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Sankara Nethralaya’s passion for service is now a national record! eyelights June 2014

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International accolade Dr SS.Badrinath felicitated at Advanced Vitreo Retinal Techniques and Technology 2014 (AVRTT 2014) at Ahmedabad for for Contact Lens Head his valuable contributions to the field T h e International Association of Contact L e n s E d u c a t o r s ' has chosen Dr Rajeswari Mahadevan the dynamic Contact Lens d e p a r t m e n t h e a d a t Sankara Nethralaya as the Dr SS Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya at AVRTT 2014, Ahmedabad. recipient of the first It is more than 36 years since a young doctor considered as one of the best Vitreo 'IACLE Contact lens retinal surgeons of his time came back from the US to serve his motherland, his educator of the Year' award passion and dream manifested as Sankara Nethralaya. Nothing fascinates for the Asia Pacific region. Dr SS.Badrinath to this day than his field of specialization, a man who does not miss The IACLE award is an opportunity to keep himself abreast, he participated in the Advanced Vitreo sponsored by Cooper Retinal Techniques and Technology 2014 (AVRT 2014) at Ahmedabad where he was Vision and supported by being felicitated for the contributions to the development of 'Retina Vitreous the British Contact lens Specialty' in . He was participating at the invite of his old friend and veteran Association.This year's Vitreo retinal surgeon Dr Pran Nagpal and his sons Dr Manish and Dr Ashish Nagpal award would be presented of the Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad. at the 'British Contact Lens a s s o c i a t i o n C l i n i c a l Sankara Nethralaya's passion for service is now a proud record Conference & Exhibition’ on the 'Limca Book of Records' a t B i r m i n g h a m , U K In keeping with the Sankara Nethralaya philosophy, the Elite scheduled to take place School of Optometry engages itself in delivering cost free from the 6th to 9th June community ophthalmology in the form of high quality, 2014. comprehensive eye screenings. The 8th of October 2012 turned out to be a Red Letter Day for the ESO. The optometrists, optometry LISTER Metropolis students and members of the Lions Club numbering 123 grouped Awards themselves into 15 teams and fanned off to 38 corporation schools spread over , Washermanpet, Adayar, Taramani, Velacheri and . A massive 8469 students were screened for refractive errors followed by distribution of free glasses and referral of complex cases to the base hospital. This herculean effort has been recognized by the prestigious 'Limca Book of Records' as a national record, for the highest number of eye screenings in a day.

Senior Consultants from SN make a mark at Sankara Nation's prestigious Ophthalmic meet. Nethralaya Staff members of the Main Prof Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas, Director, Uveitis pays laboratory at the Sankara and Ocular Pathology Department won the homage to Nethralaya bagged 3 'Best Paper on Uvea' for his presentation titled awards in the midst of stiff "Polymerase Chain Reaction ( PCR) of competition in the recently intraocular fluid for Mycobacterium h e l d ( 1 / 0 2 / 2 0 1 4 ) Tuberculosis (MTB) in various types of “Environment Health and choroiditis in a referral eye centre in India" Safety CME” conducted by and the white Paper titled "Diffusion weighted METROSPHERES the imaging - A Predictor of Visual Outcome in education initiative of acute optic neuritis” presented jointly by Dr KP Misra LISTER Metropolis and D r . S . A m b i k a , D i r e c t o r , N e u r o - Cardiologist, the Inter Laboratory Ophthalmology and Dr. Veena Noronha, , Bhubaneshwar Q u a l i t y A s s e s s m e n t Consultant Radiologist were awarded the prestigious 'S.D.ATHWALE Award'. Neuro- (ILQA), Bangalore. Sri. Rusthom S Gae Ophthalmology dept has won the 'Best Paper" Eminent Tax Lawyer, Delhi award on four occasions in the last 5 years. 2 Sankara Nethralaya explores the power of collaborative learning The Elite School of Optometry joined hands with the University of Melbourne and the Indian Institute of Science to conduct a Workshop on 'Vision and Visual Neuroscience- Basic and Translational between the 8th- 10th of January 2014. The event witnessed the participation of 150 delegates and leading Neuroscience and Ophthalmology professionals. This included a team from the University of Melbourne's Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences, consisting of Professor Trichur R.Vidyasagar, head of the Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Associate Professor Allison Mckendrick, who heads the Clinical Psychophysics Unit, Associate Professor Andrew Metha, whose lab images living retinas, Dr Andrew Anderson, whose Optological Unit studies perimetry, eye movements and neural decision making and Dr Bang Participants at the Vision and Visual Neuroscience Workshop Bui, head of the Ocular Physiology Unit that studies risk factors in glaucoma and diabetes. Visual Neuroscience at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was represented by Professor Govindarajan Rangarajan, Department of Mathematics and coordinator, DST Centre for Mathematical Biology and Dr S.P.Arun, Assistant Professor & Wellcome - DBT Intermediate Fellow, Center for Neuroscience. Prof Vidyasagar began the first day's proceedings with high words of praise for Dr Badrinath and Sankara Nethralaya. Dr S.S.Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya extended a warm welcome to the distinguished delegates. He emphasized the importance of collaborative learning with giants like the University of Melbourne and the Indian Institute of Science and hoped that the workshop would be a harbinger of long-term collaborative learning by the three premier institutions. The first day of the event witnessed in-depth lectures on a wide array of topics in vision and visual neuroscience and the second day began with a tour of the clinical science and basic science research departments of Sankara Nethralaya. On Day 3, the workshop provided the students and faculty members of the ESO an opportunity to listen to lectures pertaining to various topics in ophthalmology and neuroscience by the Melbourne colleagues and also for pursuing higher studies at the University of Melbourne.

Sankara Nethralaya defines the Art and Science of Ophthalmic Imaging It was day of fulfillment for 8 years of dedicated labour for an institution in the forefront of leveraging technology to detect, diagnose and interpret diagnostic intricacies. The occasion was the book launch of the 'Atlas of Imaging in Ophthalmology' co-authored by Dr S.Ambika,Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Department, Dr.Veena Noronha, Consultant Radiologist and Dr. Padmaja Minakshisundaram, Neuro-Ophthalmologist at the Sri VD.Swami Auditorium. Extending a warm welcome to the Chief Guest of the day Dr G.Arjundas, Professor Emeritus, and the other eminent Neuro- surgeons Dr Suresh Bapu, Dr. Balamurugan, Apollo Specialty Hospital, , Dr Siddharth Ghosh, Oncologist from Kharaghpur, Dr Smitha Vittal the day's presenter explained that the book is a work on Ophthalmology, Participants at the launch of Atlas of Imaging in Ophthalmology Oncology and Radiology. Describing the book as a rich repertoire of cases compiled from year 2002, she added that the highlight of the book was its foreword by Professor Neil Miller, Chief, Neuro-ophthalmology Division at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the famous 'The John Hopkins School of Medicine', Baltimore, USA. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Veena Noronha thanked the Senior Management team for the support extened towards bringing the book. Dr. Ambika observed that Orbit and Neuro- imaging have brought revolutionary changes in ophthalmic imaging. Releasing the first copy of the book, the Chief Guest of the day, veteran Neuro-Surgeon and physician Dr.S. Arjundas lauded the sincere efforts of the team which had most painstakingly recorded huge data. The interesting launch function ended with a surprise gift to Co-authors Dr S.Ambika and Dr. Veena Noronha by the esteemed Chief Guest. eyelights June 2014 XI Dr.Nagamani Dharmapuri Endowment Lecture In what could be construed as an unmistakable sign of its growing relevance the Dr. Nagamani Dharmapuri Endowment Lecture found a prestigious co-sponsor for its xi edition in the Madras Ophthalmological Association. Delivering the welcome address Ms Jameel Rizwana Hussain,ESO underlined that visual morbidity was seen increasing in children. Dr Sumitha Agarkar, Deputy Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology observed that according to the WHO there were 12 million children partially or fully vision impaired. Speaking on the occasion Dr R.Srikanth, Senior Consultant, Pediatric Ophthalmology recalled the contribution of Dr TS.Surendran, Vice Chairman, who single handedly operated the pediatric ophthalmology department for two decades. Felicitating the Guest of Honour Dr J. Radhakrishnan, State Health Dr. Monte Del Monte, Director of Pediatric ophthalmology, Secretary, Dr T.S.Surendran described the popular Civil Servant as Mott Children's Hospital at XI Dr.Nagamani Dharmapuri a man who rises to great heights of service during calamities and a Endowment Lecture Collector who has been consistently recognized as 'Best Collector' for 4 times. Delivering the guest of honour speech Shri Radhakrishnan, Health Secretary, Government of made an emphatic appeal to members of the Media assembled at the venue to create awareness on health issues. Dr Kavitha Kalaivani introduced the Chief Guest and Speaker Monte Del Monte, Director of Pediatric ophthalmology & Adult strabismus, Skillman Professor of Pediatric ophthalmology and Pediatric and communicable diseases at the University of Michigan and Director of Pediatric ophthalmology at the Mott Children's Hospital, as an expert in complex strabismus surgery, researcher in biology and recipient of the Best Doctor of America' award. Chief Guest of the day Dr Monte Del Monte gave a most enlightening talk on 'Ambylopia Diagnosis' highlighting the various kinds of ambylopia. The highly interesting session ended with a Q&A and a warm vote of thanks by Dr.S.Meenakshi, Director, Academics.

The 13th Dr E.Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific session

Participants at the 13th Dr E.Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific session The Dr E. Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Session conducted by the Elite School of Optometry had two days of events with the Contact lens pre-conference symposium on the 15th March and the 13th Dr. E. V. Memorial Scientific session on the 16th March. The opening day of the symposium started with an enlightening session on “International year of light” by Prof. Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, a close associate of ESO and SN. He emphasized the United Nation's proclaim on 2015 to be observed as “International Year of Light and Light based Technologies”. The in-depth presentations on these topics made by experienced professionals from the respective fields was ably consolidated by Dr. Rajeswari after which Ms. Vijayalakshmi, Manager Optometry, presented an interesting curtain raiser to the forthcoming sessions on 'Clinician to Researcher', the theme of the 13th Dr. E.V Memorial scientific session. This was followed by highly interesting and informative case discussions on Low Vision Clinic, Vision therapy, Binocular Vision, Contact lens and Imaging. While 24 case reports were presented, the award for the best 5 case reports went to Mr. Nihar Davey, Ms. Archayeetha, Ms. Srividya, Ms. Greeshma and Ms. Rinu Thomas all from ESO. On the 16th March Dr. S.Meenakshi, Director, Academics, extended a warm welcome to the dignitaries and participants after which Dr.Rajeswari, head of the Contact Lens department shared her soulful experiences on mentoring and moulding by Dr. E. Vaithilingam. This year's session witnessed the presentation of 64 scientific abstracts; the best presentation in the student category was bagged by Ms Banumathi of ESO while the best paper in the regular award went to Ms. Shwetha of Manipal University. The session also witnessed the presentation of 9 ESO-Essilor travel awards bagged by Undergraduate optometry students from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Shillong. This year also had the commemoration of “Shri. P. V. Parameswara Iyer - Smt Kamala Bai” endowment awards presented by our beloved chief Dr. S.S. Badrinath to Ms. Anuradha, Ms. Rashima and Ms. Jameel Rizwana for their doctoral research and advanced training. 4 Spirituality and Patriotism mark Nation's 66th Republic Day celebrations at Sankara Nethralaya In keeping with the centuries old tradition of the country where patriotism and spiritualism blend and complement each other Sankara Nethralaya celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda the 20th century spiritualist and patriot along with the 66th Republic Day of the Nation. Swamini Pramananda reveriantially known as Ammaji, the Chief Guest of the Day unfurled the tricolor, followed by the rendering of the National anthem. Shri T.Arokiaswamy, Social Worker from the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology got the day's proceedings to a great start with an interesting anecdote from the Mahabaratha where the ace archer Arjuna sees only his target Swamini Pramananda and Senior management team drawing a parallel of how Dr SS.Badrinath pursued his target with at Republic Day celebrations single minded focus. Dr Lily Therese, Head of the Department, Microbiology gave an interesting account of the Chief Guest Swamini Pramananda, who went on to do her Masters in Microbiology at the New York University and how her childhood sentiments made her give up everything to take a life of an ascetic, revive the Vedic heritage, serve and impart value based education through the Purna Vidhya. This was followed by a most inspiring talk by the Chief Guest on the sacrifices made by the founding fathers of the nation for the cause of this sacred land and soil, she emphasized that they got a great sense of fulfillment in being 'Givers'. Ammaji pointed out that Sankara Nethralaya was as a true 'Giver.' The occasion witnessed Dr SS.Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus dedicating the plaque encapsulating the qualities of Strength, Vision, Patience, Initiative and Courage presented to him by the Ramakrishna Mission to the employees of the institution by presenting it symbolically to Srimathi Usha, Executive at the Stores Department, being recognised for completing 30 years of service.

Sankara Nethralaya family gets a peep into Vedanta and Spiritualism Sankara Nethralaya observed the 150th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda the patriotic saint with an undying love to his motherland aptly on the 26th of January 2014 being observed as Republic Day, with a powerful talk on 'Science and Spirituality' by Swamini Pramananda the eminent spiritual guru, social worker and expert on Vedanta. The guest speaker Swamini Pramananda gave a most powerful speech on the topic 'Science and Spirituality', highlighting on the difference between spiritual and material civilizations, she explained that science and spirituality are two distinct fields which neither compliment not contradict each other. The learned monk touched on the Advaita Vedanta philosophy where there is no past, present or future and no two separate entities of God and Man but one absolute consciousness. The impact of the spiritual talk on the audience could be gauged by the wide array of questions it elicited from them, questions from disturbed and disillusioned minds seeking the truth and philosophy of life and existence. Swamini Pramananda A distinguished observer and commentator of politics and economics shares his views at Sankara Nethralaya A talk by eminent economist and renowned journalist Shri Swaminathan S.Anklesaria Aiyar was organized as part of the ongoing knowledge acquisition initiative for SN members leading to a broader understanding of various subjects. The credit for organizing the visit of the Consultant to the World Bank, Research Fellow at the Cato Institute, whose immensely popular 'Swaminomics' captured the socio-political scenario of the country goes to Shri Suresh Dalapathy, Secretary, the Ophthalmic Mission Trust, Inc, USA the fund raising arm of the Sankara Nethralaya in the USA. The distinguished speaker started his talk on a retrospective note that 'health spending' received the least allocation in the country's 5 year plans and successive budgets. Shri Aiyar emphasized that even a small spending on preventive healthcare could keep most ailments at bay. He drew a parallel between households and the government when it came to reluctance to spending on Shri Swaminathan preventive health care and punned that most of us spend 'less on living and more on leaving'. S.Anklesaria Aiyar The highly charged and interactive session concluded with a presentation of the Vision Research Foundation’s role in finding solutions for Congenital cataract owing to galactose intolerance and impact of 'Rubella vaccine' by Dr K.N.Sulochana, Director, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 5 eyelights June 2014 A highly principled policeman shares his principles for success Sankara Nethralaya was graced by Shri Sivanandhan the former DGP of Maharashtra, a morally upright and fearless man, a man who had risked his life and limbs in fulfilling the call of duty in the most extraordinary situations. Shri Sivanandhan had co-authored the book 'Chanakya's 7 secrets of Leadership' along with Shri Radhakrishnan Pillai which was recently launched by Dr SS.Badrinath. Dr. Neha Shrirao, Oculoplasty Fellow got the day's proceedings started with an introduction to the distinguished Chief guest highlighting his stellar role in suppressing naxalism. Speaking on the occasion Dr KS.Vasan, Managing Director, observed that he had read the book “7 secrets of leadership” inspired by the writings of the 4th Century BC thinker Chanakya and described Shri Sivanandan as a class of leaders who were far and few. He lauded Shri Sivanandhan for his role in transforming the Mumbai Police force by reviving their morale, streamlining the immigration process through a single window system and closed his talk by Shri Sivanandhan, describing him as a 'Beacon of Hope'. former DGP of Maharashtra Shri Sivanandhan started his talk with fulsome praise for Dr SS.Badrinath, Founder & Chairman Emeritus Sankara Nethralaya whom he lauded as an example of a man who had achieved the impossible and yet remained unassuming and humble, adding that he was trying to emulate him in a small way. He interspersed his talk with interesting anecdotes and experiences from his own life, from books right from the Thirukural to Paul Coelho's 'Alchemist', to drive his point home.He closed his highly invigorating and motivating talk with an appeal to the audience to have a vision and the passion to fulfill the vision.

Niche ophthalmic facility springs to a vibrant start The highly prestigious Uvea department at Sankara Nethralaya got off to an auspicious launch with the lighting of the traditional lamp by Dr.Soumya Swaminathan, Director, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis and Dr. K. Namitha 25th Bhuvaneswari, Director & Superintendent, Anniversary of Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Sankara Nethralaya Alumni Dr.Soumya Swaminathan, Chennai. Dr. K. Namitha Bhuvaneswari with Don't miss this occasion Dr.J Biswas and Dr. Sudha K Ganesh Zora Neale Hurston's quote “Research is One and half day meeting at at UVEA Dept inaugural formalized curiosity, it is poking and prying GRT Temple Bay with a purpose”, by the compeer Dr. Saranya Sarah Abraham, Fellow at the Medical Mahabalipuram Retina and Uvea Dept gave a befitting start to the day's function. Following the welcome address by Dr. Amala E.George, Senior Consultant, Dr. Mamta Agarwal, Senior Consultant, read the greeting message of Dr. Narsing A. Rao, Director of Uveitis Services, USC Eye Institute, University of Southern California, USA. Introducing fellow faculty members Dr.Sudharshan, Senior Consultant at the UVEA department said the department saw over 1200 new cases every year. Dr.Jyotirmay on 12th &13th July, 2014 Biswas, Director, Uvea, subtly quoting TH Huxley on “Known is finite, unknown SN Alumni Oration By being infinite.. the quest for knowledge and research is ever growing” traced the Dr. DEEPAK EDWARD USA genesis of the department from 1983.He hailed his predecessor Dr.Rajnikantha, a President pioneer in Uvea, for her immaculate recording that greatly aided critical research Prof. Dr. S. Natarajan findings in intra ocular inflammations, lesions and vision threatening choroditis. Secretary Prof. Dr. Mohan Rajan Introducing Dr. Namitha Bhuvaneswari, Director and Superintendent, Government Organizing Secretary Ophthalmic Hospital, Chennai, Dr. Suchitra Pradeep, Consultant, recalled that Dr. Prof. Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas Namitha was the premier force in bringing ORBIS to India. Congratulating Registration & accommodation Dr.Biswas for his research work, Dr. Namitha pleaded with ophthalmic practitioners Rs. 6000/- approx.per head on for timely referral of crucial endophthalmitis cases for tertiary treatment. triple sharing inclusive of dinner & fellowship on Sat, break fast Dr.Parthopratim Dutta Majumder, Associate Consultant, introduced Dr.Sowmya & lunch on Sunday @ Swaminathan, the Chief Guest as an authority in the treatment of Tuberculosis- GRT TEMPLE BAY, mahabalipuram. Ocular diseases who had over 170 publications and 15 books to her credit. Releasing Single /double room rs 12000/- the book highlighting facilities at UVEA department, Dr. Sowmya in her presidential For more information please contact address recalled her association with Dr.Biswas when they treated patients for extra 9841428151, [email protected] pulmonary TB particularly Uveitis. The function concluded with a cultural program or Dr. Mohan Rajan 98410 31838, by Shri Badri Surendran followed by dinner. [email protected] 6 Deep faith, indomitable courage and high ideals pay a visit at Sankara Nethralaya It is indeed hard to believe that this towering spiritualist and patriotic saint, an embodiment of courage, a spiritual genius of commanding intellect and power left this world more than a century ago, nothing to this day motivates, invigorates and fills one with a drive and passion for service and sacrifice for the nation and countrymen than the powerful words and example of this spirited monk. The occasion was the celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and the Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna Vivekananda Bhava Prachar Parishad, Coimbatore were observing it as an 'Awakening of India' festival. The ornate Ratham with the Master's powerful appeal to young Indians to conquer the West with their spirituality and to awake, arise and rest not until the goal is reached, displayed prominently arrived at the Sankara Nethralaya main campus on 4th January 2014. It was accorded a warm and rousing reception by Dr Swami Vivekananda’s Rath Yatra SS.Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Dr.Vasanthi Badrinath, Director, Clinical Services, Sankara Nethralaya, SWAN volunteers and employees of Sankara Nethralaya gathered in large numbers. The imposing image of the Saint was garlanded by Dr.Vasanthi Badrinath, Director Clinical Services, Shri Narayanan, Manager, Kamalnayan Bajaj Institute for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and Lion SN.Harinarayanan. The Ratham departed on the next lag of its journey to the full throated cry 'Swami Vivekananda Maharaj Ki Jai' by the members of the Sankara Nethralaya family.

A highly touched and moved Badrinaths see an extension of their 'dream turning into reality' at 'Drashti Nethralaya' Dr SS.Badrinath and Dr Vasanthi Badrinath made a trip to Gujarat to visit a place very close to their heart, governed by the same lofty principles of service and sacrifice. The Drashti Nethralaya is a fruit of the passion, dedication and sacrifice of a highly motivated and idealistic doctor couple Dr Mehul Shah and Dr Shreya Shah serving the poorest of the poor patients living in the second biggest tribal region of the country. Dr Mehul Shah had done his Fellowship in vitreo retina at Sankara Nethralaya, he was highly inspired by his Alma Mater and wanted to set up a similar facility functioning on the same principles at his native Dahod in Gujarat which is not served by the Dr Mehul Shah and Dr Shreya Shah, Drashti Nethralya most basic Medicare. The Drashti Nethralaya treats 80% of its patients along with Badrinaths at Dahod, Gujarat totally cost free and has evolved special techniques to deliver high quality eye care to the tribals. The selfless service being rendered by this young couple to the have-nots at considerable cost to their own life style, comfort and well being highly impressed and moved Dr SS.Badrinath and he observed in the visitor's book 'All of us have dreams and we are most happy when these dreams are fulfilled, today I stand in front of the Drashti Nethralaya most happy with my dreams fulfilled. The Sankara Nethralaya Academy launches 'Nethra Vidhya' a highly interactive and educative continuing education program As an institution in the forefront of real time teaching the Sankara Nethralaya Academy had launched the 'Nethra Vidhya'- A Continuing Optometric Education Progam- 2014. The first session of this series of six educative, i n f o r m a t i v e a n d i n t e r a c t i v e s e s s i o n s f o r students/practising optometrists titled 'Progressing with the Progressives' a clinically relevant topic for all practising optometrists and students got off to a flourishing start at the Sri VD Swami auditorium, Sankara Participants at Nethra Vidhya Nethralaya Main campus on 30th of March, 2014. The program started with an introduction to the COE series by Ms. Anuja R Singh Head of Optometry Courses, the Sankara Nethralaya Academy. Thirty three participants consisting of students and practising optometrists from different levels attended the session which covered topics like fitting and designs in Progressive lenses, live practical sessions, videos on lens manufacturing and case presentations. The participants were presented with a kit sponsored by Essilor which included basic equipments needed to fit Progressive addition lenses. The session ended with a vote of thanks by the Sankara Nethralaya team with all the participants having enjoyed the full day session on the art and science of dispensing Progressive lenses. 7 eyelights June 20142011 Please mail your feedback to us at [email protected]

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