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Homage Teachers of SN’s SN launches to a 3 Ophthalmology 4 Eye donation 5 NABH 6 visionary workshop rally entry level program The International Association of Lions Clubs Ambassador of Goodwill Award to Dr S.S. Badrinath

Sankara Nethralaya conducts a camp for the revival of 'vision' as its tribute and homage to a great 'Visionary' eyelights February 2016

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'Pushpa Rani Pattanayek' World's leading service organization confers its highest honour for 'Service to Society' on a simple doctor

T h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f C o m m u n i t y Ophthalmologists of (ACOIN) the premium a d v o c a c y b o d y f o r community eye health in SAARC (South Asian The International Association of Lions Clubs the governing body of Lions Clubs Association for Regional worldwide decided to crown a lifetime dedicated to service and sacrifice by conferring its Cooperation) nations highest honour on Dr.SS.Badrinath, the Chief architect of the 'Temple of the Eye'. He was b e s t o w e d t h e h i g h l y honoured as 'Ambassador of Goodwill' at a glittering ceremony held at the Taj prestigious 'Pushpa Rani Connemara, on the 8th of November 2015. The award was presented by Lion Pattanayek award for Naresh Agarwal-International 2nd Vice-President, to the thunderous applause of the excellence in community gathering. services' for the year 2014- 15 on Dr. Smitha Praveen, Researchers from R.S. Mehta Jain dept of Biochemistry & Senior Consultant, Neuro- Cell biology win high recognition Ophthalmology on 31st Ms. Gayathree Karthikkeyan’s Poster titled "Hyperglycemia October 2015 at Lucknow. induces early growth response-1 (EGR1) in human diabetic retina mediating abnormal vascular changes in diabetic Award to Dr.VVJ retinopathy" won the 2nd prize while Mr R.N. Naresh Kumar’s D r V V . oral presentation was applauded at the 'International Jaichandran Angiogenesis Conference' held at SASTRA University, , S e n i o r Thanjavur on 23rd & 24th Sep '15. Anaesthiolo Glaucoma Fellows bag awards gist’s white Glaucoma fellows Dr. Priya Delampady's paper paper titled titled 'Correlation of defect depth and defect O A S i S pattern of Central Visual Fields with mGCC of OCT' developed jointly with the was adjudged the 'BEST PAPER', while Dr. Kaivan Department of Electrical Shah and Dr. Amit Pandey stood second in the quiz Engineering, IIT-M won the contest at the ‘Glaucoma Connect 2015' at Mumbai "Best Poster" award at the from the 2nd to 4th of October 2015. B r i t i s h O p h t h a l m i c Anaesthesia Society meet, SN Consultants make their mark at major topical meet held on 19th & 20th A presentation by Dr. Kirthi Koka, Senior Resident, Department November 2015 at London. of Orbit, Oculoplasty, Reconstructive and Aesthetics was adjudged as the ‘Best Video’ he was also chosen as the ‘Best Presenter’ in the ‘Challenging Cases’ category. Dr. Mohomed High recognition for Shahid Alam, Associate Consultant was adjudged as the ‘Best SN Microbiologist Speaker’ in the ‘Free Paper’ session held at the Ocular Trauma M r . N . Society’s IX Annual Meet at Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, M u r u g a n , Guwahati, Assam on the 31st of Oct and 1st Nov 2015. SRF(ICMR) SN Microbiologists make a mark was awarded Ms M.K.Janani, Senior Research fellow’s Poster titled the “Belgaum “Novel Immune Regulatory Pathway Associated with Mumbai Prize Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and the Recombinant EBV for Best Paper Protein Mediated Inflammation in Retinal Pigment in Bacteriology 2015” at the Epithelium (ARPE-19)” bagged the 1st Prize and Ms 39th MICROCON 2015 M.Vimalin Jeyalatha, Senior Research Fellow’s Poster h e l d a t J I P M E R , titled ‘Response of Pigment Epithelial Cells towards Pondicherry from 27th to Leptospiral recurrent Uvietis Antigens’ bagged the 2nd Prize at the ARISE – 2015 29th November 2015. conference held on the 28th and 29th of October 2015, jointly by SRM and IAMM. 2 PG student from SN wins Gold Medal in Swarnalatha Punshi Award Neuro-opthalmology exam Ms. N.N.Srikrupa from the SNONGC Dr.Sanjana Suresh Rao Department of Genetics and Molecular pursuing her Diplomate in biology, won the "Swarnalatha Punshi National Board was declared Award" for the best research in basic medical t h e w i n n e r o f t h e science held on 28th September 2015 at V D Dr.S.Kanthimathynathan Swami auditorium, KNBIRVO Block for her Endowment Gold Medal presentation " Molecular profile of Leber A w a r d f o r N e u r o - congenital amaurosis in an Indian cohort". Ophthalmology amidst stiff competition. Sankara Nethralaya conducts a camp for the revival of 'vision' as its tribute and homage to a great 'Visionary'

MESU camp at Sriharikota - valedictory function Former President of India Bharath Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam was a great admirer and well wisher of Sankara Nethralaya and hailed it as a 'Temple of the Eye'. The institution he had reposed his faith, paid a befitting tribute and homage to the missile man by conducting a cost free eye screening and 'on the spot' cataract surgery camp deploying the most advance 'Mobile Eye Surgical Unit' (MESU) at India's rocket city Sriharikota, under the aegis of the Satish Dhawan Space Research Centre. A Valedictory function of the camp was held on the 13th of September 2015 with Dr. P.Kunnihikrishnan, Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, gracing the occasion as the Chief Guest and attended by Shri Raja Reddy, Controller, SDSRC, Smt.T.Haritha, Junior Civil Judge, Sullurpet and other eminent people from the neighbourhood. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Kunnihikrishanan observed that the Mobile Eye Surgical Unit is a marvel of technology and its invaluable service to the local population reiterated his institution's philosophy of being not only a space technology and research institution but a very humane institution in constant interface and service to the local people. Dr SS.Badrinath used the occasion to explain that the real worth of the hard work, research and cost that has gone into the designing of MESU would become worthwhile only if corporate bodies and institutions across the nation support its endeavours by adopting it as their Corporate Social Responsibility while thanking Dr. Satya Atluri the World renowned Mechanical and Aerospace scientist settled in the USA hailing from Gudivada, for his generous support of cost free community ophthalmology.

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy conducts 'Teacher's Day' with great reverence and enthusiasm In India, 5th September is celebrated as Teachers Day as a mark of tribute to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Former President of India, a scholar and a great Teacher. Teacher's day was celebrated with pomp and splendour at The Sankara Nethralaya Academy( TSNA), a unit of Medical Research Foundation, Chennai at its Campus. The Program started with a mellifluous invocation by Senior Lecturer Dr S Vandhana. Welcoming the gathering and the Chief Guest Dr. Susan Edward Joseph, MSc, M Ed, M Phil, Teachers’ Day celebration at TSNA Ph.D, Former Principal of the Presidency Girl's Higher Secondary School, Chennai, Mr. A Mahalingam, Deputy Registrar, explained the service orientation of Sankara Nethralaya under the visionary leadership of the Living Legend Padma Bhushan Dr. SS Badrinath. Mrs Akila Ganesan, Senior General Manager highlighted that Dr. Susan went on to become a headmistress at the Presidency Girls High School, became the Assistant Professor at the Holy Cross Home Science College, Tuticorin and the Divisional Education officer. Dr Susan left an indelible mark in every assignment that she handled, she was conferred the 'Best Teacher Award' for her high quality of work. Delivering the Chief Guest's address Dr Susan Edward Joseph had a special word of thanks to the teachers for imparting knowledge to all while she extolled the virtues of the teaching profession. 3 eyelights February 2016 Senior Sankara Nethralaya Consultants play critical role in imparting the finer nuances of teaching ophthalmology and evaluating its outcome

Participants at the “Teachers of Ophthalmology” workshop The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and All India Ophthalmological Society's (AIOS) Academic Research Committee (ARC) conducted nationwide workshops as part of their endeavour towards enhancing the quality of imparting ophthalmology as a subject and streamlining teaching and evaluation methodologies. The chapter of the program was held under the aegis of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association and spearheaded by Senior Vitreo-Retinal consultant Dr. Pukhraj Rishi and Dr. Meenakshi Swaminathan, Senior Paediatric ophthalmologist and Director-Academics, Sankara Nethralaya was selected as the 'Lead Instructor', the program was conducted on 23rd August 2015 at Sankara Nethralaya main centre and was the first such workshop in South India. A total of 32 participants attended the meet. The eagerly awaited academic program was inaugurated by Dr. Mohan Rajan, Chairman Academic Research Committee- Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association. Dr. Renuka Srinivasan, HOD (Ophthalmology), JIPMER contributed significantly to the proceedings by sharing her long and vast experience in teaching and training. Dr. Katta from Hyderabad shared his thoughts about the 'Misnomers' in Ophthalmology. Dr. Venkatesh from AECS, Pondicherry suggested focusing and strengthening the training being offered currently in wet-labs. The representative from the sponsors, MS Appasamy Associates, spoke about 'Ergonomics in the Operating Room' with an interesting possibility of customized settings to suit the preference of individual surgeons. Sankara Nethralaya takes a critical overview at the most common cause of visual impairment in the country

Participants at the “Cataract Catalyst 2015” As an ophthalmic institution in the forefront of eradicating blindness and reviving the 'Light of Vision', Sankara Nethralaya recently conducted a workshop titled 'Cataract Catalyst 2015' as a continuing medical education initiative to share knowledge and expertise among the eye care professionals from different sub-specialties of ophthalmology to tackle the complex situations arising in Cataract surgery and evolve best practices in Cataract care, which is not currently governed by definitive protocols, through a vibrant exchange of knowledge and hands on experience. The workshop evoked enthusiastic response from ophthalmologists; the highlights of the CME were a potpourri of panel discussions, talks from specialists across the city and poster presentations, a debate on current ophthalmic practice and a quiz. The CME was attended by 160 ophthalmologists and witnessed interactive participation by all attendees. There was a video and poster presentation competition also. The best video was awarded to Dr. Seema from Arvind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry and the best poster was won by Dr. Vijeyenthi /Dr Rajesh P S from Sankara Nethralaya for the study on surgeries done in the MESU camps. 4 Slogans raised in support, message placards and a sunny walk on the beach reiterate Sankara Nethralaya's commitment to eye donation Sankara Nethralaya's eye donation awareness creation initiatives in lieu of 'Eye Donation Awareness Fortnight' being observed between August 25th- Sept 8th which took the form of lectures and a human chain rally came to a grand finale with the 'Sankara Nethralaya Walk for Vision – 2015 on the 8th of September being observed as 'National Eye Donation Day'. The walk generated enthusiastic response and a large gathering of 1,500 participants consisting working professionals, students etc converged at the Gandhi Statue at the Marina. Celebrity Chief Guest Kala master gave a brief talk on the need for eye donation and flagged off the walk. The walk concluded at the Kannagi Statue at after which Dr T.S.Surendran, Vice-Chairman,Sankara Nethralaya gave a brief talk on the need for eye donation to overcome the current shortage of cornea needed for Enthusiastic participants at SN's Eye donation rally transplant surgeries. Sankara Nethralaya shows the way to sustainable green energy It was an operation with a difference for Sankara Nethralaya, the institution engaged in bringing back the 'Light of Vision' rose admirably to the challenge of bringing in the sunlight into its premises to augment its energy needs through solar energy. After a thorough evaluation of the need for energy and availability of space it was decided to install rooftop solar plants which would generate a total of 121.68Kwp plant across 12,000 sq ft of rooftop space spread over the CU Shah Sankara Nethralaya, Nava Suja Sankara Nethralaya and Jaslok Community Ophthalmology Centre. In a wonderful demonstration of coordination and team work between the vendor's installation team and Sankara Nethralaya's technical team the same was installed in a record time of 60 days, the critical process of connecting the solar energy system to the internal electricity grid was completed in a record of 1 hour duration in all locations, the noteworthy feature of the entire operation being its total non-interference with the day to day functioning of the hospital. The solar energy harnessing process adopted at Sankara Nethralaya comes with an almost 0% maintenance cost, the results have been highly encouraging and reflect significant savings within a short span of their operation.

Sankara Nethralaya lives up to 'Eye Donation Fortnight' with diverse activity As an eye care institution in the forefront of creating awareness on the need for eye donation to prevent avoidable blindness since its inception, Sankara Nethralaya lived up to the spirit of 'Eye Donation Fortnight' being observed between August 25th- Sept 8th with great enthusiasm. The events marking the observation of the same were spearheaded by Shri G.Lakshminarayanan, Social Worker, CU Shah Eye Bank, Sankara Nethralaya Main campus. The fortnight long initiatives got off with talks on the need for eye donation by the Eye Bank Social Worker, addressing workmen at the Ford India and Hyundai Motor Companies, the former reciprocating by making available Sankara Nethralaya's eye donation pledge forms online to its employees through its website, this was followed by a talk on the subject and the College students' eager participation at the Eye donation Fortnight rally technicalities of eye harvest, preserving the cornea etc to the nurses of the Vijaya Hospital. Shri Lakshminarayanan was assisted in his efforts by Dr.Deviyani, Cornea Fellow who clarified the more complex medical related queries raised by the audience. Sankara Nethralaya joined hands with the Rotary Club of Mount and conducted a highly successful human chain rally at the DG Vaishnav College, , participated enthusiastically and in large numbers by students holding placards espousing the cause of eye donation, senior office bearers of the Rotary club including Rotarian Dr.R.Sriram, Major Dr.M.Venkatraman, Principal of the college, Srimathi Akila Ganesan, Senior General Manager, SN and her colleagues. 5 eyelights February 2016

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy (TSNA) Conducted a Session on Role of Human Resource Management in Healthcare on 3rd October 2015

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy conducted a training program on Saturday 3rd October 2015 on the topic “Human Resource for Healthcare Managers” for the Certificate course on Hospital Management Program. The session started with a warm welcome note and the need for this unique session on Human Resource for healthcare managers by Shri A. Mahalingam, Deputy Registrar of the institution, he also highlighted that this session aims to provide participants a comprehensive understanding and practical insight into the knowledge, skills and techniques required to efficiently tackle the HR issues in the present scenario. Prof Ramakrishnan a senior HR Management faculty with 4 decades of experience in HR Practices and Teaching in leading Business schools and visiting faculty for management programs Session on HR management in Health Care at Sankara Nethralaya Academy was a speaker for this unique at TSNA’s certification program program. Starting off with the scenario of the health care sector in India, the module covered the key functions of HR viz Talent Acquisition, Training, Performance Management system, Career & Succession Planning & Employee Health, Safety & Welfare. The other aspects like Employee Retention, Job Rotation, and Employee Satisfaction & Grievance Handling also formed part of the program. In the concluding part of the session, the participants were divided into small groups wherein each group had to come up with a challenge faced by HR in the health care sector or at their workplace and also explain on how they would overcome the said challenge with suitable solutions and processes that would be followed.

Association of Healthcare Providers of India and ACME Consulting launch critical NABH entry level program at Sankara Nethralaya In an effort to emphasize the need for Medicare quality to be under the structured framework stipulated by the national Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers (NABH), the Association of Health care providers in India (AHPI) along with ACME consulting, the well known providers of advisory services to service organisations in the area of quality improvement, particularly health care launched an entry level program for NABH accreditation for small and medium sized hospitals at a brief function held at the Sri VD Swami Auditorium, Sankara Nethralaya on 11th September 2015. Welcoming the gathering, Senior General Manager Sankara Nethralaya Smt Akila Ganesan underlined that “Quality was the only thing” that needed adherence to, at all levels, to put a Dr.Giridhar J Gyani, Director General, AHPI at perfect, system driven procedure to practice. the inaugural of NABH entry level program Addressing the gathering Dr.Giridhar J Gyani, Director General, AHPI stressed the need for a structured framework like NABH to reduce medical errors that are currently at a whopping figure of 5.2 million annually, in the country. He hailed hospitals across Tamil Nadu that were in the ambit of NABH and pointed the need for all hospitals, whether big or small, to imbibe quality consciousness through such procedures. He had a high word of praise for the State Government's Health schemes and stressed the importance of being linked only to Health care providers under the NABH entry level program/ NABH accredited hospitals to ensure quality of Medicare and service. The event witnessed honouring of Dr Mala Raj, Managing Director of FIRM Hospitals, for being the First Hospital in Chennai to be Accredited under the NABH Entry Level Standards. While Col Rajeev Mannali, Narayani Hospital, Dr V. Thiagarajan, BM Hospital, Ms Gayatri Sandeep, Seethapathi Hospital, shared their experiences in implementing the NABH Entry Level Standards, Mr C.S.Ramakrishnan, Chief Operating Officer, Mr Suresh Shenoy, Vice President, ACME Consulting spoke elaborately on the NABH Entry Level Standards & Implementation steps and AHPI'S Accreditation Assistance Program. Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya Dr. SS Badrinath, wished the program great success and congratulated the participants who evinced keen interest to join the Entry level program of NABH. 6 THE SANKARA NETHRALAYA ACADEMY (Unit of Medical Research Foundation) No.9, Vanagaram – Road, Ayanambakkam, Chennai – 600 095. Ph: 044 – 49086000 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.thesnacademy.ac.in

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Sankara Nethralaya - Main Campus Old No.18, New No.41, College Road, Chennai - 600 006. Ph: 044-2827 1616, 4227 1500 Jagadguru Kanchi Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Nethra Nilayam 21, Pycrofts Garden Road, Chennai - 600 006. Ph: 044-2827 1616, 4227 1500 1. One time on a designated date Elite School of Optometry & C.U. Shah Sankara Nethralaya Single Cataract Surgery Rs. 3,750 Dr. V. G. Appukutty Campus,No.8, GST Road, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai - 600 016. Ph: 044-2234 9269 (ESO) / 044-2234 6022, 2234 4474 Single Major Surgery such as Retina, Glaucoma Rs. 10,000 Navasuja Sankara Nethralaya No.73, VenkataKrishna Iyer Road, , Chennai - 600028. 2. Single day free service Ph: 044-2461 1273, 2495 1717 40 Surgeries per day Rs.1,50,000 Smt. T.K. Lakshmi Ammal and Smt. T.K. Alamelu Ammal Sankara Nethralaya 3. Year after year on a designated date No. 39,1st Main Road, East , Chennai - 600030. Ph: 044-2664 1913 Single Free Cataract Surgery Rs.40,000 Jaslok Community Ophthalmic Centre Single major Surgery (Retina, Glaucoma) Rs.1,50,000 38/159 Sri Rama Building, Greams Road, Chennai - 600 006 Ph: 044-28271616/ 42271500 4. Tele-ophthalmology Sankara Nethralaya Rameshwaram A single day screening R S Falor Hospital, 45 West Street, -623526. Ph: 04573-222004 of 200 rural poor for vision care Rs.15,000 Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya, No.147, Barakhola, Mukundapur, E M Bypass, (Near Santhoshpur) 5. Corpus Fund Ph: 033-4401 3000, 4401 3001, 4401 3002 For Community outreach program Any amount Sankara Nethralaya RSM Square 10, Raja Subodh Mallik Square, Kolkata - 700 013. Ph:033-64991196/ 97/98 Donations are exempt under Section 80G and 35AC Sankara Nethralaya Lasik Centre No.41, AJC Bose Road, Diamond Prestige Complex, Kolkata - 700 014 For more details, contact Ph:033-65461201/02, 64991200 Mr. S Alagiri, Sankara Nethralaya Deputy General Manager, Resource Mobilization 305, North, 2nd Street, Sector 3, Sri City, Vardhiapalem Mandal Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 517 541. Ph: 08576 308600 Sankara Nethralaya e-mail: [email protected] Sri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya (Tirupathi) Ph: 044-28202448, 044-28271616 (extn - 1438) TTD Central Hospital, K.T.Road (Near TTD Administration Bldg.) Tirupathi - 517 501. Ph : 0877-2264703 Websites : www.sankaranethralaya.org, You may kindly send your comments to www.supportsankaranethralaya.org, [email protected] or [email protected] www.omlog.org, www.omtrust.org Soliciting your Support Sankara Nethralaya your cherished institution needs your direct support and assistance through your valuable friends and contacts to fulfill its eye care initiatives at Chennai and Kolkata which would be two giant steps in its journey towards a blindness free world. Donations to Medical Research Foundation are 50% tax exempt under Section 80G and 100% under Section 35AC of the Income Tax Act. Donations to Vision Research Foundation are 175% exempt under Section Image of A.Sivasailam Block, Chennai 35(I) (ii) of the Income Tax Act. Image of Rajar Haat project, Kolkata Insight- A passion for compassion Tamil Read a great book, fulfill a greater cause! New Year We seek your kind patronage for 'Insight' the poignant narration of Sankara Nethralaya's growth to a world class Greetings humanitarian eye care institution and success of a social April 14, 2016 enterprise by noted biographers Shri. George Skarias, Shri. VV.Ranganathan and Ms Meera Prasad, with interesting inputs from eminent personalities. 'Insight' Happy Holi Go Green... is a most enjoyable and informative book and a Save Trees wonderful gifting option for all age groups and Join our initiative... occasions. Entire sales proceeds go towards providing Subscribe for a soft copy cost free eye care to the poor and needy. Please pick your copy of this of Eyelights. Reach us at great literary work of compassion at the SN main centre, March 24, 2016 Higginbotham's and Rasi Silk emporiums at Anna Nagar, [email protected] and .

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