser parameters between normal and uveitic eyes”; Dr. Parthapratim Dutta Majumder made a poster presentation on “Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in Children” and free paper on “Clinical and epidemiological profile of pediatric episcleritis and Scleritis in a tertiary care center in India”; Dr. Sudharshan gave invited talks on “Retinal changes in Malaria” & “Paradoxical Hypersensitivity reaction in Ocular TB” and moderator for the USI session on “Paradoxical Hypersensitivity Reactions in Management of Infectious Uveitis”, and free paper presentation on “HAART associated ocular lesions in patients with HIV / AIDS – Structural and functional study”.

72 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. Shweta Agarwal, Dr. Mamta Agarwal and Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy were invited as a faculty for the Bug Busters: Corneal Infection Workshop held at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad on 28th & 29th October 2017. Dr Meena Lakshmipathy made a presentation on “Indian Perspective Ped PK”. l Dr J Biswas attended the International Conference on Uveitis at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 31st October to 2nd November 2017. Dr J Biswas gave guest lectures on “TOP 5 things in TB uveitis”, “Recent advances in management of uveitis” & “Uveitis – Search for the cause”. l Dr.J.Biswas, Dr. Sudha K Ganesh, Dr. Amala Elizabeth George, Dr. Parthapratim Dutta Majumder and D. Mamta Agarwal participated in the 17th UVEAST 2017 at Kolkata from 03rd to 05th November 2017. Dr. Biswas made presentations on “Retinal vasculitis”, “Interactive quiz on uveitis”, “High resolutions CT scan for TB diagnosis” & “Application of PCR techniques in uveitis”; Dr. Sudha Ganesh, on “Autoimmunity and the eye”; Dr. Amala George on “Viral Keratouveities” and Dr. Mamta Agarwal on “Good Fuchs uveitis or IU”. l Dr. Pramod S Bhende, Dr. Sumita Agarkar and Dr. Vishnu the KOSCON-2017 – the 36th Annual Meeting of Karnataka Ophthalmic Conference 2017 at Bangalore from 3rd to 5th November 2017. Dr. Pramod Bhende made a presentation on “Explusive haemorrhage not all is lost” and “ROP surgeries”, Dr. Sumita Agarkar on “Refraction Syndrome Case by Cased Approach Surgical Management of Nystagnus” and Dr. Vishnu on Association of thyroid function and glaucomatous condition” and video presentation on “Delivery of hard nucleus through a small pupil by small incision cataract surgery. l Dr. Sheila John attended the Telemedican Conference at Pune, at 09th November 2017. She made oral presentations on “Practices in Teleophthalmology” and “Prospective validation of computer graded diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy screening tool”. l Dr. Ekta Rishi attended the Annual Meeting of American Academy of Ophthalmology 2017 at New Orleans from 9th to 14th November 2017. She made poster presentations on “Vitreoretinal Complications in 75 eyes with Chemical injury and keratoprosthesis” and “Longitudinal Study of more than 10 year follow up of sutured scleral fixated IOLs”. l Dr. L Vijaya gave guest lectures on “Risk Factors for POAG” and “Small modifications for better outcomes” in the Korean Glaucoma Society Meeting held at Seoul from 17th to 19th November 2017. l Dr. J Biswas and Dr. Ronnie George attended for the “44th Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons” (KSOS) Annual Conference at Kollam from 24th to 26th November 2017. Dr Biswas delivered an oration talk on “My Journey in uveitis through 28 years” and gave a lecture “Immunosuppressive agents in uveitis” and Dr. Ronnie George on “AGV Technique” and “Thin Fluids in Surgery”. l Dr. Suganeswari G, Dr Shikha Bassi and Dr. Shweta Agarwal participated in the 2nd Annual Conference of Women Ophthalmologists Society (WOS) held at Jaipur from 25th to 26th November 2017. Dr. Shweta made a video presentation in the state competitive surgical videos session. l Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy attended the Paediatric Cornea workshop at Hyderabad on 29th and 30th November 2017 and made a presentation on “Special condition – sclera conjuctival cyst in 2 children”.

73 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. Biswas J, Dr. Pramod Bhende, Dr.Rajiv Raman and Dr. Mamta Agarwal participated in the Vitreo-Retinal Society India (VRSI) Conference 2017 at Bhubaneswar from 1st to 3rd December 2017. Dr. Biswas made gave a talk on “Infectious vs. Non-infectious uveitis”; Dr. Pramod Bhende on “Posterior Vitreous Detachment in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy” and Dr.Rajiv Ramam on “Intravitreal corticosteroids for DME as primary therapy: Pro” . l Dr. T S Surendran, Dr. Bipasha mukherjee, Dr. Vikas Khetan, Dr. Pukhraj Rishi, Dr. Atanu Barh, Dr. Kirthi Koka, Dr. S Meenakshi, Dr. Sumita Agarkar, Dr Kavitha Kalaivani, Dr. Akila Ramkumar, Dr. S Ambika, Dr. Parveen Sen, Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy, Dr. Siddharth Sheth, and Dr. Jameel Rizwana, Mr. Tharakeshwar, Dr. Divya Jain and Dr. Nikunj Ashokbhai participated in the 4th World Congress Of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Society (WCPOS) at Hyderabad from 1st to 3rd December 2017. Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee gave a poster presentation on “Microbiological spectrum and antibiotic sensitivity patterns in children with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction”; Dr.Vikas Khetan gave talks on “Intravenous chemotherapy for retinoblastoma” and “Genetic testing for RB” and panelist for the workshop on “Ocular Brachytherapy”. Dr. Atanu Barh made a poster on “White eyed blow out fracture (WEBOF) in children: Clinical profile and surgical outcome” and Dr. Kirthi Koka on “Langerhan cell Histiocytosis of orbit”. Dr. Sumita Agarkar gave an invited talk on “Overview of endophthalmitis in children”; Dr. Lingam Gopal on “Leukocoria – diagnostic approach”, “Coloboma” & “Optic disc and retinochoroidal coloboma”; Dr. Parveen Sen on “The pattern ERG and VEP in paediatric optic neuritis”; Dr. Ambika on “Paediatric infectious and para-infectious optic neuropathies’; Dr. Pukhraj Rishi on “Chemotherapy – Intravitreal” & panelist for the workshop on “Ocular Brachytherapy”; Dr. Meenakshi on “Tips and tricks in handling paediatric patients: expert recommendations from the desk of a paediatric ophthalmologist”; Dr. Kavitha Kalaivani on “Neurologic causes of exotropia and intermittent exotropia in childhood” and Dr. Meena Lakshmipathyon “Paediatric keratoplasty: the Indian experience”. l Dr. Lingam Gopal, Dr. Pramod S Bhende , Dr. Parveen Sen, Dr. S Pradeep, Dr. Vikas Khetan and Dr. G Suganeswari participated in the 11th Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS) Congress at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8th to 10th December 2017. Dr. Vikas Khetan made presentations on “Benign and malignant tumors of the choroid” and “Genetic testing for Reinoblastoma”; Dr. Suganeswari on “Achondroplasia with exudative retinal detachment”; Dr.Pramod Bhende on ““Membranes and ILM – do you go after them all? & “Basic VR techniques in RD surgery – Do them right the 1st time every time”; Dr. Parveen Sen on “Surgical outcomes of x-linked retinoschisis” and Dr. Pradeep on “Macular buckle surgery in myopic maculopathya”. l Dr. Pramod S Bhende and Dr Kumar Ravi attended the Jharkhand Ophthalmic Society at Hazaribagh on 09th December 2017. Dr. Pramod Bhende gave talks on “Co-management of DR and Cataract” and “Management of dropped nucleus” and Dr. Kumar on “Use of antimetabolites and releasable sutures in Glaucoma” & “Post trabeculectomy - uncontrolled IOP”. l Dr. B. Shantha attended the CME at Nagpur on 17th December 2017. She made presentations on “Optic nerve and IOP”, “Congenital glaucoma” and “Cataract surgery in PACG”. l Dr. Pramod S Bhende and Dr. Jayaprakash V participated in the Symposium on Diabetic Retinopathy at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai from 5th to 6th January 2018. Dr. Pramod Bhende chaired the session on “Management of complex diabetics Rd’s“.

74 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. Sudhir R R, Dr. Geetha Iyer, Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan, Dr, Meena Lakshmipathy, Dr, Radhika N, participated in the KERACON 2017 at Hyderabad, from 15th to 17th December 2017, Dr Sudhir made a presentation on “Long term results of collagen cross linking in progressive keratoconus”; Dr. Geetha Iyer on “Keratoprosthesis Course- Basics of K pros for Beginners – Type 2” & “Immunology Managing the “Immune” Dry eye Patient”, panelist for the “Keratoprosthesis Course”, “Immunology” and “Ocular Surface II” and moderator for the session “Ocular Surface I”. Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan gave a presentation on “Brief Overview of Managing Complications”, moderator for the “Keratoprosthesis Course” and panelist for “Ocular Surface I”. Dr, Meena Lakshmipathy was the panelist for “Infection Session” and gave an oral presentation on “Clinical Case (Bilateral Microsporidial Keratitis)” and Dr, Radhika on “ASOCT – Swept Source OCT for PROSE lens fitting”. l Dr. Jameel Rizwana, Dr. R. Krishna Kumar, Dr Rashima A and Dr. M Rajeshwari participated in the OCCUCON 2018 at Pune from 18th to 21st Januray 2018. Dr. Jameel Rizwana made presentations on “Near exophoria among Ophthalmology trainees – what does it imply to the visual demand?” & “Impact of vision correction on the quality of life and productivity among electricians”; Dr. Krishna Kumar on “Vision standard and ocular profile among workers in Float Glass industry”; Dr Rashima on “Visual and ocular profile of tea plantation workers” and Dr, Rajeshwari on “Impact of vision correction on the quality of life and productivity among automobile mechanics” & “Impact of vision correction on the quality of life and productivity among watch repairers”. l Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan attended the 3rd International Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Symposium, “JSPS Core-to-Core Program “International genome study based elucidation of pathology and assembly of treatment strategy of the severe ocular surface disease” in Japan on 3rd and 4th February 2018”. He made a presentation on “Ocular management of recalcitrant SJS in India”. l Dr. S. Meenakshi, Dr. Kumar Ravi, Dr. J. Biswas, Dr. Lingam Gopal, Dr. L Vijaya, Dr. Rama Rajagopal, Dr. Radhika N, Dr. Geetha Iyer, Dr. Shweta S Agarwal and Dr. Rajiv Raman participated in the “33rd Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress” at Hong Kong, from 8th to 11th February 2018. Dr Meenakshi made a presentation on “Surgical Skill Rubrics” and Dr. Kumar Ravi made poster presentations on “Management of steroid induced glaucoma: A less invasive approach” and “Toric IOL "Induced" Astigmatism”. Dr. J. Biswas gave lectures on “Therapeutic interventions in immune recovery uveitis”, “Clinicopathological correlations in uveitis” & “Real time polymerase chain reaction in infectious uveitis”; Dr. Rama Rajagopal on "Clinical profile and surgical outcomes in Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia (OSSN) in Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients”. & “Conjunctival Lymphoid Lesions – Benign or Malignant”; Dr. Radhika on “Swept-Source OCT for Prosthetic Replacement of Ocular Surface: Tailoring the Fit”; Dr. Geetha Iyer on “100 MOOKPs: The Journey and the Experience” & “Options and Modifications beyond Standard Keratoprothesis” and Dr. Shweta Agarwal on “Pythium Keratitis: Role of Adjunctive Measures in Management”. l Dr. Ronnie George attended the Ahmedabad Ophthalmic Club Meeting on 25th March 2018 and gave guest lectures on “Glaucoma Suspect” and “Unlocking Newer Treatment Possibilities in Glaucoma Management”.

75 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. J Biswas, Dr. Ronnie George, Dr. Ekta Rishi, Dr. S Meenakshi, Dr. Pukhraj Rishi, Dr.Sudha K Ganesh, Dr Suchitra Pradeep, Dr. Vikas Khetan, Dr Jaydeep Avinash Walinjkar, Dr. Dhanashree Ratra, Dr Parveen Sen, Dr.Bipasha Mukherjee, Dr. Lingam Gopal, Dr. Rajiv Raman, Dr. Mamta Agarwal, Dr. Kirthi Koka, Dr. Vidhya Dharani and Dr. Mona Khurana, participated in the 76th Annual Conference All India Ophthalmological Society Scientific Committee (AIOC) at Coimbatore from 22nd to 25th February 2018. Dr. Biswas made poster presentations on “Ocular Behcet’s disease – a report from South India”, “Swept source optical coherence tomography in Serpiginous choroiditis” & “Clinical profile of sacoid uveitis in a tertiary care ophthalmic centre in South India” and gave invited talks on “Clinicopathological correlation of conjunctival and corneal lesions”, “USI: A case of viral retinitis” , “Instruction Course : Uveitis: search for the cause :Application of PCR in uveitis” , “Instruction Course : Moving from clinics to lab : Molecular Diagnostics”; Dr. Ronnie George gave presentations on “Generic medications are as good as branded medications”, “Optical Coherence Tomography” & Needling of the BLEB”; Dr. Ekta Rishi on “Paediatric uveitidis”, Debate on “I will start with lucentis” & “Needle stick injuries at a tertiary eye centre: a 7 year study”, Dr. Meenakshi on “Teachers in Ophthalmology”; Dr. Pukhraj Rishi on “Paediatric retina+ IC on ocular pathology+ ocular trauma+ IAC for RB”, Dr. Sudha K Ganesh on “VKM recent advances / USI Symposium”, “Clinics of Uveitis – Instruction Course”, Dr Suchitra Pradeep on “Ultasound And Ubm In Uveities”, Dr .Vikas Khetan on “Genetics of retinoblastoma”, Dr Jaydeep Avinash Walinjkar on “SN Protocol for intravitreal injections+ Rare case of unilateral IRVAN with CSCR in the other eye”, Dr. Dhanashree Ratra on “Talk on FEVR”, Dr Parveen Sen on “ROP, ERG & pediatric retina, trauma” and Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee on “Fungal infections of the Orbit: Best of IJO (Top ten papers published in IJO)”.

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IN HOUSE CONFERENCE

Cataract Catalyst, April 29-30, 2017

Dr Prema Padmanabhan lights the auspicious lamp at the Cataract Catalyst-2017

Cataract Catalyst 2017 is a Sankara Nethralaya initiative to bring together accomplished cataract surgeons from all across the country to discuss the optimum utilization of recent technology in the management of complications in cataract surgery. The programme was inaugurated on 29th April at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai by Dr T S Surendran, Vice Chairman Sankara Nethralaya and the esteemed faculty members including Dr Jeewan Titiyal, Dr Mahipal Sachdev and Dr Prema Padmanabhan, pioneers in phacoemulsification in India. The conference was attended by over 300 ophthalmologists from various specialisations. According to the Organizing Secretary, Dr Shikha Bassi, “This is the first time that a cataract conference has integrated ‘the best of the best’ of ophthalmic sub specialities like retina, cornea and glaucoma from across the country to give an all round perspective to the management of complications in cataract surgery. The two-day conference served as a platform for sharing ideas in the form of panel discussions on the issues related to management dilemmas in complicated situations in cataract surgery, anaesthesia and the related technological advances. The Cataract Catalyst Gen Y segment of the conference was designed specifically for training the young ophthalmologists and was attended by the residents from many government colleges of Chennai. The skill transfer course of the conference spanned the basics to recent advances in the cataract surgery. The course for the residents also included inspirational talks by Dr Jagat Ram, Director, PGI Chandigarh and Dr Mahipal Sachdev, Director, Center for Sight. The organizers are very grateful to the Sankara Nethralaya management, faculty, participants, sponsors and well-wishers for a successful meet and look forward to hosting another such enriching programme next year.

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Retina Summit 2017

Delegates and panelists at the Retina Summit-2017

Members of the vitroretina fraternity share a proud moment with its Doyen About The Meeting Retina Summit 2017 was held on 14th to 15th July 2017 in Hotel Chennai. It was organised by the Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreo-Retina Services Team of Sankara Nethralaya.

Organizing Committee: Dr.Pramod Bhende – Program Director The organizing team comprised of Dr.Lingam Gopal – Mentor Dr.Pukraj Rishi - Organizing secretary Dr.Tarun Sharma – Mentor Dr.Jaydeep Walinjkar – Joint secretary Dr.S.S.Badrinath – Chief Patron

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The International Speakers were: l Dr Gaurav Shah l Dr Shunji Kusaka l Dr Wei Chi Wu l Dr Carl Claes l Dr Marco Zarbin The National Speakers were: l Dr Atul Kumar l Dr R. Kim l Dr Saravanan An important announcement on the forthcoming event l Dr A Giridhar l Dr Manish Nagpal No. of Participants in the Conference : l Dr Cyrus Shroff Faculty 17 l Dr Subhendu Boral Delegates / Trainees 167 l Dr S Natarajan l Dr Mahesh Shanmugam Sn - Consultants PG / VR fellows 88 l Dr Nitin Shetty Spot 35 l Dr Rajeev Reddy Total 307 l Dr Hemanth Murthy

Proud hosts and jubilant participants at the conclusion of the Retina -2017

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Posters There were 36 posters and Retina summit 2017 and an exclusive area where SNDREAMS publications were displayed as posters. The posters were judged by the international and national faculty and awards were given to the Best Posters. 1. OUTCOMES OF PERIPHERAL 360° RELAXING RETINECTOMY IN COMPLICATED RETINAL DETACHMENTS - SHAH HAARD RAJESHBHAI 2. RISK OF RETINAL DETACHMENT IN MORE THAN 10 YEAR FOLLOW UP STUDY OF SUTURED SCLERA FIXATED INTRAOCULAR LENSES - NIMISHA SHARMA There were 25 Video presentations in Retina summit 2017 (Three type of Category) l Invited Video l Submitted Video l Senior residents Prize winning l Competition Video l For the videos, the following were the winners;

1. First prize: Dr Jayant Kumar UNFOLDING THE MACULAR FOLD FOLLOWING RETINAL DETACHMENT SURGERY 2. Second prize: Dr Rajesh Ramanjulu AB EXTERNO APPROACH IN VITREO-RETINAL SURGERIES Feedback: The Retina Summit 2017 was well appreciated for the format of the meeting, the quality of discussions and the facilities at the meeting. Particular praise was accorded to the food and the venue and of course the hospitality of Sankara Nethralaya. The guest faculty, delegates and even our trade partners had a very pleasant experience of the meeting.

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SANGAM 2017

Dr L.Vijaya, senior consultant makes an auspicious begining Dr Tin Aung from Singapore delivers his address

Sangam 2017 the conference on glaucoma in progress at the Taj Coromandel,Chennai About the Meeting The meeting was held on 2nd and 3rd of September 2017 at Hotel Taj Coromandel, Chennai. It was organized by Smt Jadhavbai Nathmal Singhvee Glaucoma Services team of Sankara Nethralaya. Meeting format The meeting was a sincere effort to bring together stalwarts from across the globe, on a single platform, to share with us their knowledge and experience in addressing the various ambiguities and challenges faced in contemporary glaucoma practice

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The main highlight of the program was MIGS – Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. The course had experts from Singapore and London share with us their experience with MIGS, giving a brief overview of the technique, on patient and device selection and give tips to surgeons seasoned in performing trabeculectomy and tubes on the skills they would have to inculcate to transform themselves into MIGS surgeons. The program was designed to cater to interests of all right from our postgraduate residents and glaucoma fellows to experienced glaucoma practitioners. The scientific sessions were divided into 5 sessions with each session of 90 mins duration, with case presentations pertaining to the session were presented at the conclusion of each session and ample time for discussions were reserved.

The International Speakers were: No. of Participants in the Conference : l Prof Keith Barton International faculty 4 l Prof Ravi Thomas l Prof Tin Aung National faculty 14 l Dr Mani Baskaran SN consultants 32 The National Speakers were: Inhouse PGs/fellows/ optometrists 84 l Dr Aditya Neog l Dr Manish Pandey Outside registrations 109 l Dr Arun Narayanaswamy Trade 30 l Dr Nikhil S Choudhari Total 273 l Dr G Chandra Sekhar l Dr Rajul S Parikh l Dr Gowri J Murthy l Dr S R Krishnadas l Dr P S Maheshwari l Dr Sathi Devi l Dr Murali Ariga l Dr Sirisha Senthil l Dr Maneesh Singh l Dr R Venkatesh Dr Ravi Thomas from Australia makes the inaugural address The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University granted 20 CME credit points under category II for Sangam 2017. SANGAM was well appreciated for its scientific content, format of the meeting, clinical discussions, and facilities provided. We received warm appreciation from all our attendees.

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Prof Keith Barton addresses the gathering Panelists adjudging the posters presented at the session

Proud winners with Dr Ronnie George, Sr Consultant Delegates take a look at the posters Glaucoma Dept

Proud guests and hosts assemble for a memorable moment at the Sangam-2017

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Seventeenth Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial scientific session – Feb 24 & 25, 2018

The 17th Dr EV Memorial session records a huge attendance Elite School of Optometry (ESO) has been encouraging optometry research in India for the last few years in many ways. One of the main activities of ESO in this regard is the annual conference on vision science and optometry. Dr. E. Vaithilingam (fondly called Dr. EV) was a pioneer in the field of optometry, who served as the Principal of the Elite School of Optometry from February 1991-March 2001. He was an expert in multiple disciplines – clinical optometry, contact lens and low vision. Dr. E. Vaithilingam was the Head of Low vision services in Sankara Nethralaya and he wrote a book titled “Practice of Low Vision” which helps all the students and practitioners in the field of Low vision till date. He was an ardent researcher and pioneer with more than 100 publications to his credit. He was the first Indian to become a fellow of International Association of Contact Lens Educators (FIACLE) and to be honored as Fellow of American Academy of Optometry (FAAO). In 2002, in memory of Dr. E. Vaithilingam, ESO initiated a national scientific session to encourage optometrists and optometry students from across the country to present their research work. Every year, the quality and quantity of presentations have been increasing exponentially. This year, ESO conducted the 17th Dr EV Memorial scientific session on the 24th and 25th February, 2018 that received an overwhelming response with participation from twenty optometry academic institutions, seventeen ophthalmic hospitals and 631 eye care practitioners from all over the country. Dr. Mitchell Scheiman, Dean of Research and Director of Graduate studies at Salus University, Pennsylvania was the keynote speaker for the event. Dr. Mitchell Scheiman who has authored over 200 scientific papers and has served as a chair for the NEI funded clinical trials on Convergence insufficiency is known for his contribution through his book “Clinical management of Binocular vision” that serves as the textbook for Binocular vision across the world. He is a renowned clinician researcher and is a mentor and role model for many in this field. With his enthralling presence, the 2 days of event did receive a humongous response from students and practitioners.

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On the 23rd February, the day started with the pre-conference workshop on “Clinical pearls and tips to improve binocular vision diagnosis” conducted by Dr. Mitchell Scheiman at the Jayshree Venkataraman Auditorium, Sivasailam Block , Sankara Nethralaya. With over 100 participants, the workshop inculcated clinical pearls and tips that form the foundation for binocular vision testing and diagnosis. With a simplistic approach to the framework of BV testing, the workshop helped the delegates to take home valuable messages and skills for their clinical practice. The workshop also had a rigorous hands-on training of clinical procedures in BV with 10 facilitators, coordinated by Dr. Mitchell Scheiman & Dr. Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen.

Dr Mitchell Scheiman delivers the keynote address and conducts a workshop for the attendees

Jubilant participants at the 17th Dr EV Memorial scientific session

The second pre-conference workshop on “Empathetic communication for clinicians” was conducted by Dr Sumathi Narayanan - President, Creative Communication & Management Care and faculty of ESO, moderated by Dr. Rashima Asokan. This workshop is initiated since 2015 and continues to inspire the budding clinicians with Dr. Sumathi’s three decades of expertise in the arena of communication.

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Dr Sumathi Narayanan’s classroom session and open session at the 17 Dr EV Memorial Scientific session The evening symposium on the 24th February, had exciting events that would remain as remarkable milestones in the history of ESO. One such event was the launch of a learning application named as “ECSELO – ESO's Case Scenario-based learning in Optometry”, lead by Ms. Najiya and Ms. Ashwini, Research associates at Sankara Nethralaya and probably the youngest editors in the Optometry world. EcSelO is an interactive mobile application that covers the key points to approach 45 common clinical conditions in optometric practice. This application was conceptualized with the help of Mr. Chandramouli –Head of IT Services, Sankara Nethralaya and executed with the support of Chennai publishing services and Prag IT. This application will serve thousands of optometry students and faculty all over the country and will continue to expand with more chapters and learning content. The second highlight was the launch of a website for color vision deficient individuals and the Dalton’s pseudo-isochromatic plates, a quick screening tool for color vision deficiency. This initiative was led by Mr. Mohan, an alumnus of ESO, mentored by Mr. Maruthachalam Manthiram – Director of Shrusty Global solutions and Dr. Krishna Kumar R – Principal, ESO. These two initiatives did inspire hundreds of young optometrists gathered during the symposium to contribute to the Optometry community in meaningful ways. Apart from conventional scientific abstracts, to encourage evidence based practice and to motivate the clinicians to build the researcher instinct, the clinician to researcher sessions have been introduced since 2014. This year, 12 clinician to researcher presentations were shortlisted and 7 of these presentations pertinent to binocular vision were presented during the evening symposium. The evening then continued to move on with the Binocular vision potpourri where three interesting A moment to cherish at the session cases were presented by Dr. Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen – Head of Binocular vision clinic, Sankara Nethralaya- moderated by Dr. Mitchell Scheiman and Dr. Meenakshi Swanminathan – Director, Academics, Sankara Nethralaya. The potpourri covered the management aspects of three common clinical case presentations with an evidence based approach moderated by the 2 eminent panel members. The evening on the whole received an overwhelming response and feedback.

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The 17th Dr E Vaithilingam memorial scientific session on the 25th February had a poignant start with the divine rendition by Ms. Lohitha Viswanathan, and lighting of Kuthuvilakku by the dignitaries present. Following this, Dr. Krishna Kumar R, Principal, ESO delivered the welcome address on behalf of Dr. Girish Rao, Medical Director and touched upon the highlights of Optometry practice in the institution and welcomed the gathering. Dr. Rajeswari, Assistant Professor, ESO shared about the progress and history of EV Memorial scientific sessions. The event continued with sharing of fond memories of Dr. E Vaithilingam, by Ms. Gomathy Ravi – Daughter of Dr. EV, Dr. Yadav KK, former colleague of Dr. EV at the Banaras Hindu University and Dr. T.S. Surendran- Vice Chairman, Medical Research Foundation. The inauguration event was followed by the most awaited part of the day, the keynote lecture by Dr. Mitchell Scheiman. Dr. Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen introduced Dr. Scheiman and recalled her acquaintance and able mentorship under Dr. Scheiman then presented his keynote lecture on “Convergence Insufficiency treatment trial (CITT) - Past, Present and Future”. The keynote lecture covered the review of research done by the CITT study group over the past decade and how the future holds promise for research in this field. Dr. Scheiman’s expertise in this field was very well appreciated and applauded by the delegates. It must have been a lifetime experience for the delegates listening from the horse’s mouth. Every year, the quality and quantity of presentations have been increasing exponentially. This year, about 114 scientific presentations in various categories of free paper, e-poster, and clinician to researcher sessions were presented. The Go-Green initiative of e-posters did receive a good feedback from all the delegates as it saved the cost of printing, and reduced the need to carry it. Scientific conferences happen all over the world year after year but the conversion of the conference presentations to publications are meagerly low. Converting the conference work to publication completes the successful journey and so recognizing this is as well becomes important! At the 17th Dr EV memorial scientific session, 8 optometrists who were successful in this scientific journey were recognized. As every year, this year witnessed three innovative forums for students and practitioners to showcase their community connect and innovations. The first was the display of posters by institution to showcase their social accountability. Nine institutions from across the country who were shortlisted proudly presented their community contributions. All the institution representatives were honored with the Optometrist community vision screening kit, sponsored by Orbis, India. The next was “Share your story”. this was again to showcase the community connect, where the institution’s community responsibility changed the life of a person with visual impairment. Two case stories shortlisted from over 40 entries were awarded during the event. The third event was the display of innovative prototypes applicable for binocular vision diagnosis and vision therapy, by undergraduate Optometry students. Eleven entries were shortlisted and two best innovations were awarded.

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The award list is as below.

BEST PRESENTATION CATEGORY NAME INSTITUTION E-POSTER STUDENT Mehal Rathore Elite School of Optometry E-POSTER REGULAR Rohit Dhakal LV Prasad Eye Institute ORAL ORIGINAL RESEARCH STUDENT Aswani Unnikrishnan LV Prasad Eye Institute ORAL ORIGINAL RESEARCH REGULAR Pavan K Verkicharla LV Prasad Eye Institute ORAL CLINICIAN TO RESEARCHER Archayeeta Rakshit Sankara Nethralaya ORAL CLINICIAN TO RESEARCHER S.Robin Dhruval Parekh Elite School of Optometry VISION THERAPY INNOVATION STAR Mr. Bhumin Parekh, Elite School of Optometry Mr. Dhruval Parekh

VISION THERAPY INNOVATION STAR Mr. Sridharan Elite School of Optometry CASE STORY CONTEST Ambika C Sankara Nethralaya CASE STORY CONTEST A.M.Subhalakshmi Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai

Beginning 2013, the EVM scientific session supports students through travel grants and this year, 21 final year Optometry students from outside Chennai received the ESO- Essilor student travel grant awards. As a token of appreciation to maximum participation by students from SRM University school of Optometry and Sri Ramachandra Medical College Optometry school, ESO's internally illuminated pocket vision screener was given to the heads of the schools, to be utilized for their community vision programs. The Scientific Session came to an end with closing remarks by Mr. Jothi Balaji , Senior Manager, Sankara Nethralaya. The event was ably supported by sponsors Mr. Subashish Choudary, Soham eye care and Silverline Contact lens laboratories. The e-abstract book introduced during 2016 is successfully taken forward this year as well (http://www.eso.sankaranethralaya.org/drev-2018-e-book/index.html). ESO and SN look forward to a promising future for Optometry and vision science research in this country and forums like this evidently display the same.

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CME on Milestones in Pediatric Retina-17th December 2017

Delegates at the dais at the ROP CME Dr Rahul Yadav addresses the CME The CME was Retinopathy of Prematurity the magnitude of problem and treatment aspects to mark the prematurity day. It was done in collaboration with the Retina Interest Group. It was also attended by neonatologists from Chennai who spoke on the risk factors for ROP. Neonatologist included Dr Deepa Hariharan Dr Rahul Yadav and Dr Shanmugasundaram

Details of participants

Faculty 18

Participants 125

Total 143

CME on ROP in progress at SN

Audience at the CME on ROP at the Sri V D Swami Auditorium, SN

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Pre Alumini Workshop (PAWS) on Orbit, Oculoplasty, Reconstructive & Aesthetics Services - 15th July 2017

The Oculoplasty team demonstrate a live surgery

The program consisted of a half day workshop where delegates watched live surgeries performed by faculty members in the operation theatre. The second half consisted of discussions on interesting cases and about practice management after fellowship.

Details of participants

Faculty 10

Participants 20

Total 30

Classroom session and deliberation in progress

The jubilant orbit, oculoplasty, reconstructive and aesthetics services team

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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS l Dr Muralidhar Rajagopal, MD (Derm) visited our foundation on 22nd April 2017 and delivered a guest lecture on “Skin diseases associated with uveitis”. l Dr Sanjeev Mackay from Queensland, Australia, visited our hospital on 8th May 2017 and gave a guest lecture on “Virtual Reality and Simulation: The Future of Education, Training, e-Learning and Informed Consent”. l Dr J V Dixit, Professor & Head, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine from Govt Medical College Latur, Maharashtra, visited our foundation on 1st June 2017 and gave a guest lecture on “Effectively weight loss and Diabetes prevention” l Dr. Shivaram Selvam, Scientist D & Inspire Faculty Fellow, Polymer Science Division, Biomedical Technology BMT Wing, visited our foundation on 13th June 2017 and delivered a guest lecture on “Hydrogels Smart Material for Tissue Engineering Applications”. l Mr. Shantanu Kumar Jena, Vice President, Bharat Swabhiman Trust of Patanjali Yog Samiti visited our hospital on 21st June 2017. l Dr. Kanwal Ken Nischal, UPMC Eye Center, London visited our foundation on 12th July, 2017 and delivered Nagamani Dharmapuri Endowment Oration on “The Evaluation of pediatric Intraocular anterior segment surgery”. l Dr. S.V. Easwaran, Associates Processor, Regional College of Biotechnology, Faridabad, visited our hospital on 4th July 2017 and gave a talk on “Can Cataract be Delayed or Postponed”. l Prof Tin Aung, Senior Consultant, Glaucoma Department, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore visited our hospital on 2nd September 2017. l Prof Keith Barton, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, visited our foundation on 2nd September 2017. l Prof Ravi Thomas, Director of Glaucoma and Education, Professor at the University of Queensland, Queensland Eye Institute, Brisbane, Australia, visited our hospital on 2nd September 2017. l Dr N Ramakrishnan, Director, Critical Care Services, , Chennai, delivered Dr. K P Misra Endowment Oration on “First Generation Doctor: An Accident and A Dream”. l Mr. Deep Kumar Upadhyay, Ambassador of Nepal to India, visited our hospital on 7th September 2017. l Ms. Shobha Mehta and Ms Hemalatha visited our foundation on 30th October 2017. l Dr Annamalai Muthiah and Ms. Kannamma from Florida, USA, visited our foundation on 13th November 2017. l Dr. Alex Levin, MD, Chief of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ocular Genetics at Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia visited our institution on 28th November 2017 and delivered Dr. Nagamani Dharmapuri Endowment Lecture titled “Non accidental trauma in children”.

91 MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION l Dr. Bala Ramachandran, HOD, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai visited our hospital on 28th November 2017 l Dr. P.S. Maheswari, Director, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Chennai visited our institution on 28th November 2017. l Dr Patricio Schlottmann, MD from Argentina, visited our hospital on 29th November 2017 and gave a guest lecture on “Sharing of experiences in the management of nAMD, DME and RVO“. l Dr Larry Abel, The University of Melbourne, Australia, visited our foundation on 29th November 2017 and delivered a talk on “Clinical Eye Movement assessment, by eye and by eye Tracker”. l Dr. Connie Lai from HongKong visited our foundation 4th December 2017. l Dr Mani Baskaran, Singapore, visited our hospital on 5th December 2017 and gave a guest lecture on “Recent Advances in Angle-Closure Diagnosis”. l Mr. Arun Kumar visited our foundation on 5th December 2017 and gave a talk on “Intellectual Property Rights and Patenting Process”. l Dr. Mahipal S Sachdev, Chairman & Managing Director, Centre for Sight, visited our institution on 6th December 2018. l His. Holiness Sri. Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram, visited our hospital on 7th December 2018. l Prof. Narsing A. Rao, MD, Prof. of Ophthalmology and Director of the Uveitis Service and the Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory, Los Angeles, USA visited our hospital on 23rd December 2017. l Mr. Bob Ranck, CEO of ORBIS International, New York and Delegates from ORBIS International, visited our foundation on 29th January 2018. l Prof. E Vaithilingam and Mrs. Gomathi Ravi from Australia, visited our foundation on 17th February 2018. l Dr. Mitchell Scheiman, Dean of Research, Salus University, USA, visited our hospital on 23rd February, 2018 and gave a guest lecture on “Binocular Vision Diagnosis”. l Mr. & Mrs. Rahm Sitaraman, USA, visited our institution on 5th March 2018. l Mr. Prakash Balasubramanian, Business Human Resource Partner, Flextronics, Chennai, visited our hospital on 9th March 2018. l Mr. R Sundararajan and Mrs. S Bhooma, Chennai, visited our foundation on 14th March 2018. l Ms Charu Srinivasan, Partner Group Engineering, Manager Cloud & Enterprise Division, Microsoft India, visited our foundation on 12th March 2018 and gave a guest lecture on “Getting ahead with Microsoft”. l Mr. Dilip Bajaj, Director, South India Surgical Company Ltd., Chennai, visited our hospital on 31st March 2018.

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