Inaugurations

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Sankara Nethralaya
Journey through 30 years
(September 6, 1978 - Present)
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BLINDNESS IN THE WORLD

• Every 5 seconds one person in our world goes
  blind every minute one child goes blind
• 37 million people in the world are blind 75
  million people will be blind by 2020 (if trends
  continue)
• 124 Million people are visually impaired
• 153 Million uncorrected refractive errors
• 90 of the worlds blind live in developing
  countries

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BLINDNESS IN INDIA

• 9 million - Single largest share of the worlds
  blind nearly one out of every four blind
  persons is an Indian
• 75 of the blindness is avoidable can be treated
• Our Mission for Vision provide world-class care
  to the blind vision-impaired without any
  consideration for their ability to pay.

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The Genesis

• On the command of His Holiness of Kanchi
  Kamakoti Peetam, Dr S S Badrinath along with a
  group of philanthropists founded Sankara
  Nethralaya on 6th September 1978 in Chennai

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Objectives
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Infrastructure
the brick and mortar build up
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The Humble Beginning
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Elite School of Optometry
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Ramanatha Iyer Block
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C U Shah Rural Eye Hospital
Located at St. Thomas Mount a suburb of Chennai
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Mahyco Block
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Jagadguru Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Chandrasekharendra
Saraswati Nethra Nilayam
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Sankara Nethralaya- Bangalore
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Navasuja Sankara Nethralaya Branch Mylapore,
Chennai
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Sankara Nethralaya Super Specialty Clinic and VRF
Referral Laboratory
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Sankara Nethralaya- Kolkata
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Sankara Nethralaya - Rameshwaram
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The Manpower Build Up
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• 89 Ophthalmologists
• 24 Anesthetists
• 12 Basic scientists
• 10 Physicians
• 120 Optometrists
• 1000 Employees

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Ophthalmic Subspecialties

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Support Ancillary Services

• Optometry
• Ophthalmic Photography
• Administration
• Bio-Statistics
• Clinical Laboratory
• Eye Bank

• Biomedical Engineering
• Medical Records
• Nursing
• IT Systems
• Patient Services
• House-keeping

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Growth in Patient Care
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Reaching The Community
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Free Service- Jaslok Community Ophthalmic Centre
Exclusive Facility for Community Ophthalmology.
All services including transportation, boarding,
lodging and surgery are performed free of all
charges.
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Tele-ophthalmology
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Tele-ophthalmology
Eye care on wheels. Novel concept introduced by
Sankara Nethralaya to reach out to the rural
masses using modern technology.
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Tele-ophthalmology
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Mobile Glass Dispensing Van
Van equipped with ophthalmic glasses dispensing
equipment. Glasses made and given free or at
cost to the rural patient within half an hour of
examination.
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Associations and Friendships We Cherish
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Visit of Bhagwan Shri Sathya Sai Baba
January 2007 Bhagwan Shri Sathya Sai Baba
visits our hospital, tours the entire facility
and blesses all. August 2007 - Bhagawan Baba
inagurates tele-ophthalmology link between Parti
SSH SN
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Bharat Ratna Smt. M S Subbulakshmi
Supported SN from its inception to her demise.
Her voice helped raise Crores for
Nethralaya. Both MS Amma and Sri. Sadhasivam were
cornea donors
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Sri. Manohar Devadoss and Smt. Mahema Devadoss
Sri. Manohar Devadoss is a visually challenged
well wisher of Sankara Nethralaya. He has
generously donated his art to help our cause.
All the greeting cards used by Sankara
Nethralaya designed by Sri. Devadoss.
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Sri Nani Palkhivala Eminent Jurist, Former
Ambassador to the US
The Best Managed Charitable Organisation in
India Nargesh Nani Palkhivala bequeathed a
substantial portion of their estate to Sankara
Nethralaya.
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Dr. V.G. Appukutty was one of the pillars of
Sankara Nethralaya the hospital and the Elite
School of Optometry are functioning in property
donated by his family.
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Moments We Cherish
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Bharat Ratna President Sri A P J Abdul Kalam
Today morning I entered the Temple of the Eye.
This mission is Gods mission. The country
salutes Sankara Nethralaya.
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Prince Carlos of Spain
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Sri Rajiv GandhiFormer Prime Minister
A FEW OTHER NOTABLE VISITORS
Dr Kalaignar Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of
Tamilnadu
Sri L K AdvaniFormer Union Home Minister
Sri P Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister
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Collaborations(Patient Care)
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• Lions Club
• Performing Free Cataract Surgeries
• Diabetic Retinopathy Project
• Tulsi Trust
• Performing Free Cataract Surgeries
• Sri Satya Sai Trust
• Performing Free Cataract Surgeries
• Ratan Tata Foundation
• Corpus Fund Support
• World Diabetic Foundation
• Diabetic Retinopathy Project
• M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation
• Teleophthalmology

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MOU with Mauritius government
July 2008 Government of Mauritius signs an MOU
with Sankara Nethralaya to open a branch in
Mauritius.
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Collaborations(Research)
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• Chennai Wellingdon Corporate Foundation
• Chennai Glaucoma Epidemiological Study
• Jamshedji Tata Foundation
• Diabetic Retinopathy Study

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• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Indian Institute of Science
• Institute for Life Sciences
• Indian Institute of Technology
• Anna University
• Sastra University

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• Alcon Laboratories
• Indo US Collaborative Research
• University of Missouri, Colombia
• Deakin University, Australia
• University of California, San Francisco
• University of California, LA
• University of Texas, Houston
• Mebiol Inc, Japan

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Examples of Our Indo-US Collaboration
Inauguration of the Global Pseudo Xanthoma
Elasticum Foundation and Collaboration for Nano
Medicine with the University of Missouri
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Quality is Everything
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FIRST IN INDIA ISO 9002 Certification for
Quality Systems 1998
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NABL Accreditation of the Laboratory Facilities
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Consistently Rated Among the Finest Best of
India
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Recognition of SN as a Business Superbrand Award
Presented by Shri L K Advani in 2008
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Teach Others and in the Process Teach Yourself
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Number Of Persons Trained in Ophthalmology (1978
Present)

• Diploma in Ophthalmology - 73
• Diplomate of National Board - 107
• Ratan Tata Fellowship in Cataract Surgery - 320

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No. of persons trained in various advanced
fellowship training programmes 1978 till Present
General Ophthalmology -110 Vitreo Retinal
-238 Medical Retina -20 Orbis Pediatric
Ophthalmology -16
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Number of persons trained in Optometry and
Paramedical subjects from 1978 - Present

• BS Optometry -346
• M Phil Optometry -26
• MS MLT -64
• BSOA -24
• Orbis Pediatric Optometry -36
• Orbis Pediatric Nursing -22

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Publications
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604 peer-reviewed publications

• Articles published in International and National
  Journals by Sankara Nethralaya Consultants.
• Over 30 of all publications from India on
  Ophthalmology emanate from Sankara Nethralaya

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Definitive Reference Texts Authored by SN
Consultants
Books Published by Sankara Nethralaya
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Research at Nethralaya
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• Clinical research
• Operational
• Drug trials
• Basic science research
• Microbiology
• Genetics
• Pathology
• Biochemistry

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Kamalnayan Bajaj Institute for Research in Vision
and Ophthalmology

• Quantum leap in our competence to perform quality
  research
• CGMP facility
• Focus on research in
• Stem cells
• Molecular biology and Gene therapy
• Proteomics
• Nano medicine

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In sum, through our first 30 years we have

• Pursued the objectives with which we started the
  institute
• Expanded the facilities multifold
• Sustained growth in all fronts
• Updated our equipment regularly
• Kept abreast of recent developments
• Created some new developments
• Trained an army of health care professionals

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Guiding principles

• Patient care is the most important
• Quality is everything
• Zero tolerance no compromising on quality,
  ethics, patient care

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Thank You