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MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS2014 - 2015

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1. To consider and adopt the Annual report of the Foundation for the year 2014-15.

2. To consider and adopt the Audited Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended

March 31, 2015 and the Balance Sheet as at that date together with the Report of the

Auditors thereon.

3. To appoint Auditors and to fix their remuneration for the year ending 31st March 2016.

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


To

The Members of the Medical Research Foundation 1st September 2015

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION THAT

THE 37TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE FOUNDATION WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, THE

25th SEPTEMBER 2015 AT 4.30 P.M. AT BOARD ROOM, 2ND FLOOR, KAMALNAYAN BAJAJ

RESEARCH CENTRE BLOCK, NEW NO 41, OLD NO 18, COLLEGE ROAD, CHENNAI 600 006.

AGENDA

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. Mr. S. Venkitaramanan Honorary Member

5. Dr. Prema Padmanabhan Honorary Member

6. Dr. B. R. Barwale Patron Member

7. Ms. Rajashree Birla Patron Member

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Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

G.RAMACHANDRAN

Honorary Secretary

Encl: 1. Explanatory statement for Item 4 of the Agenda 2. Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2015

5. To elect Members to the Board of Management in the existing vacancy.


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Their term of appointment expires in September 2015. As per 11(v) of the Bye-laws of the

Foundation read with Section 15(5) of the Tamil Nadu 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) Dr. B. R. Barwale being the nominee member of the M/s

Jamwadi Investment Trading Private Limited and Ms. Rajashree Birla being the nominee

member of the M/s Essel Mining is automatically entitled to be re-elected on completion of

three years.

Explanatory statement for Item 4 of the Agenda

G.RAMACHANDRAN

Honorary Secretary

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SANKARA NETHRALAYA

MISSION STATEMENT QUALITY OBJECTIVES

The mission of Sankara Nethralaya is to

provide Total Eye-care solutions of highest

standards to all sections of community

through a team of competent, committed and

compassionate professionals in a patient-

friendly environment.

Sankara Nethralaya is also committed to

create a CENTRE of Excellence for ophthalmic

professionals for continuously updating their

knowledge through Education, Training, and

carrying innovative India centric Research to

benefit the entire ophthalmic community.

In all our undertakings we will be guided by

the underlying philosophy of Sankara

Nethralaya.

To maintain the quality of ophthalmic

se r v i ce s i n acco rdance w i th

international standards.

Effective utilization of infrastructure

facilities including manpower.

To ensure continued patients '

satisfaction.

To ensure high level of staff satisfaction

and motivation.

PHILOSOPHY QUALITY POLICY

Let the word Sankara of Sankara Nethralaya

ever remind me and my associates His

Holiness' command that there be a missionary

Spirit in the project.

Let the word Nethralaya constantly remind

me and my colleagues that the place of our

work is an Alaya. Work will be our Worship

which we shall do with sincerity, dedication

and utmost Love.

We pledge to meet the patients' requirements

by offering expert ophthalmic care with

compass ion th rough a commit ted

professional team.

We commit to achieve quality services

through the Quality Management System

while complying with all applicable

regulatory requirements.

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BOARD OF MANAGEMENT 2014 - 2015

President Dr. S. S. Badrinath

Honorary Secretary Mr. G. Ramachandran

Honorary Treasurer Mr. N. Sugalchand Jain

Other Members of the Board

1. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mehta Member

2. Dr Barwale. B. R Member

3. Mr. Govind.V Member

4. Mr. Jagdish M Chanrai Member

5. Dr. Lingam Gopal Member

6. Mrs. Mallika Srinivasan Member

7. Mr. Mani. S. Subramonian Member

8. Mrs. Nina B.H. Kothari Member

9. Mr. Parekh R. C Member

10. Ms. Prabhavathy Seethapathy Member

11. Dr. Pramod Bhende Member

12. Dr. Prema Padmanabhan Member

13. Mr. Ramakrishna. C Member

14. Dr. Ramaswamy M. A. M Member

15. Mr. Rajaratnam. S Member

16. Ms. Rajashree Birla Member

17. Mr. Raju Barwale Member

18. Mr. N. Ranganatha Gupta Member

19. Mr. Renganath N D J Member

20. Dr. Surendran. T. S Member

21. Dr. Saravanan. M Member

22. Mr. Surendra M. Mehta Member

23. Mr. Taraporevala B S Member

24. Ms. Usha Zehr Barwale Member

25. Mr. Vaidyanathan .V Member

26. Dr. Vasan. K S Member

27. Mr. Venkitaramanan. S Member

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Managing Director : Dr. K. S. Vasan

Senior General Manager : 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.

Main Hospital

Jagadguru Kanchi Sri Chandrasekarendra

Saraswathi Nethra Nilayam

Dr. V. G. Appukutty Campus,

Elite School of Optometry &

C.U. Shah Sankara Nethralaya

Navasuja Sankara Nethralaya

Jaslok Community Ophthalmic Centre

Smt. T. K. Lakshmi Ammal and Smt. T.K.

Alamelu Ammal Sankara Nethralaya

Medical Record Office of Sankara Nethralaya

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy -

Vanagaram

Sankara Nethralaya Rameshwaram

Old No.18, New No.41, College Road, Chennai-600006.

21, Pycrofts Garden Road, Chennai 600 006.

No.8, GST Road, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai 600 016.

No.73, VenkataKrishna Iyer Road, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai 600028.

138, Rama Building ,Greams Road, Chennai 600 006.

New No 39. Old no. 19, 1st Main Road,

East Shenoy Nagar, Chennai 600 030.

No 9, Vanagaram Road, Ayanambakkam, Chennai 600 095.

No 9, Vanagaram Road, Ayanambakkam, Chennai 600 095.

R S Falor Hospital, 45 West Street, Rameswaram 623526.

Locations of Sankara Nethralaya:

Sri Srinivasa Sankara Nethralaya

Sri City Sankara Nethralaya

Central Hospital, K.T. Road (Near TTD Administration Bldg.) Tirupathi 517 501.

(A Unit of Medical Research Foundation, Chennai)

Sri City Medical Care Center,305,

North, 2nd street, Sector3,Sri City, Varadaiahpalem Mandal, Chittoor Dist, AP - 517541.

Tamil Nadu

Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya

Sankara Nethralaya RSM Square

No.147, Barakhola, Mukundapur, E M Bypass, (Near

Santhoshpur Connector Kolkata - 700 099.

No.10, Raja Subodh Mallik SquareKolkata - 700013

Andra Pradesh

West Bengal

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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2014-15

I have great pleasure in presenting the 37th Annual Report of the Medical Research Foundation.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

The financial performance of the Foundation for the year 2014-15 is summarized below:

The Hospital Collection this year was higher by Rs.1280 lakhs compared to 2013-2014 with an

increase of 10%. After meeting all the expenses including depreciation Net Income over

Expenditure was Rs.1028 lakhs compared to the Net Income over Expenditure of Rs.545 lakhs of

2013-14.

Description 201 -14 5 2013-14

INCOME

Hospital Collections 14460 13180

Grants and Other Income 1707 803

Total Income 16167 13983

EXPENDITURE 14023 12349

Surplus before Depreciation 2144 1634

Depreciation 1116 1149

Net Surplus/Deficit 1028 545

Net Surplus 1028 545

(Rs in Lakhs)

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Donations Donations received during the year amounted to Rs.1945 lakhs. The corresponding figures for

2013-14 were Rs.1377 lakhs. Out of total Donations, donation received towards corpus during the

year amounted to Rs147 lakhs, towards projects A Sivasilam Block Rs.350 lakhs and other donations

during the year amounted to Rs.1448 lakhs.

Fixed AssetsAdditions amount to Rs.245 lakhs which Equipments for updating of technology and replacements.

Rs.1654 lakhs spent towards new project in SN Chennai and SN Kolkata. Rs.671 lakhs invested in

land at Esoor.

InvestmentsCorpus fund Investments in RBI Bonds and Fixed Deposits as at 31st March 2015 is Rs.3732 lakhs

compared to Rs. 3470 lakhs as at 31st March 2014.

(Rs in Lakhs)CASH FLOW

Description 201 -14 5 2013-14

Source

Cash flow from operations 2144 1634

Donations 1945 1377

ICICI Term Loan (TI-Project) 3500

Increase / Decrease In Current Liabilities 117 (119)

Total Sources 4206 6392

Investment - Capital expenditure 245 528

Investment - Project (SNC&SNK) 1654 4275

Investment - Esoor Land 671Deferred credit towards Capex 170 212

Investment - RBI Bonds 147 220

Investment - Fixed Deposits 1638 1035

Increase/Decrease in Current Asset (319) 122

Total Applications 4206 6392

Applications

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OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

YEAR 2014-15

OUTPATIENT CONSULTATION 651423 612820

MAJOR OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE 90662 86063

SURGICAL PROCEDURE 52935 49474

2013-14

DESCRIPTION NUMBERS

Treatment of Poor PatientsThe number of free surgeries this year was 18531 against 16950 in 2013-14. Number of free surgeries as a percentage of total surgeries done was 35% in 2014-15 compared to 34% in 2013-14. The revenue foregone through free services and waiver / concessions amounts to Rs.2937 lakhs. Last year the corresponding amount was Rs.2872 lakhs.

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CU SHAH EYE BANK The Details of Corneal Transplant services are as follows,

1. Total No. of eyes Collected during the period (April - March 2015) : 1262 No's

2. Total No. of Corneal Transplant surgeries performed during the period ( April - March 2015): 620 No's

3. Amount Received from Reliance Dhristi Project for the period (April - March 2015): Rs. 5,10,000 (Rs. Five Lakh and Ten Thousand only)

PRABHA ENDOWMENT

Ms. Prabha, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of M/s PetroStar Corporation LLC,had donated Rs 50 lakhs last year to create a Corpus for treatment of patients suffering from Ocular surface Disease. This corpus fund is being maintained as a separate fund named as “Prabha Endowment Fund.”This year 18 patients have been benefited through this endowment and an amount of Rs 5.00 lakhs has been utilised towards treatment costs for the said patients.

QUALITY INITIATIVES

NABH Re-certification Audit for Sankara Nethralaya was completed in Jan'15 and we have received the Re-Certification for SN Main and its valid till Feb'18

The Final Assessment for C U SHAH SANKARA NETHRALAYA is expected in the month of Sep'15.

NABH Surveillance Audit for JKCN campus is expected in the month of Oct'15

The feedback from patients is taken as an ongoing process by the Executives of Quality Management Department and lot of improvements have been done based on this. As one of the improvement an executive from PR Department visits all inpatients everyday and checks for their comfort and requirements during their stay. It is ensured now that those improvement points that could be taken up are done on the same day before patient leaves the hospital.

IT & Systems

IT is now a strategic part of the SN operations. Various initiatives had been launched to maximize the impact of IT for day to day operations and also for improved patient care.

1. Newer modules had been developed to support MESU and Telemedicine.

2. Billing services now include patients covered under CGHS

3. Intelligent alerts built to track for special precaution patients to enable relevant support for surgery scheduling and related services

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

Members from NABH in an evaluation exercise

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FUND RAISING ACTIVITIESYoung Indian American sibling's enthralling vocal concert takes compassion to “Lofty Heights”

Siblings Sriranjani and Nachiketan share a proud moment and joy of giving with Dr. SS.Badrinath

The Srinivasans namely Shri Kumar Srinivasan a senior pharma professional and Srimathi Bhuvana Srinivasan a software programmer, settled for long in the Philadelphia area are great connoisseurs of Carnatic music, another common passion that the couple share is their empathy to Sankara Nethralaya's cause and philosophy. Their common passion and empathy seemed to have had a positive impact on their daughter Sriranjani and son Nachikethan Vivek and the young siblings decided that their Vocal Arangetram to be held in India would be dedicated to Sankara Nethralaya's noble cause of eradicating blindness and providing the light of life to the visually impaired.

The vocal Arangetram of Sriranjani and Nachikethan, sishyas of Smt. Kiranavali Vidyasankar the renowned vocalist and initiator of “Lofty heights” was held under the auspices of Vidwan Srimushanam Sri Raja Rao and Cleveland Sri V.V. Sundaram at the Music Academy Mini hall, Chennai. Handbills on the program exhibited prominently in the venue making an earnest appeal to the audience to donate towards the cause of providing cost free eye care to indigent patients by Sankara Nethralaya had a spontaneous effect and raised a handsome amount as donation.

Highly touched by the thoughtful gesture of a young girl barely in her teens and her bubbly younger brother, Dr. S S.Badrinath met the Srinivasans where a beaming and jubilant Sriranjani handed over the proceeds collected at the Arangetram directly to him.

4. Automated alerts through SMS for patients for various transactions and activities from HMS/ EMR

5. Enabling patients to fill up personal details online for faster admission process

6. Sustained enhancements to EMR to improve ease of use and functional enhancements.

7. Enhancements to reporting capabilities for improved decision making

From a IT infrastructure perspective continued to modernize the solution architecture which enables and guarantees better security & predictability of our digital assets.

The implementation of Ophthalmic EMR has been well accepted across the country. With new implementations at Lotus Eye Hospital and additions to Eye Q Hospitals now the total installations across the country is at 102 and many of them are the tier 2 and tier 3 towns / locations, which speaks volumes of the maturity of the processes and its universal acceptability across the users.

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While Chennai patnam cheerfully celebrated its 375th glorious year, the annual Terry Fox run at IIT

Madras campus on Sunday, 24th Aug 2014 witnessed a gathering of over 25000 vivacious Chennaites,

men, women and children expressing their solidarity '' to spread awareness on Cancer'' by

participating in the ''Marathon of Hope'', as espoused by Terrance Stanley Fox popularly known as

“Terry Fox”, a humanitarian, cancer research activist and a Canadian athlete, whose noble

initiative was brought to Chennai by young Akash Dubey another champion in the battle against

cancer who unfortunately fell victim to it.

The event organized by the Rotary Club of Madras East at the IIT Madras, was flagged off inside the

sprawling green campus by Dr.SS Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya, Lt.Col. Jasbir

Singh and IIT-M Director Dr.Bhaskar Ramamurthi.

Addressing the participants Dr.SS Badrinath observed that research and study on cancer assumed

paramount importance in the interest of the Nation and is a noble way of giving back to society.

Posters and banners put up by Sankara Nethralaya sent clear messages on Retinoblastoma a cancer

of the eye, a sight debilitating ailment occurring largely in children and the research activities of

the Vision Research Foundation, to prevent and treat it, all along the 6 km stretch.The impressive event came to a close, with its donations earmarked for Sankara Nethralaya's

cancer research activities.

Chennaites spread 'Cancer awareness' through the 'Marathon of Hope'

The Terry Fox Run draws a large enthusiastic participation at the IIT-Madras

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‘Nritya Kadambam' a mesmerizing dance festival held at Atlanta

Organizers and participants of 'Nritya Kadambam' a mesmerizing dance festival held at Atlanta

Sankara Nethralaya Ophthalmic Mission Trust (SN OM Trust), in an effort to raise funds for the India

based non- profitable eye institute Sankara Nethralaya, conducted a mesmerizing Dance Festival

in Atlanta, on November 16th, 2014, featuring Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi styles at Atlanta's

famous Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center.

Dr. Ravi Sarma welcomed the donors and talked briefly about Sankara Nethralaya and the great eye

care services provided by them in India. Dr. Seshu Sarma introduced the Dance Ballet and

welcomed the audience to dance ballet.

SN OM Trust has collected more than 52,000 dollars worth of donation for this noble organization in

a single event.

Sankara Nethralaya confers high honours on its 36th Foundation Day

The Temple of the Eye entered its 37th year of service to humanity with great pride and joy on the

6th of September 2014, the day marked the conferring of the Sankara Ratna and Smt M.S.

Subbulakshmi awards to the great people who have shared its dream, supported its cause and

celebrated its achievements.

Sankara Ratna award was conferred to Shri V.V.Ranganathan by Shri Bharath Joshi, British Deputy

High Commissioner at Chennai and the Srimathi M.S. Subbulakshmi Award to Shri S.Rajarathinam


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and Shri K.S.Jayaraman, Directors, Autotech Industries and long time friends and supporters of

Sankara Nethralaya by renowned vocalist Srimathi Bombay Jayashri. Delivering the acceptance

speech Shri V.V.Ranganathan recalled that Dr SS.Badrinath gave the go ahead for his work 'Insight'

only after repeated entreaties that it would be a story on Sankara Nethralaya and the people who

helped in bringing it to its glorious stature. Delivering their acceptance speech, Shri Jayaraman

and Shri Rajarathinam expressed their joy at being conferred with the award for their services to

an institution which they adored. The day witnessed the inauguration of the baccalaureate in

ophthalmic dispensing by the Chief Guest Shri Bharath Joshi.

“Sankara Ratna” awardee Sri.V.V.Ranganathan, “M.S.Subbulakshmi” awardees Sri. Raja Rathinam and

Sri Jayaraman, Auto Tech Industries, along with Shri Bharath Joshi, British Deputy High Commissioner,

renowned vocalist 'Bombay' Jayashri,Dr.SS Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaha

Sankara Nethralaya and the Bharathi Medical & Research Foundation help to bring the light of vision to the home town of India's visionary poet

A vision restored patient expresses his gratitude at the Ettayapuram MESU camp

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.

HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTThe Employee's strength as on 31st March 2015 was 1225 (31st March 2014 1159)

Particulars As on .03.2015

Consultants * 103

Executives & Optometrists 347

Staff 709

TOTAL 1159

31 As on 31.03.2014

116

389

720

1225

*Includes Ophthalmologists, Physicians and Anesthetists


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Little Bharathiars celebrating the 132nd anniversary of the revolutionary poet

Sankara Nethralaya joined hands with the

Bharathi Medical & Research Foundation,

Mumbai to conduct an eye screening/surgical

camp at Ettayapuram the birthplace of

Mahakavi Bharathiar in celebration of the

132nd birth anniversary of the revolutionary

freedom fighter. The eye surgery camp was

conducted through the most advanced “Mobile

Eye Surgical Unit” (MESU) the operation

theatre on wheels. The 11th of December the

poet's birthday started with the screening of a movie and playing of Shrimathi MS.Subbulakshmi

Amma's inspiring songs on him, followed by a reverential procession of the 'Chikku Palagai' or the

book rest used by the great poet by Dr. SS.Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus and Dr.Vasanthi Badrinath

to the S.M.AVUDIYAMMAL THIRUMANA MADAPAM the venue of the proceedings. The palagai was

honoured with flower petals. Chief Guest at the function Dr S.Natarajan, Founder & CEO of Aditya

Jyot Hospital, Mumbai gave a spirited speech recalling the greatness of the poet. Speaking on the

occasion a visibly moved Dr SS.Badrinath, recalled the evergreen lines of the poet's immortal song,

“Nalladhor Veenai” or “a well tuned Veena” which produces mellifluous tunes, underlying that

their talents and skills should be channelized in a proper manner.

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Shri P. Krishnamoorthi receives the 'Man of the Year' award from Swami Vimurthananda

Mr. Krishna Moorthy P of Bio-Medical and Ms. Sreedevi C G of the SN Academy were adjudged the Man and Woman of year 2014.

C.G. Sreedevi receives the 'Woman of the year' award from Swami Vimurthananda

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Patient Relations department was adjudged the Best Department of Sankara Nethralaya for the

year 2014. SN Kolkata team was chosen for a special award of recognition for the team's

exceptional performance in the year 2014. Employee Satisfaction Surveys were conducted to

understand employee morale and job satisfaction levels across all departments of SN.

Academically brilliant children of our employees were awarded merit awards on Republic Day

occasion to further motivate them. To engage employees, Sankara Nethralaya organized the 19th

in-House Cricket match for Dipankar Chatterjee cup which saw huge participation from the

employees' side.

Jubilant winners of the 'Dipankar Chatterjee Cup'

Jubilant winners of the 'Dipankar Chatterjee Cup'

The Slow and steady winners of the 'Slow Walking Race' at the annual sports day

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 great fervor and to

mark their special day, chocolates were distributed to all the doctors at SN.

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Awards and Recognition to our President & Chairman Emeritus Dr. S. S. Badrinath

Dr SS.Badrinath receives the “Outstanding Institution Builder” award by All India Management Association (AIMA) from Shri Rajnath Singh

Sankara Nethralaya's service at Tirupati 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 Devastanam (TTD). This centre has screened more

than 10950 new patients and has performed 2210 cataract surgeries during the financial year 2014 -

15. (FY 2013 -14: 8825 new patients and 1505 surgeries). The Tulsi 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.

ABOUT OTHER CENTRES OF SANKARA NETHRALAYA

1. Project at Rajarhat, Kolkata: Construction work at our Rajarhat project is going at rapid pace and we expect the building to

be complete in all aspects by November 2015 and expected to be fully operational from

December 2015. We hope with this additional facility in place, we would be able to meet the

ever growing demand for our services in the eastern region.

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2. Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata:Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya has more strides in reaching out the remotest corners of West

Bengal through its community outreach programs and the team at ABSN is putting their best to

meet the ever growing demand for our services.

3. Sankara Nethralaya, Rameshwaram: The Sankara Nethralaya Rameshwaram started primarily to cater to the very low income

groups has screened more than 3680 new patients and 310 cataract surgeries have been

performed during the financial year 2014-15. (FY 2013-14: 3200 new patients and 312

Surgeries).

4. Sankara Nethralaya, Sricity: Sankara Nethralaya has reached its milestone when it opened its branch at Sricity, and

integrated business township situated 65 KM North of Chennai on the Kolkata National

Highway. This center was formally opened on the auspicious day of Tamil New Year (14th April

2013). This center has provided services to more than 4950 patients and has performed more

than 240 cataract surgeries during the financial year 2014-15.

Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities

In FY 2014-15, Govt. of India made CSR activity as mandatory for corporates.

Sankara Nethralaya approached nearly 160 corporates for funding support to implement various

CSR projects.

In addition 562 members of Hindustan chamber of commerce and 25 members of Indo-American

chamber of commerce were also sent email appeals.

The appeal for CSR support was sent and a follow-up was made with a personal meeting. The

personal meeting with the corporate HRs helped us in creating an awareness among them about the

eligibility of Sankara Nethralaya, as a registered society, to implement CSR projects through our

community services.

We succeeded with:

1. GSK pharmaceuticals, Mumbai – Rs.33 lakhs for education support in TSNA for 15 diploma

students(for 2014-15&2015-16) and 15 degree students (for 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17) of

indigent background.

2. Mahindra World City,Chennai —7.5 lakhs (for MESU-6.45 lakhs & ESO school screening - 1.05

lakhs.)

3. Kuehne+Nagel Pvt. Ltd, Chennai – Rs. 6.6 lakhs (for MESU)

4. Sri Sai Trust – will support the cataract surgeries for 240 patients for one year commencing

from April 2015 – March 2016. at Rs 2500


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5. Kansai Nerolac – Rs 50 lakhs towards Free Eye Surgeries and running of the hospital

6. Titan – One time grant of Rs 50 lakhs towards supporting the Eye care for the underprivileged

and building skills towards treatment of Eye related problems.

7. Trent – Rs 15 lakhs for supporting community work of Sankara Nethralaya

8. ITC Ltd – Rs 25 lakhs – Corpus fund

9. Voltas Ltd – Rs 50 lakhs for Community service and Rs 50 lakhs for one operation theatre in the

new Community Ophthalmology Centre at Chennai

10. Nihchal H. Israni – Rs 25 lakhs for free cataract surgeries of poor and needy patients.

During FY 2014-15, many corporates were not clear about the mandatory CSR requirements and

often confused with classical CSR which was practiced as philanthropic donations.

However large size corporate confined CSR activities to their internal charity foundation. Many

corporate preferred CSR activities in local areas. Some corporate expected a reciprocal gesture

such as free eye screening for their employees. Some corporate preferred to carry out CSR with

stake-holders (with a reciprocal business motive).

For FY 2015-16 follow up emails were sent for 96 companies. Separate appeals were sent by email

to CAs requesting to refer their clients to us.

In FY 2015-16, corporate like India Bulls(Mumbai), BHEL(Chennai), TVS Sundram

Fasteners(Chennai), Crompton greaves Ltd.(Chennai), LNV technology Pvt Ltd.(Chennai), Sun

Pharma (Madhurantagam) have contacted us expressing their desire to do CSR projects through us.

While a follow-up is continued, new approaches were also being made.

CONCLUSIONSankara Nethralaya once again reinforced its position as a premier institution delivering quality

eye care. As emphasized by the Founder Visionary, Dr. S S Badrinath, Nethralaya is growing on all

the 4 focus areas of Ophthalmic Care, Free Treatment to poor patients and Teaching, Training and

Fundamental Research. The performance is continuously improving with the passing years. The

emphasis on Research and Tertiary Care is on the increase. The year saw unprecedented activities

of building two state of the art hospital facilities – Shri A Sivasailam Block at the Pycrofts garden in

Chennai and the first of the four blocks at RajarHat at Kolkata. In due course of time the 4 patents

granted to VRF, our Sister Organisation will generate income, justifying the resource spent on the

research. Collaborative research in other large research organizations in India and abroad have

also been concluded.

The SN Academy will play a significant role in the coming years and will turn out significant number

of qualified personnel in the cause of Eye Care Delivery System in addition to being a revenue

earner for Sankara Nethralaya.


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Threats & ConcernsThe achievements and the operational highlights have been listed in the previous section of this

report. While the Institution is continuing to be a Referral Tertiary Care Centre in India, as already

reported last year, MRF has to face sustained competition in the anterior segment from several

newer entrants/chain hospitals. Our excellent facilities are not fully utilized we also upgraded the

compensation package of employees and consultants in order to avoid issues and continue the good

work. This results in increased expenditure to SN also and thus pushing up the eye care expenditure

for the patients. Sankara Nethralaya's standards of eye care delivery have been accredited with a

NABH certification and international recognition, we are managing in the face of the severe

competition and at the same time keep updating with newer equipments & techniques and

increased expend for research & training.

New Projects

RajarHat Project

The RaharHat project in the final stages of completion


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Sri A Sivasailam Block

An interior view of the Sri A.Sivasailam Block

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. The Chairman

Dr S Bhaskaran, The Vice Chairman, Dr. T S Surendran, Senior Consultants Dr.Prema Padmanabhan,

Dr. Tarun Sharma, 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

Organization.

Quality administrative support is provided by Dr. K S Vasan, ably assisted by Ms. Akila Ganesan,

Senior General Manager, Ms. Susila Girisan, DGM - Finance, Mr. V. Vaidyanathan, Board Member

continues to render his expert guidance to ensure the smooth functioning of the organization.

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. Shri M S Jayaraman, the Management Guru, is a rare

personality whose only interest in training these cadres is to make Sankara Nethralaya a better

organization.

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 starting 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

praiseworthy. 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.

Lion M. V. Raghunathan himself a very great donor , Lion G. V. Raman a great motivator, the ever

present Lion S. N. Hari Narayanan are all part of us. Lion V. Hari Narayanan was recognized with an

honour vide the “Friends of Nethralaya” function recently.

I thank them on behalf of our entire organization for their help in taking care of our indigent

patients. Mission for Vision Trust, Tulsi Trust, Shridi Sai Trust, Singhvi Trust are all committing funds

continuously, supporting the free services rendered by us.

I wish the foundation the very best with the everlasting blessings of His Holiness the Paramacharya

of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, who with his divine prophecy found a unique human being in

Dr. Badrinath to establish and successfully run this unique organization known world-over.


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G.RAMACHANDRAN

Honorary Secretary


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ACADEMICSNumber of people trained by Sankara Nethralaya in Ophthalmology so far are:

A total of 1744 Ophthalmologists trained in vision subspecialties after completion of their Post

Graduation

DO: 91

DNB: 161

B.S. Optometry: 552

M Phil Optometry: 95

MSMLT: 96

PhD (Ophthalmology:

* Microbiology, Biochemistry: 37

Genetics, Pathology and Optometry):

FRCS Edinburgh: 46

* Ph.D from BITS University – 28, The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University –5, Ph.D.

Sastra University- 2 & Deakin University, Australia - 2

Other Programs in Academics

1. In the year 2014-15, 45 Ophthalmologists completed their fellowship program in various

specialties.

2. The following graduated from the Elite School of Optometry (ESO) and Vidyasagar

Institute for Biomedical Technology and Science (VIBS) & Medical Research Foundation

DO 4

Diplomate in National Board 10

B.S Optometry 23

M.Phil Optometry 7

PhD 8

( BITS PILANI-3 SASTRA University, Thanjavur-2 & Deakin University, Australia-2 ) * ( BITS Pilani – 3 (Microbiology-1, Biochemistry-1 & Pathology-1)Sastra University, Thanjavur – 2 (Pathology-2) &Deakin University, Australia – 2 (Nano Biotechnology-2)


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VIDYASAGAR INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE (VIBS)

I Ph.D. PROGRAM:

NUMBER OF Ph. D. AWARDEES: - (July 2014 – June 2015) = 7 (BITS PILANI-3 SASTRA University, Thanjavur-2 & Deakin University, Australia-2 )

S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor External Date of Examiner Viva-Voce

Examination

1. Dr. L. Dhanurekha “Phenotypic and Dr. K. Lily Therese, Dr. Renu Dutta 16th (ID No:2010PHXF040P) Genotypic methods (Senior Professor Professor & HOD May (L & T Microbiology for Rapid Detection & HOD of L & T of Microbiology, 2015Research Centre) and Drug (First and Microbiology Lady Hardinge

Second line) Research Centre) Medical college Resistance of New DelhiTuberculosis”

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

Number of candidates obtained Ph.D from BITS, PILANI = 3

Dr. Iyer Gomathy Narayanan(ID No: 2009PHXF019P) (R.S.Mehta Jain Dept of Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Dr. V. Nalini(ID No: 2010PHXF038P)(L & T Ocular pathology, Department)

“Design & Development of small Molecule inhibitors Targeting Copper Transporter1 in Copper Mediated Angiogenesis”

“Experimental Evaluation of Molecular Targets for the Clinical management of Ocular Cancers (Retinoblastoma and Uveal Melanoma)”

2.

3.

Dr.K.N.Sulochana(Supervisor, R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Dr.S.Krishnakumar(HOD of L & T Ocular pathology, Department)

Dr. Debi. P. Sarkar Professor Dept of Biochemistry, Delhi University, Delhi.

Dr.Rama Shanker Verma, Dept. of Biotechnology, Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology,Chennai

18th May 2015

26thJune 2015

No. of Candidates obtained Ph.D from SASTRA University , Thanjavur =2

S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor Date of Viva-Voce Examination

Dr. K. Gopinath(ID No: 403/5652/2009)(L &T Ocular Pathology Department)

Role of the endocannabinoid system in retinal Muller glial innate immunity

4. Dr.Nivedita Chatterjee, Associate Professor,L &T OcularPathology Department

20th March 2015


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S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor Date of Viva-Voce Examination

Dr. Moutushy Mitra (ID No: 09-372/2009) (L &T Ocular Pathology Dept)

“To investigate the effect of Tiam (T Lymphoma invasion and metastasis suppressor) si RNA on tumor cell survival proliferation in retinoblastoma”

5. Dr. S. Krishna Kumar, Professor & HOD of L & T Ocular Pathology, Stem Cell & Nanobiotechnology Departments

13th April 2015

No. of Candidates obtained Ph.D from DEAKIN University , Australia = 2

Dr.Nithya Subramanian(ID No: 211640938) ( L &T Ocular Pathology Department)

“Molecular Insights and ligonucleotide Based Targeted Gene Therapy against Cancer”

7. Dr. S.Krishnakumar, Professor & HOD of L&T Ocular pathology Department

1.Prof.NK Ganguly from Ex. Director General ICMR, India2.Prof. Jagat Kanwar Associate Professor, Deakin University, Australia

21st April 2015

S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor ExternalExaminer

Date ofViva-Voce Examination

Dr.Jaisy Samuel (ID No: 211042535) (Nano BiotechnologyDepartment)

“Targeting the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) and apoptotic genes in extrathyroidal tumors“

6. Dr. Debi. P. Sarkar Professor Dept of Biochemistry, Delhi University, Delhi.

9th December 2014

Dr. S.Krishnakumar, Professor & HOD of L&T Ocular pathology Department

2. Ph.D Thesis submitted and awaiting Ph.D. Viva under BITS,Pilani -2 Sastra University ,Thanjavur -3 & TN Dr.MGR Medical University=1)

BITS, PILANI: (N = 2)

S.No Candidate Name Title Supervisor Date of submission

Ms.P.Ferdina Marie Sharmila(ID No:2009PHXF018P)(SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular biology

1. “Gene Mapping of Ocular Quantitative Traits”

Dr.S.Sripriya, Associate Professor (SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular biology)

24th December 2014

Ms. Vinita kumarI (ID No: 2007PHXF427)(SN ONGC Deptof Genetics & Molecular biology)

2. Association Study, Analysis for Genetic and Environmental Interactionof Variants in Candidate Genes for Inflammation (ICAM-1, CFH) and Neuroprotection (PEDF, EPO)in Type 2 Diabetic Retinopathy Patients from South India.


10th April 2015


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SASTRA UNIVERSITY, THANJAVUR : (N =3)


Ms. Sasirekha Krishnan(ID No: 09-371/2009)(Stem Cell Laboratory)

3. An approach to the current challenges and concepts in corneal / limbal Stemcell transplantation (LSCT) procedure for ocular surface reconstruction

Dr. S. Krishna Kumar, (Professor & HOD of Stem cell biology)

10th December 2012

Ms. A.R. Rajalakshmy, (ID No: PH 533)(L & T Microbiology Research Centre)

Ms.C.Sathya priya,(ID No: PH 257) (SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular biology)

4.

5.

Dr. H. N. Madhavan, (Senior Professor & Director of L & T Microbiology Research Centre)


13th April 2015

19th May 2015

“Molecular Immunology of Ocular Manifestations and Neuroinvasion of Hepatitis C Virus: Immune Response Against Virusand Viral Antigens”

"Homozygosity mapping based genetic analysis of autosomal recessive families affected by Bardet-Biedl syndrome in Indian population”

THE TAMILNADU DR. M.G.R. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI: (N=1)


Mr. M. Arun(ID No: EXII (1) 28210/2011)(R.S.Mehta Jain Dept of Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

6. Design and developmentof modulators for Lysyl oxidaser to regulate Ocular Angiogenesis


6th January 2015

II. PRE-SUBMISSION Ph.D THESIS / SYNOPSIS SUBMITTED : 8(6 - BITS PILANI , 1 – TN Dr.MGR Medical University, 1- Deakin University, Australia)


Ms.M.K. Janani(ID No: 2010PHXF041P)(L & T Microbiology Research Centre)

1. ''A Clinico - Molecular Biological and Genotypic Study onEpstein - Barr virusin Chennai Population”

Dr.J.MalathiAssociate Professor of L & T Microbiology Research Centre

5th March 2015

BITS PILANI: = 6


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Ms.Srilatha Jasty(ID No: 2008PHXF019P)(L & T Ocular Pathology Department)

Ms.Vimalin Jeyalatha(ID No: 2010PHXF444P)(L & T Microbiology Research Centre)

Ms. Shabna A. (ID No:2010PHXF443P)(L & T MicrobiologyResearch Centre)

Ms. S. Vidhya(ID No: 2010PHXF039P)(R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Ms. M. Bharath Selvi(ID No: 2009PHXF020P)(R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

“To identify and characterize the retinal stem/progenitor properties of human ir is pigment epithelial cells and ciliary epithelial cells in vitro”

“Prevention of Corneal Limbal Epithelial Cell Death during Collagen Crosslinking and the Pathogenic Mechanisms Involved in Progression of Keratoconus”

“In vitro evaluation of the scope of an indigenously produced Poly hydroxy alkanoate based co-polymerdeveloped from PseudomonasMNNG-S in cell culture and virology"

“Understanding the role of adiponectin in pdr; design and development of therapeutic molecules “

Biochemical mechanisms of Homocysteine and its role in Retinal Vascular Diseases

Dr.S.KrishnakumarProfessor & HOD of L & T Ocular pathology, Nano Biotechnology & Stem Cell Departments

Dr.J.MalathiAssociate Professor of L & T Microbiology Research Centre

Dr. H. N. Madhavan(Senior Professor & Director of L & T Microbiology Research Centre)



11th March 2015

16th March 2015

11th April 2015

12th May 2015

22nd May 2015

BITS PILANI: = 6


Mr. R. Saravanan(ID No: EXII (1) 28209/2011) (R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

7. Identification, molecular cloning and characterization of differentially expressed proteins in the serum of patients with Eales' disease.

Dr.K.N.Sulochana, Professor, R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology

30th March 2015

THE TAMILNADU Dr. M.G.R. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI: = 1


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Ms. Sushma Kalmodia(ID No: 211823217) (Nano biotechnology department)

8. Peptide conjugated nano-particles mediated therapy for eye diseases

Dr.S.Krishnakumar(HOD of L & T Ocular Pathology, Nanobiotechnology departments)

September 2014

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA : 1

III. Total No. of Candidates undergoing Ph.D program under 5 different Universities ( 4 Indian + 1 International Universities ) : N=23

S.No BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENTS,VRFKNBIRVO BLOCK

BITS, Pilani(5)

SASTRA University, Thanjavur (13)

The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University, Chennai ( 1 )

ANNA University Chennai, ( 2 )

DEAKIN University, Australia ( 2 )

1.

2.

3.

4.

6.

7.

5.

L & T. OcularPathology Dept

Nano Biotechnology Department

SN ONGC Departmentof Genetics & Molecular Biology

Core Laboratory

Centre forBioinformatics

L & T. MicrobiologyResearch Centre

R.S. Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2

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2

-

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-

1

3

-

2

1

1

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-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

IV. MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS BY RESEARCH) PROGRAM :- 1

S.No UNIVERSITY NAME OF THE PROGRAM & DETAILS OF THE CANDIDATE

STATUS

NATIONAL

1. ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI (n – 1)

PURSUING MS (BY RESEARCH) PROGRAM at L & T Ocular pathology Dept.,Ms. Sivapriya S (ID No: 1323528702)Year of Registration: 2013

II YEAR II SEMESTER Supervisor: Dr. J. Narayanan/Dr. S. Krishnakumar


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V. OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED AT VIBS

Short term Research Projects for PG students in Biological sciences :28 students underwent VIBS – Short term projects from “December 2014- April 2015” in the 5 Basic Medical Sciences departments, as part of their academic program. (September 2014 till July 2015 ) from 5 Engineering Colleges & 2 Arts &Science Colleges.

S.No. Basic Medical Sciences Department No. of students (28)

1. L & T Microbiology Research Centre 3

2. R.S. Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 8

3. Centre for Bioinformatics 3

4. SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular biology 6

5. Stem cell (3) & Nano Biotechnology (5) 8

VI. One month Hands-on Summer Training Program in Biomedical laboratory sciences for Post graduate Science students of Arts & Science Colleges:

13 Post graduate students from 6 Arts and Engineering Colleges & 1 Research Institution underwent Hands on Summer Training program from “15th May to 5th June 2015” in the following 3 Basic Medical Sciences departments.



2. R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 4


Successful participants of the 'Hands on Summer Training program’


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VII. The Practice School I (PS - I) program for II Year BITS, students for 2 months:

PS – I training is provided every year during summer holidays from May to July in the Basic Medical sciences departments. During 22nd MAY-2015 – 16th JULY-2015, 10 BITS students have undergone this training program.



2. R.S. Mehta Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 3



5. Department of Nano-Biotechnology 1

Students from various BITS centers complete their Practice School 1 training in basic sciences

VIII. Specific Training programs on specialized/advanced Techniques such as PCR/PCR RFLP, RT- PCR, ELISA, HPLC etc.

In the year 2014 – 2015, 26 students underwent Special Training program in the Basic Medical Sciences departments from 15 Arts & Sciences & Engineering Colleges.


1. Stem cell (4), Nano Biotechnology(2), Core Laboratory (1) & L &T Ocular Pathology Department (3) 10


3. R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry &Cell Biology 1




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TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Training department conducts programs to all employees in 3 categories :

Technical Training

Soft skill Training

Language Training

In addition to this we conduct classes on General topics:

NABH Awareness

Fire safety

Standing orders

Service standards

Patient/Employee rights &

Responsibilities

A fire fighting drill in progress

Training department has also started implementing Meditation classes by Life superior education for our staff.Soft skill programs are extended to all branches of Sankara Nethralaya.

Total number of training programs for the Last Academic year:

Technical program: 158

Soft skills program: 180

Language program: 135

Orientation program: 11

FROM APR'2014 – MAR'2015

In addition we had a Faculty Resource Enrichment Program training for our Trainers : 16 members participated of which was a 2 days program by Ms.Akila Ganesan, Ms.Karpagapriya, Ms.Rizwana, Dr.Anuja R Singh, Mr.Ashok Babu, Prof.Ramani, Ms.Rasima & Mr.Ramakrishnan.

Topics Passion for Teaching

Vertical Integration – our experience

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Effective Teaching Strategies

Academic Leadership

Assessment and evaluation techniques

with technology

Communication & Change management

Team Work


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LEADERSHIP PROGRAM MR. JAYARAMAN M S

BODY AND MIND HEALING TECHNIQUES MS. ANURADHA

ART OF LIVING JAYACHANDRIKA

COMPUTER CLASS M/s. D.G. VAISHNAVA COLLEGE

Training department conducts a five day orientation program for all new employees which will orient them on the following:

Day 1 : Introduction

Day 2 : Individual Analyzation session & Introduction to Eye

Day 3 : NABH Awareness & Overview of the facilities

Day 4 : Branch Hospital Visit

Day 5 : HR, Training & Self Improvement Sessions

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) Session has been organised for Nursing & Operation Theatre: 85 Nos, Dps: 42 Nos & Transport : 12 Nos.

ACLS Course has been organized for 67 CONSULTANTS

BLS & ACLS Course has been organized for 37 PG'S & FELLOWS.

Apart from these training department also sends staff for External Training programs to upgrade themselves to the recent advancements.

MS.


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Independent Auditor's ReportTo the members of Medical Research Foundation for the year ended 31st March 2015.

Report on the Financial StatementsWe have audited the accompanying financial statements of Medical Research Foundation which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2015, 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 StatementsManagement is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance of the trust in accordance with the Accounting Standards. This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control 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. 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 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 trust'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 the effectiveness of the trust's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by 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.

OpinionIn 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 trust as at March 31, 2015;b) in the case of Income and expenditure account, of the excess of income over expenditure for the

year ended on that date.

17, Bishop Wallers Avenue (West),CIT Colony, Mylapore,Chennai 600 004.

For M/s. S. ViswanathanChartered Accountant

FRN: 004770S

Place: Chennai Date : 01.09.2015

Chella K. SrinivasanPartner

Membership No: .023305

Medical Research Foundation

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2015

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

Examined and found correct as per the books maintained by Medical Research Foundation (Regd.) Chennai.

M/S. S. VISWANATHANChartered Accountants

17, Bishop Wallers Avenue (west) C I T Colony, Mylapore, Chennai 4DATED : 01.09.2015

PARTICULARS AS AT 31.03.15 AS AT 31.03.14

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DR. S. S. BADRINATH President

SOURCE OF FUNDS Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

LIABILITIES

CORPUS FUND

DONATION u/s 35ACAs per Last B/S 235118311 213517378Add: Donations received during the year- Corpus 14700001 20780933Add: Donations received during the year:SN Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund 35000 249853312 820000 235118311

SIR RATAN TATA TRUST CORPUS FUND SRTT CORPUS FUND 62018816 61281816 MRF CORPUS FUND 51403507 113422323 50775507 112057323

GENERAL FUND I 1412393137 1189483964

EARMARKED FUNDS II 62214787 2413643

NON CURRENT LIABILITIESICICI TermLoan (TI-Project) 350000000 350000000Gratuity Liability 48258940 37729130Leave Encashment Liability 15708843 413967783 19578149 407307279

Current Liabilities & Provisions III 201650473 192611170

Grant Advance - H T Parekh Foundation 10000000 -

TOTAL LIABILITIES 2463501816 2138991689

ASSETSFIXED ASSETS IVGross Block As on 31.03.2015 2239417934 2068897506Depreciation 1226226764 1114645195Net Block 1013191170 954252311Fixed Assets not put in use 151349152 3044120Capital Work in Progress 215465826 107883229

Net Fixed Assets as on 31.03.2015 1380006148 1065179660

Investments V 373156822 346949822

Current Assets VI 710338846 726862208

TOTAL ASSETS 2463501816 2138991689

SCHEDULE

DR.VASAN K.S.Managing Director

SUGALCHAND JAIN N.Hony. Treasurer

RAMACHANDRAN GHony. Secretary

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.03.2015

Rs. Rs.

INCOME SCHEDULE

Hospital Collections 1445984068 1318005290Grants & Donations for meeting Running Cost 85270572 13932015Interest 47281689 36241905Other Income 38190752 30135739

TOTAL 1616727082 1398314949

EXPENDITURE

Salaries, Wages & Employee Benefits VII 567328620 467122266Hospital Expenses VIII 692470377 636069796Administration Expenses IX 139022070 131407987Interest X 3500000 326027

TOTAL 1402321068 1234926075

Surplus before Depreciation 214406014 163388874

DEPRECIATION 111581569 108919801

INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE 102824445 54469073

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

Examined and found correct as per the books maintained by Medical Research Foundation (Regd.) Chennai.


M/S. S. VISWANATHANChartered Accountants

17, Bishop Wallers Avenue (west) C I T Colony, Mylapore, Chennai 4Dated: 01.09.2015

PARTICULARS 31.03.201 31.03.201 5 4



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Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

SCHEDULE 1

GENERAL FUND

As per Last B/S 1189483964 1075134410

Add: Donations received during the year 120084729 114758810

- 36311732

- 18566597

Add: Excess of Income Over Expenditure 102824445 54469073

Total General Fund 1412393137 1189483964

SCHEDULE II

EARMARKED FUNDS

Sir Ratan Tata - Phase III 29464 28320

SN Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund 1285323 1285323

Sri Ramdoss Bhavani Nethralaya Endowment 100000 100000

Dhingra Family Trust - Fund 1000000 1000000

Trent Ltd 1500000 -

Titan Industries Ltd 5000000 -

Glaxosmith 3300000 -

Infosys Foundation 50000000

Total Earmarked Funds 62214787 2413643

SCHEDULE III

CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

Sundry Creditors - Suppliers 91673821 80697184

Sundry Creditors - Bills payable 4007920 1850252

Sundry Creditors - (Deferred Payment) 60272760 78254245

Salary Payable 5728109 3977590

Security Deposit - Employees 72683 278090

Security Deposit - Contractors 2903407 925759

Security Deposit - Others 20000000 20000000

Contingency Fund 1552025 1285025

Reserve Fund - 68251

Contingency Liability (VAT Penality) 10540187 -

Others 4899560 5274773

Total Current Liabilities & Provisions 201650473 192611170

SCHEDULES TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2015

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Less: Amount transferred to Gratuity Liability Past serviceLess: Amount transferred to Leave Encashment Liability Past service


Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

SCHEDULE V

Investments

SRTT Corpus 55000000 55000000

SRTT Corpus - Interest 7018816 62018816 6281816 61281816

MRF Corpus 45000000 45000000

MRF Corpus - Interest 6403507 51403507 5775507 50775507

Corpus Fund-PS Foundation 5000000 5000000

SN Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund 5060000 5060000

Other Corpus Investments 249674499 224832499

Total Investments 373156822 346949822

SCHEDULE VI

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash & Bank Balances

Cash & Cheques on Hand 2197276 3587111

Bank Balances

- in Savings Account 35799588 39999836

- in Fixed Deposits 318929989 356926853 155086809 198673756

Loans & Advances 209868137 394245418

Deposits 12097865 7534785

Inventories 19562183 20374527

Sundry Debtors 51664304 50175986

TDS Receivable 12490867 13098613

Interest Receivable 32407577 25961555

Prepaid Expenses 15321060 16797567

Total Current Assets 710338846 726862208

SCHEDULES TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2015

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PARTICULARS 31.03.2015 31.03.2014

Rs. Rs.SCHEDULE - VII

SALARIES, WAGES & EMPLOYEE BENEFITSSalaries & Wages 407752795 319257807Contribution to Provident Fund 17610065 14573256Staff Welfare Expenses 58026156 63593514Contribution to Superannuation Fund 7933234 5994309Professional Fees 76006370 63703381

567328620 467122266

SCHEDULE - VIII

HOSPITAL EXPENSESDrugs & Consumables 429326984 399944907Power, Fuel & Water 67061665 65577553Repairs & Maintenance 99574973 93952674Insurance 2310532 1955564Lab Expenses 21574496 19964902Rent, Rates & Taxes 72621727 54674195

692470377 636069796

SCHEDULE - IX

ADMINISTRATION EXPENSESInformation Techonology Expenses 18344521 18439001Academic Expenses 31896455 27007782Communication Expenses 6017918 4732860Printing & Stationery 11037085 12109977Vehicle Expenses 9026743 7696478Security Services 16030169 15158131Camp Expenses 5179105 4155018Travelling and Conveyance 4325951 4947660Books & Perodicals 2517555 2650509Publicity Expenses 5601434 4849116Conference 12042695 11760242Loss On Sale Of Assets 10121 -Subscription/Membership 752254 824461Function Expenses 5459255 4328262Legal & Audit Fees 1073919 811794Bank Charges 4576271 9005635Management Consultancy Expenses 2948691 1086512Miscellaneous Expenses 2181928 1844548

139022070 131407987

SCHEDULE - XINTEREST

Interest on ICICI Term Loan 3500000 326027

3500000 326027

SCHEDULES TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

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SUB SCHEDULES TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2015

PARTICULARS AT 31.03.1 AS AT 31.03.2015 AS 4

A. CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

1. CASH AND BANK BALANCES

Cash and Cheques on hand 2197276 3587111 Bank Balances (i) Savings Bank Account Andhra Bank 544976 526724 Indian Overseas Bank - College Road 3761005 2203032 State Bank of India - Guindy 101648 3100 State Bank Of India - Nungambakkam 2323552 2909550 State Bank Of Mauritius -Cathedral Road 145362 312705 HDFC Bank - Mount Road 109695 105436 HDFC Bank - Nungambakkam 14539152 3151322 HDFC Bank - Corpus-Nungambakkam 2285482 783677 HDFC Bank - Malleshwaram 343 327 HDFC Bank - Kolkata 4185822 693322 HDFC Bank - CA-Nungambakkam 375066 2910989 ICICI Bank - Nungambakkam 568939 21544911 Development Credit Bank Ltd - Nungambakkam 1686181 1639545 HDFC Bank - SRTT MRF-Nungambakkam 29464 28320 State Bank Of India - Tada 307320 1850300 IOB-Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund-SN-College Road 2316988 113018 Citi Bank - Alwarpet 90254 105254 City Union Bank - Purasawalkam 870073 804757 IDBI Bank Ltd - Greams Raod 959323 312637 State Bank of India - Mukundapur 598943 35799588 910 39999836

(ii) Fixed Deposits 253929989 155086809 (iii) Fixed Deposit - HTP Foundation 10000000 - (iv) Fixed Deposit - Infosys Foundation 50000000 - (v) Fixed Deposit - Voltas 5000000 318929989 - 155086809

356926853 1986737562. LOANS & ADVANCES Vision Research Foundation - 6618159 Employees' - Loan 10615445 10231720 Advance for Purchases/Contracts 167133216 345869820 Rent Advance 24611773 26677475 Others 7507703 209868137 4848243 394245418

3. DEPOSITS T.N.E.B 10660987 6095830 Telephone 274552 276629 Others 1162326 12097865 1162326 7534785



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NOTES FORMING PART OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31.03.2015

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.

II. Schedules I to VI of the Balance Sheet and Schedules VII to X 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.84,270/-

M/S. S VISWANATHANChartered AccountantsDated : 01.09.2015



DR VASAN K S Managing Director


Dr S S Badrinath and Dr Vasanthi Badrinath were felicitated at the meeting of the Advanced Vitreo Retinal Techniques and Technology 2014 (AVRT 2014), Ahmedabad for their valuable contributions to the development of “Retina Vitreous Specialty” in India and projecting the capabilities in the international arena.

In its pursuit of excellence, Jagadguru Kanchi Sri Chandrasekarendra Nethra Nilayam, was awarded India's most coveted “Accreditation for Hospitals and Health Care Providers” by National Board of Accreditation for Hospitals (NABH).

NABH recognition was renewed for Sankara Nethralaya for its outstanding compliance with the stringent national and international standards aimed towards patient safety and delivery of Quality Health Care.

Dr. V. Umashankar was selected as a Member, Board of Studies for Bioinformatics, University of Madras, 2014.

Sankara Nethralaya Referral Laboratory is the first private laboratory in Chennai to be recognized by Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) for performing TB culture and first line Drug susceptibility testing under Central TB Division, Government of India.

Dr L Vijaya was selected as the Associate Editor of the BMC Ophthalmology Journal.

Dr. Ronnie George was elected as the Member of Editorial Board, Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Abhilasha Maheshwari, won the “Divya Chaturvedi Gold Medal Award' for the outstanding performance on the paper “Sub-speciality of uveitis and inflammatory diseases”, in the Diplomate National Board of Examination held in April 2014

Dr. C. Subbulakshmi was awarded the Travel grant from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology for attending the ARVO Conference, USA held on 6th May 14.

Dr. Rajeswari Mahadevan received the International Association of Contact Lens Educators award of the year for the Asia pacific region at the 'British Contact Lens Association Clinical Conference & Exhibition at Birmingham, UK on 7th June 2014.

Ms. A V Saijyothi was awarded the Ph.D. degree at BITS, Pilani on 11th June 2014 for the thesis entitled, “Proteomic profiling of tear fluid for potential biomarker discovery in Dry Eye Syndrome”.

The Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) conducted its FRCS-Ophthalmology examinations in the country after a gap of 10 years and chose Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai as its preferred centre for conducting its examinations in India.

Dr Pukhraj Rishi received the “Nataraj Pillai Best Free Paper Award 2014” in Sankara Nethralaya Alumni Silver Jubilee Meet held from 12th to 13th July 2014.

Dr T S Surendran received the prestigious “Dr S.S. Badrinath Medal of Honor” for the year 2015, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of Ophthalmology at the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association - TNOA Conference, held at Madurai on 24th July 2014.

Mr. N Murugan was awarded Travel fellowship for attending the IERG–ARVO Conference held at Hyderabad from 26th to 27th July 2014.

Ms. A R Rajalakshmi was awarded Travel fellowship for attending the IERG–ARVO Conference held at Hyderabad from 26th to 27th July 2014.

HONOURS & AWARDS

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All India Management Association (AIMA), the apex body for Management Professionals, honoured Dr. S. S. Badrinath with the title 'Outstanding Institution Builder' in its highly prestigious 'Managing India Awards'- 2014 on 6th August 2014 at New Delhi.

Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee received the Best Paper Award for “Efficacy of oral propranolol in periocular capillary hemangiomas of infancy” in the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association Conference (TNOA) held at Coimbatore from 08th to 10th August 2014.

Dr Geetha Iyer was listed as a “Distinguished Surgeon” in the Boston K Pro Magazine in recognition of her stupendous efforts.

The Terry Fox Foundation of Canada conducts the 'Terry Fox Run- A Marathon of Hope' the world over to raise funds for cancer research and treatment. This august body chose Sankara Nethralaya as the beneficiary of its assistance for the year 2014.

Dr. Rathini Lillian David received the “Best Paper Award” for the paper entitled “Trans Laminar Cribrosa pressure difference and glaucoma in a population based study” at the 24th Annual Conference of the Glaucoma Society of India held at Bhubaneswar from 12th to 14th September 2014.

Dr S Sudharshan received the “Eye Health Leader Award 2014” for the recently developed Mobile Eye Surgical Unit (MESU) at the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) Conference held at Paris between 19th and 23rd September 2014.

Ms. D. Sudha received the Swarnalatha Punshi Award for Best Research in Basic Science for the year 2014 at the 26th Graduation Ceremony of Sankara Nethralaya held at Sri. V.D. Swami Auditorium on 3rd October 2014.

Dr. M Sowmiya received the Prof. S. Krishnamoorthy Rao Gold Medal for the year 2014, for the Outstanding Ph.D Student Award at the 26th Graduation Ceremony of Sankara Nethralaya held at Sri. V.D. Swami Auditorium on 3rd October 2014.

Ms. M. K. Janani received the Young Woman Scientist Award in memory of Smt. Sreerangamma N. Narayan and Smt. Radhamani N. Anantha for the year 2014 at the 26th Graduation Ceremony of Sankara Nethralaya held at Sri. V.D. Swami Auditorium on 3rd October 2014.

Dr. K. Lily Therese received a medal for the Best Published Paper in Bacteriology entitled “Diagnostic appraisal of simultaneous application of two nested PCRs targeting MPB64 gene and IS6110 region for rapid detection of M. tuberculosis genome in culture proven clinical specimens” in the Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology for the year 2013, presented at the IAMM National Conference conducted at Jaipur from 17th to 19th October 2014.

The highly prestigious “The Week-Nielsen” survey declared Sankara Nethralaya as the “Best Hospital in Ophthalmology” once again. The survey was conducted on stringent quality measures by experts, covering 15 cities from September to October 2014.

Dr. S. Krishnakumar received the “10 years of Academic Partnership” Award on behalf of Sankara Nethralaya, from its Collaborative research partner Deakin University, Australia, on 9th November 2014, at New Delhi.

Ms. M Sukanya received Best Poster award for “Spectroscopic characterization of G quadruplex structures in microRNA promoter region” in RSC Symposium Series held at IIT Madras in November 2014.

Ms. Sarika Gopalakrishnan was honoured as a 'Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry' at the AAO Meeting 2014 held at Denver, USA from 12th to 15th November 2014. She received the prestigious award from Dr. Brett G. Bence, President, AAO.

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Ms. Jameel Rizwana received The Vision Care Institute's Student Travel Grant Award at the AAO Meeting 2014 held at Denver, USA from 12th to 15th November 2014.

Dr Rupak Roy received the “Best Poster Award” for “Retinal detachment (RD) in Morning Glory Syndrome (MGS): Providing proof of concept”, at the 45th Annual Conference of Ophthalmology Society of West Bengal held at Kolkata on 20th & 21st November 2014.

Dr. S. S. Badrinath was honored with the “Life Time Achievement Award” at the Conference of Vitreo Retina Society of India (VRSI) held between 5th and 7th December 2014 at Agra.

Dr. Parveen Sen received the Best Poster Award for “Treatment outcomes of reduced fluence photodynamic therapy with Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor in Polypoidal choroidal vasculopa”, at the Conference of Vitreo Retina Society of India (VRSI) held from 5th to 7th December 2014 at Agra.

Dr. T. S. Surendran was honoured with the “Life Time Achievement Award” by the Strabismus & Pediatric Ophthalmic Society of India at the Annual Conference held on 14th December 2014 at Pushkar, Rajasthan.

Dr. S Meenakshi received Prof. AK Khurana Award for the Best Publication of 2014 for the paper entitled ”Results of Bilateral Medial Rectus Recession for Comitant Esotropia in Patients with Developmental Delay” at the Annual Conference of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society of India, held at Pushkar, Rajasthan on 14th December 2014.

Dr L Vijaya received the LC Dutta Award 2015 for Best Publication in Ophthalmology at the All India Ophthalmic Society (AIOS) Conference at New Delhi held from 4th to 7th February 2015.

Dr. Rajiv Raman received the Silver Award for the Best Paper entitled “Foveal slope measurements in subjects with high risk of age related macular degeneration” at the 73rd Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) held at New Delhi from 3rd to 8th February 2015.

Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas was awarded the “The best paper read at the UVEA session” for the paper entitled “Polymerase chain reaction of intraocular fluid for mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)” at the 73rd Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) held at New Delhi from 3rd to 8th February 2015.

Dr S.Ambika was awarded the “D. Athawale Award” for the paper entitled “Diffusion weighted imaging - A predictor of visual outcome in acute optic neuritis” at the 73rd Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) held at New Delhi from 3rd to 8th February 2015.

Dr. Nishat Bansal received the E.T Selvam Award for Best Poster presented on “Peripheral Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy – A case series” at the 73rd Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) held at New Delhi from 3rd to 8th February 2015.

Dr. S. Ambika received the Best Poster Award at the ICTRIMS-2015 Seminar held under the aegis of the Indian Academy of Neurology and the Madras Neuro Trust on the 14th and 15th of February 2015.

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Dr. Biswas J, Dr. Vijaya L, Dr. Meeenakshi S, Dr Sudharshan S, Dr Mamta Agarwal, Dr Kavitha Kalaivani N and Dr Bipasha Mukherjee attended the World Ophthalmology Congress held at Tokyo from 2nd to 6th April 2014.

Dr Biswas J made presentations on “Fast Track Publishing”, “Molecular diagnostic in ocular inflammatory diseases” and “Ocular Tuberculosis in AIDS”. Dr. L. Vijaya made a video presentation on “Management of leaking blebs”.

Dr. S. Meeenakshi made oral presentations on “Pediatric eye care making a difference in affordable high quality health care”, “Program evaluation crucial for programmatic improvement in the IJCAHPA session on Allied Health personnel training using internet resources”. Dr Sudharshan S made presentations on “Ocular lesions in pediatric HIV patients in India” and “Cataract surgery in patients with HIV/AIDS”.

Dr Mamta Agarwal made a poster presentation “Ocular Tuberculosis – A diagnosis challenge” and gave a video presentation “Live intraocular dirofilaria causing multifocal choroiditis”. Dr Kavitha Kalaivani N made poster presentations on “Cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation in children less than 2 years” & “Management of pediatric ocular tutor cranial nerve palsies” and gave a video presentation on “Surgical management of bilateral absent medial rectos muscle”.

Dr Bipasha Mukherjee made oral presentations on “IC: principles & practice of digital photography in ophthalmology” & “Caratico-cavernous fistula: clinical features and management outcome” and poster presentation on “Self expanding orbital implants in the reconstruction of Anophthalmic sockets”.

Dr Sumita Agarkar and Dr Mamta Agarwal participated in the conference of the Delhi Ophthalmological Society at New Delhi, from 11th to 13th April 2014. They made presentations on “Exotropic Duane retraction syndrome” and “Clinical challenges in uveitis-infections/Immune related” respectively.

Dr Pukhraj Rishi and Dr Geetha Iyer Krishnan attended conference of the Delhi Ophthalmological Society at New Delhi, from 11th to 13th April 2014. Dr Pukhraj Rishi gave a presentation on “Masquerade syndrome in ocular oncology” and Dr Geetha Iyer on “SJS Do's & Donts”, “Innovations in corneal surgery”, and “Keratoprosthesis: Hope of the Hopeless”.

Dr. H. N. Madhavan participated in the 5th Paramedical day celebrated at Mehta Hospital, Chennai, on 25th April 2014 and gave a guest lecture on “An overview on molecular diagnosis in infectious diseases”.

Dr. C. Subbulakshmi attended the ARVO Conference on 6th May 14, at USA and she made an oral presentation on “Expression of Piwi/piRNA in human ocular tissues: Role in maintaining functional integrity of retinal pigment epithelial cells and implication in proliferative diabetic retinopathy”.

Dr B Shantha made presentations on “Medical management of glaucoma” & “POAG: Diagnostic dilemmas” and Dr Ronnie George on “Imaging in Glaucoma: A practical approach”, “Narrow angles: to treat or not to treat” and “Recent advances in the management (Update on glaucoma)” in the CME Meeting held at Mangalore on 11th May 2014.

Dr Sheila John attended the American Telemedicine Conference 2014, held at Baltimore, USA, from 17th to 20th May 2014 and made presentations on “Making the case for tele-health: engaging leadership around the strategic value of tele-health” and “Teleophthalmology design Success Factors: A Global Perspective”.

Dr Shantha B and Dr Ronnie George participated in the Symposium organized by Allergan Company at Chennai on 23rd May 2014. Dr Shantha made a presentation on “Medical management of glaucoma” and Dr Ronnie George gave a talk on “Case presentation”.

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PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE

Dr Sudhir R R participated in the meeting of Quality Assurance in Eye Care Delivery– Vision 2020, at West Bengal, on 24th & 25th May 2014 and gave presentations on “Information system for effective management, monitoring & evaluation” and “Organization process for quality improvement”.

Dr Shantha B attended the European Glaucoma Society Meet at France, from 7th to 11th June 2014 and she made a poster presentation “Outcomes of late laser suturelysis following trabeculectomy with adjunctive anti-metabolites”.

Dr Bhaskar Srinivasan attended the meeting of Bombay Ophthalmic Association at Bombay, from 20th to 22nd June 2014 and made presentations on “Chemical injury – Adequate management”, “Ocular surface diseases – Potpourri of cases”, “SJS – comprehensive management” and “Keratoprosthesis: Different types, indications, results and complications”.

Dr Surendran T S and Dr Rajiv Raman participated in the 10th Annual Conference of “Vision 2020 : The Right to Sight – India” at Kerala on 5th & to 6th July 2014. Dr Surendran made oral presentations on “Overview of Pediatric Eye care in the country”, & “Squint Advance Techniques” and Dr Rajiv Raman made a presentation on “Screening of retinal problems in various levels of health care”.

Dr N. Angayarkanni gave an invited talk on “Role of Clinical Proteomics in Metabolic Disorders and or Toxicology” at the National Seminar on 'Clinical Proteomics for Veterinary and Allied Sciences' on 19th July 2014 at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, Pondicherry.

Dr Rajiv Raman participated in the Retina Interest Group Meeting held at Chennai, on 21st July 2014 and gave an oral presentation on “Diabetic macular edema”.

Dr Rajiv Raman attended the National Task Force Meeting at All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi on 24th July-2014 and gave a talk on “Diabetic Retinopathy”.

Dr Nivetita Chatterjee, Dr. A J Pandian, Ms. Bhavana Rao, Mr. N Murugan and Ms. A R Rajalakshmy participated in the IERG ARVO Conference on 26th to 27th July 2014 held at Hyderabad.

Dr Nivetita Chatterjee made an oral presentation on “Endocannabinoids regulate innate immune response in Mueller glia during HIV1 Tat cytotoxicity”. Mr. Murugan made a poster presentation on “Novel Carbapenemase gene(s), Genomic Islands and Integrons among corneal button and Vitreous aspirate isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa deciphered by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) leads a way to identify multifactorial causative genes for corneal virulence” and Ms. Rajalakshmy gave an oral presentation on “Direct association of dry eye and hepatitis C virus: HCV core and NS3 proteins mediate innate immune response”.

Dr. Pandian delivered an invited talk titled, “Genetic engineering and Molecular characterization of RS1 gene and its mutants implicated in X-Linked Retinoschisis (XLRS)” and Ms. Bhavna presented a poster titled, “Association of CTG Trinucleotide Repeat Expansions and SNPs in the Intron of TCF4 Gene with Sporadic Late Onset FECD – An Indian Cohort Study”.

Dr S. Sripriya attended the CME Program titled “Impact of Genetics in Medicine” conducted by the Centre for Human Genetics, Tamilnadu Association – India chapter, at Chennai on 9th August, 2014.

Dr J. Biswas, Dr Surendran T S, Dr Sripriya Krishnamoorthy, Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee, Dr Sudha K Ganesh, Dr Manish Panday, Dr Chetan Rao, Dr Shantha B, Dr Bhaskar Srinivasan, Dr Sudhir R R, Dr Meena Lakshmipathy, Dr Kavitha Kalaivani N, Dr Sudharshan S, Dr Pukhraj Rishi and Dr Shikha Bassi attended the 62nd Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), at Coimbatore, from 8th to 10th August 2014.

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Dr Biswas made an oral presentation on “Tubercular uveitis an update” and a video presentation on “Who is in the vitreous cavity” and Dr Sripriya gave an oral presentation on “SWAP”. Dr Surendran made oral presentations on “Nystagmus capsule” and “Midas touch in strabismus surgery”. Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee made oral presentations on “Why I choose to be in oculoplasty” and “Iatrogenic orbital trauma in non-orbital surgeries”.

Dr Sudha K Ganesh and Dr Chetan Rao made oral presentations on “Viral Uveitis” and “Autofluorescence”. Dr Manish Panday made oral presentations on “IC: Automated Perimetry” and “Interpreting the single field printout”. Dr Shantha gave presentations on “IC: Pitfalls in automated perimetry wand”, “IC: Encapsulated bleb” and “IC: Shunts and Valves”.

Dr Bhaskar Srinivasan made oral presentations on “IC: Keratoconus paradigm – shift in management”, “Algorithmic approach to Management” and “Ocular surface disorders & The dilemma” and Dr Sudhir R R on “Collagen cross linkage and its variations - When, Why, How”; “Changing from paper records to electronic medical records - challenges and guidelines”; “Why to choose EMR and how to Implement” and “Advantages of EMR implementation”.

Dr Meena Lakshmipathy made oral presentations on “Blunt injury post deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty: descemets resistance”; “Experience of temporary keratoprosthesis in therapeutic keratoplasty with vitreoretinal surgeries” and participated in the instruction course on DALK.

Dr Sudharshan made oral presentations on “IC: HIV and the eye”; “SOP's of immature cataract” and “Top 10 mistakes in Uveitis”. Dr Pukhraj Rishi made oral presentations on “Macular Disorders” and “IC: Imaging in Ophthalmology: Ultrasound” and Dr Shikha Bassi made a presentation on “Facial dystonias”.

Dr Rajiv Raman visited Sreedhareeyam Ayurvedic Eye Hospital & Research Centre Pvt Ltd at Koothattukulam, Kerala on 09th to 10th August 2014. He gave a presentation on “Ayurveda and eye diseases”.

Dr Parveen Sen, Dr Pramod Bhende, Dr Aditya Verma and Dr Rupak Roy participated in the conference of American Society of Retina Specialists at San Diego, California from 9th to 13th August 2014.

Dr Parveen Sen made a poster presentation “Combined Argon Laser Photocoagulation & Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor for Management of Macular Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy”. Dr Pramod Bhende made presentations on “Vitrectomy for myopic tractional maculopathy. Intraopertaive findings & short term outcome” & “Management of post trauma endophthalmitis” and a case presentation on “Suprachoroidal silicone oil injection – How to manage”.

Dr Aditya Verma made poster presentations on “Partial reversal of color vision impairment with oxygen therapy in type II diabetes mellitus associated with obstructive sleep apnea” & “Multimodal retinal imaging in electrocution injury” and Dr Rupak Roy on “Endophthalmitis: Microbiological trends and drug sensitivity patterns”.

Dr Pukhraj Rishi participated in the Retinoblastoma National Stakeholders & Statement of Interest Meeting, at New Delhi on 30th August 2014.

Dr. Rajiv Raman attended the meeting of Retina Update, at Chitrakoot, on 30th to 31st August 2014. He made presentations on “Scissor-less Diabetic Vitrectomy” and “RAP and PCV, How to diagnose and treat”.

Dr Muna Bhende, Dr Pradeep S, Dr Sudipta Das, Dr Suganeswari and Dr Suchetana Mukherjee, attended the EURETINA Conference 2014, at London from 11th to 17th September 2014.

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Dr Sudipta Das made poster presentations on “Clinical profile of posterior scleritis in a tertiary eye centre in Southern India”, “Clinical profile & outcome of patients with complicated uveitis undergoing pars plana vitrectomy” & “Microbiological trends & drug sensitivity patterns in endophthalmitis in Eastern India” and gave a video presentation on “23g vitrectomy & removal of bow shaped copper foreign body from the eye using bimanual techniques”.

Dr. Muna Bhende made an oral presentation on “Effect of ocular magnification on measurements made with OCT” and poster presentation “Subretinal abscess due to reseomonas mucosa in endogenous endophthalmitis”; Dr Pradeep gave an oral presentation on “Vitreoretinal Perspective of Scleral Fixated IOLs a Case Series” and poster presentation on “Surgical Management of culture proven Non-Keratitic Nocordia Infection”.

Dr Suganeswari made an oral presentation on “Endophthalmitis in Full Term Neonates presenting as the Diagnostic Feature of Septicemia” and a poster presentation “Intraocular infection masquerading as Retinoblastoma clinically and in Magnetic Resonance imaging - Diagnostic challenge”. Dr Suchetana Mukherjee made a poster presentation on “Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) predictors of visual outcome in patients with macular oedema (MO) due to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) treated with intravitreal ranibizumab injections”.

Dr Rama Rajagopal, Dr Radhika N and Dr. Mona Bhargava, attended the Eucornea Conference at London, from 11th to 17th September 2014. Dr Mona Bhargava made an oral presentation on “Application of Scheimpflug imaging system to facilitate RGP fitting in patients with corneal scar” and made posters on “To report a case with corneal tear and giant retinal tear following obstetrics delivery”; “Progression on conjunctival papilloma to carcinoma in 10 years follow up”; “Managing a case of scleral staphyloma with rhinosporidiosis using sclera patch graft with modified box sutures” & “To report successful management of extensive recurrent conjunctival papilloma”.

Dr Rama Rajagopal made oral presentations on “Lamellar Vs Penetrating keratoplasty in stromal dystrophies. (Comparison)” and “Mucoepidermoid variant of Squamous cell carcinoma, Dr Radhika made a poster presentation “Results of using Corneal cross linking for bullous keratopathy (category: cornea – surgical)” , and gave an oral presentation on “Results of epi-lasik (flap on & off) for treatment of low + moderate myopia (category: keratorefractive)”.

Dr Sudha K Ganesh and Dr Parthapratim Dutta Majumder attended the Annual Meeting of Uveitis Society of India, from 21th to 24th September 2014 at New Delhi. Dr Sudha K Ganesh made an oral presentation on “Tips on cataract surgery in uveitis”, “Pediatric uveitis – Indian perspective”, Dr Parthopratim Dutta M made an oral presentation on “Posterior scleritis”, “Classification of uveitis”.

Dr Pramod S Bhende, Dr Biswas J and Dr Muna Bhende participated in the International Symposium on Ophthalmology at Hong Kong from 26th to 28th September 2014. Dr Pramod Bhende made oral presentations on “Management of retinal detachment in diabetic retinopathy” & “Management of paediatric RD”. Dr Biswas made presentations on “Eye as a Mirror of Tropical Diseases”, “Masquerade syndrome” & “Clinicopathological, microbiological and molecular biological correlation in Tubercular Uveitis.” Dr. Muna Bhende made oral presentations on “Peripheral PCV – often missed or misdiagnosed” & “RD due to GRT in pediatric age group – surgical results” and she was the Chairperson for the session on “Updates on AMD and PCV”.

Dr Ronnie George, Dr Shantha B attended the conference of the Glaucoma Society of India at Odisha between 12th and 14th September 2014. Dr Ronnie George made oral presentations on “Glaucoma clinical trials: has it changed our practice” and “Trabecular meshwork changes in POAG & PACG” and Dr Shantha B on “Can we assess the risk of visual loss after glaucoma surgery in advanced diseases” and “Glaucoma related to Sturge Weber Syndrome”.

Dr Nirmala Subramanian participated in the Annual conference of Oculoplastic Association of India from 26th to 28th September 2014 and she made an oral presentation on “Eyelid reconstruction”.

Dr Geetha Iyer attended the conference of European Association for Vision and Eye Research at France from 1st to 4th October 2014 and she made an oral presentation on “Indian Results of MOOKP”.

Dr. H.N. Madhavan delivered an invited talk on “Molecular Biological methods to identify the cause of neonatal sepsis” at the CME Program conducted by Amma Infertility Centre on 5th October 2014 at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai.

Dr Manish Panday participated in the meeting of Uttarakhand State Ophthalmic Society at Mussoorie from 3rd to 5th October 2014 and made oral presentations on “Target IOP” & “Guidelines to medial management of glaucoma”.

Ms.Ferdina Marie Sharmila, attended a workshop on “Use of SPSS tool for data analysis” hosted by National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), ICMR Institute, Chennai, from 8th to 10th October 2014.

Dr. H.N. Madhavan attended the Symposium of NCRM NICHE 2014, held at Chennai, on 11th October 2014 and gave a guest lecture on “Mebiol Gel, a thermoreversible polymer as a scaffold for three dimensional culture of Huh7 cell line with improved hepatocyte differentiation marker expression and HCV replication”.

Dr Sumita Agarkar attended the conference of Maharashtra Ophthalmic Society at Solapur on 10th & 11th October 2014 and made oral presentations on “Procedure on superior oblique muscle” and “Duane's retraction syndrome”.

Dr R R Sudhir attended the INAE – NATF Technology & Healthcare Workshop at France on 15th & 16th October 2014 and made an oral presentation on “Enhancing Eye Care Services through Innovation technology and collaboration in India”.

Dr. K. Lily Therese, Dr. J. Malathi, Ms. M. Vimalin Jeyalatha, Ms. A R Rajalakshmy and Ms. Janani attended the Microcon 2014 - 38th National Conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists from 15th to 19th October 2014 at Jaipur.

Ms. Vimalin Jeyalatha made an oral presentation on “Response of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells towards Leptospiral Recurrent Uveitis Antigens”.

Ms. Janani and Ms. Rajalakshmy made poster presentations on “Identification of novel immune regulatory pathway associated with Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and the recombinant EBV protein mediated inflammation in Adult retinal pigment epithelium (ARPE-19) and “HCV replication in Astrocytes” respectively.

Dr Prema Padmanabhan, Dr Rajesh PS, Dr Tarun Sharma, Dr Meena Lakshmipathy & Dr Suchitra Pradeep attended the conference of American Academy of Ophthalmology at Chicago from 18th to 21st October 2014.

Dr Prema Padmanabhan made an oral presentation on “1st Global consensus on treatment of Keratoconus and ecstatic diseases”. Dr Rajesh and Dr Tarun Sharma made poster presentations on “Mobile operation theatre on wheels in India: a novel approach to reach the unreachable” and “Four years incidence and progression of Diabetic Retinopathy of India” respectively. Dr Meena Lakshmipathy made a poster presentation “Pediatric therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty: challenges & outcomes in a tertiary care centre” and. Dr Suchitra Pradeep on “Utility of high resolution ultrasound biomicroscopy in the diagnosis & treatment of HLA B27 associated complicated cataracts”.

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Dr Sudharshan S attended the Annual Meeting of Karnataka Ophthalmic Society at Mysore from 7th to 9th November 2014 and he made oral presentations on “Tips in surgical management of Uveitis” & “Surgery – free patient”.

Dr Sudharshan S attended the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS) Annual Meeting at Jaipur between 13th and 16th November 2014 and made an oral presentation on “Cataract surgery in HIV patients”.

Dr Parthapratim Dutta M participated in the Ophthalmological Society Meet at West Bengal on 20th & 21st November 2014 and he made oral presentations on “Posterior scleritis” & “Posterior uveitis”.

Dr. Sudha K Genesh attended the United Service Institution of India (USI) Meet at Delhi from 21st to 24th November 2014 and she made oral presentations on “Tips on cataract surgery in Uveitis” and “Paediatric Uveitis- Indian perspective”.

Dr Muna Bhende participated in the Baroda Ophthalmic Society CME at Baroda on 23rd November 2014 and made oral presentations on “Current management of retinal vein occlusion”, “Choice of anti-VEGF/Steriods for retinal diseases” and “Clinical pearls in diagnosis of macular disease”.

Mr. Arun John & Mr. Muthu kumaran participated in the International Conference on Crystal Growth and Biomolecular Crystallography (ICCGBC-2014), held at SASTRA University from 28th to 29th November 2014. Mr. Arun John made an oral presentation on “Structure-function relationship studies on human fatty acid synthase thioesterase domain and its inhibitors: an in silico approach” and Mr. Muthukumaran made a poster presentation on “Ornithine Decarboxylase drug development”.

Dr. S Krishanakumar, Dr. J. Narayanan, Mr. Prasanna Kumar, Ms. Jayashree B attended 7th Bangalore India Nano Conference at Bangalore from 4th to 6th December 2014.

Dr. Narayanan and Mr. Prasanna Kumar made a poster presentation “Aptamer toxin conjugates for targeting EpCAM positive cancer cells; Ms. Jayashree B on “Targeted therapy in epithelial adhesive molecule by aptamer chimeras”.

Dr Pukhraj Rishi, Dr Ekta Rishi, Dr Jaydeeb Avinas Walinjkar and Dr Sudipta Das participated in the conference of Vitreo Retina Society of India held at Agra from 5th to 7th December 2014. Dr Pukhraj Rishi made oral presentations on “Analysis of potential ischemic effect of intravitreal Bevacizumab (IVB) on normal retina in subjects with branch retinal vein occlusion(BRVO)”; “Intra-arterial chemotherapy for intraocular retinoblastoma: First Indian report” and “Partial lamellar sclerouvectomy for peripheral uveal”. Dr Ekta Rishi made oral presentations on “Primary bevacizumab nonresponse in refractory diabetic macular edema” and “Endophthalmitis after keratoprosthesis: incidence, risk factors, causative organisms and outcomes”.

Dr Jaydeeb Avinas Walinjkar made an oral presentation on “Correlation of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns and Multifocal electroretinography (MFERG) in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD)” and Dr Sudipta Das made a poster presentation on “Clinical profile of posterior scleritis in a tertiary eye centre in Southern India”.

Dr Sudhir R R, Dr Shweta Agarwal, Dr Geetha Iyer K attended the 4th Biennial Scientific Meeting of Asia Cornea Society, at Taiwan from 11th to 12th December 2014. Dr Sudhir made a poster presentation “Fishmouth compression suture in the management of corneal burn due to phacoemulsifcation”, Dr Shweta Agarwal made an oral presentation on “Outcomes of COMET in surface reconstructive procedures” and a poster presentation “SLET in the management of acute chemical injury” and Dr Geetha Iyer made oral presentations on “Keratoprosthesis – Challenges and modifications” and “A case of Stevens Johnsons Syndrom”.

Dr. Nivedita Chatterjee, Mr. R. Saravanan and Mr. R. Bhuvanasundar attended the Society of Biological Chemists Meeting at Bhubaneswar from 18th to 21st December 2014. Dr. Nivedita made an oral presentation on “HIV 1 clade specific regulation of the innate immune response in Müller glia”. Mr. Saravanan and Mr. Bhuvanasundar made poster presentations on “Identification of serum Galectin-1 bound haptoglobin glycoforms and their differential expression in patients with the inflammation mediated ocular angiogenesis” and “Eales disease Characterization of human Lysyl Oxidase (LOX) and development of novel peptides to inhibit its activity” respectively.

Dr. Geetha Iyer, Dr. N. Radhika, Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan, Dr. Rama Rajagopal, Dr. Niveditha Narayanan and Dr .Shweta Agarwal attended the Keracon 2014 - the Society's Second National Meet at Chennai from 19th to 21st December 2014. Dr. Geetha Iyer, Dr. Radhika and Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan made presentations on “Tumors of the ocular surface”, “Combined procedures” and “Glaucoma in kpro” respectively.

Dr. Rama Rajagopal made an oral presentation on “Scleral involvement in OSSN”; Dr. Niveditha Narayanan on “Panelist - Corneal Infections Session: Bacterial” and Dr. Shweta Agarwal on “LID margin keratinisation in SJS”.

Dr Jaichandran V V, Dr Jagdeesh V and Dr Manonmani B attended the 62nd Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Anesthesiologist & Workshop in Regional Anesthesia, from 25th to 29th December 2014 at Madurai. They made oral presentations on “Pre-operative orbit-globe evaluation by anesthesiologist for regional block”, “Monitored anaesthesia care for diabetics and hypertensive patients” and “Prevention of nausea and vomiting (PONV) following squint surgery” respectively.

Dr S Krishnakumar participated in the IIT Nano Meet, at Mumbai on 17th January 2015 and he made oral presentation on “Aptamers & their application in cancer”.

Dr Prema Padmanabhan participated in the Dr. Noel Moniz Memorial Lecture at Cochin Ophthalmic Club, on 18th January 2015 at Cochin and she made an oral presentation on “Keratoconus – the familiar stranger”.

The Genetics department celebrated its 21st year of service by conducting the 2nd SN Genetics Convention 2014, “A symposium on “Sanger to Next Generation Sequencing – The Genomics Era”, on 30th & 31th January 2015. Sponsorship from Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) was received Prof. T. Ramasami, Former Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, gave a motivating address to the gathering. After the plenary lecture by Prof. Samir Brahmachari on “NGS for India: New Genome Science”, many eminent scientists presented their novel findings and their views on whole genome sequencing in eye disorders, cardiomyopathy, cancer and rare diseases. The list includes Prof. H N Madhavan, Dr. Subhabrata Chakrabati, Dr. Satish Kumar, Dr. Sridhar Sivasubby, Dr. Ramesh Hariharan, Dr. Vinod Scaria, Dr. Karthik Raman, Prof. K Dharmalingam, Dr. Sinnakaruppan Madhavan, Dr. Dwaipayan Bharadwaj, Prof. Suman Kapur, Dr. P Sundaresan, Dr. Bibhas Kar, Dr. Himanshu Sinha, Dr. Nageswara Rao Dunna, Dr. C Shanmugapriya, Prof. M Parani and Dr. Thiagarajan Raman.

Dr. K. Lily Therese participated in the National Seminar on “Emerging Infectious Diseases: Understanding the Challenges” held on 4th February 2015 at University of Madras and delivered a guest lecture on “Pythium insidiosum-The emerging fungal pathogen with special reference to corneal ulcers”.

Dr. Rajesh P S, Dr Manish Panday, Dr Mona Khurana, Dr Sudharshan S, Dr Muna Bhende, Dr Ambika S, Dr Meenakshi S, Dr Suganeswari G, Dr Geetha Iyer, Dr. Pramod S Bhende, Dr Vikas Khetan, Dr Mohammad Arif Mulla, Dr Mona Bhargava, Dr Trupti Patil, Dr Kavitha Kalaivani and Dr Pradeep S participated in the AIOS Conference from 4th to 7th February 2015 at New Delhi.

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Dr Rajesh made a poster presentation “Eye care on wheels-Innovative pilot project to provide surgical eye care at patients' doorstep”. Dr Manish Panday and Dr Mona Khurana gave oral presentations on “Demystifying dilemmas: assessing progression in perimetry” and “Introduction & principles assessing progression” respectively.

Dr Sudharshan, Dr Ambika and Dr Meenakshi made oral presentations on “DR cytokines & molecular diagnositics in Uveitis”; “Explaining unexplained vision loss” and “Evaluation of a patient with squint” respectively.

Dr Muna Bhende gave presentations on “Post intravitreal injection endophthalmitis”, “Case series of unusual situations” & “Re-bleed following VR surgery”. Dr Suganeswari made an oral presentation on “Masquerade syndrome” and a poster presentation “Giant RPE RIP in intraocular Lymphoma”. Dr Geetha Iyer made oral presentations on “Managing Corneal complications following VR Surgery”, “MOOKP – The SN Experience” and “IC- Surgical Skills Transfer– Kpro”.

Dr. Pramod Bhende gave oral presentations on :

Screening methodologies in the Indian context

PVD induction in different scenarios

Management of PVR

Videos on management of suprachoroidalsil. Oil, problems related to FGE

Post-operative inflammation following VR surgery

On behalf of Dr.Lingam Gopal, Dr.Pramod Bhende made oral presentations on :

Assessment and management of retinal detachment following VR surgery

The most common predicament in surgical diabetic retinopathy: tractional retinal detachment? Myth

Post- traumatic endophthalmitis

Extrapolating current evidence into clinical practice

Dr Vikas Khetan gave an oral presentation on “Genetics of adult retinal dystrophy”; Dr Mohammad Arif Mulla made poster presentations on “Retinal toxicity possibly associated with carbamazepine usage” and “An unusual case of central retinal artery occlusion – waxing and waning or visual acuity”. Dr Mona Bhargava made poster presentations on “The role of microbiological assays of donor samples in determining clinical outcome in keratoplasty” and “Comparison of anterior chamber depth using oculyserli & orbscan 2 systems”.

Dr Trupti Patil made an oral presentation on “What is trend and event based analysis”, and a poster presentation “Surgical outcomes of supervised combined cataract and glaucoma surgery done by postgraduates fellows”. Dr Kavitha Kalaivani made oral presentations on “Management of pediatric traumatic cataracts”and “IOL power calculation in pediatric cataract”. Dr Pradeep made an oral presentation on “Toxic anterior segment syndrome and sterile endophthalmitis”,

Dr Prema Padmanabhan participated in the Asia-Australia Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology from 5th to 8th February 2015 at Vietnam and she made an oral presentation on “Cross-linking”.

Dr. S Krishnakumar and Dr. J Narayanan participated in the India-UK workshop on “Affordable Healthcare Medical Technologies” on 11th February 2015

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Dr. K. Lily Therese, Dr. A. J. Pandian and Ms. Srilekha participated in the National Seminar on “An insight into our sight: Radiant Spectrum of molecular methods and diseases in ophthalmology” at Chennai on 12th February 2015. Dr. Lily Therese gave a guest lecture on “Molecular techniques for rapid diagnosis of ocular infection”.

Dr Ronnie George participated in the Kerala Ophthalmic Society Meeting at Trivandrum on 08th March 2015, and he gave a presentation on “Intraocular pressure in Glaucoma”

Dr S. Ambika participated in the Shine 2015 – Neurology Conference at Chennai on 8th March 2015 and she made an oral presentation on “Neuro-ophthalmology – Role in current specimen demyelination”.

Dr Pukhraj Rishi attended the Current Trends & Controversies in Retina and Uvea Conference, at Chandigrah, from 13th to 15th March 2015 and gave an oral presentation on “Multimodal treatment of retinoblastoma”.

Dr Biswas J participated in the PGIMER meeting at Chandigarh, from 14th to 15th March 2015 and gave a talk on “Current understanding in the pathogenesis of Eales' disease”.

Dr Ronnie George attended the Pediatric Glaucoma Conference at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai from 14th to 15th March 2015 and he made an oral presentation on “Ahmed glaucoma valve surgery”.

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Prof. Susana Marcos PhD, Professor of Research & Director from Visual Optics & Biophotonics Institute of Optics, CSIC Madrid, Spain, visited our Foundation on 12th April 2014 and delivered a lecture on “Imaging, Measuring and Restoring Crystalline Lens Accommodation".

Dr. Deepak Edward from USA visited the Pathology lab on 12th April 2014.

Prof. Tes Toop, Student Co-ordinator from Deakin University, visited Nano biotechnology lab on 16th April 2014 and interacted with the students.

Dr. Anders Heijl M.D., PhD, Professor and Senior Consultant at the Dept of Ophthalmology, Malmo University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden visited Sankara Nethralaya and the research laboratories on 23rd May 2014 and gave a lecture on “Course on the Glaucoma Perimetry”.

Dr. Anushuya Ganguly, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science from BITS, Goa, visited the research laboratories on 30th May 2014.

Dr Bala Murali Vasudevan, Asst. Professor, Midwestern University, Arizona College of Optometry visited our foundation on 4th June 2014 and gave a talk on “Near induced transient myopia-Research updates”.

Ms. Geetha Bali (W/o Mr. G. Madhavan Nair, Former Chairman, ISRO) visited the Microbiology lab on 13th June 2014.

Dr. Mohan Rajan, Chairman & Managing Director, Rajan Eye Care Hospital, visited our foundation on 27th June 2014 and gave a talk on “Top Five Keys to Success”.

Dr. Usha H. Viyus M.S. (Ophth.), Medical Superintendent & Professor of Ophthalmology, Sheth C.H. Nagri Municipal Eye Hospital, Ahmedabad, visited the research laboratories on 11th July 2014.

Dr. S P Srinivasan, Associate Professor from Indiana University, USA, visited the research laboratories on 15th July 2014.

Mr. H D Malesra, Director of Ratan Tata Foundation, Mumbai visited the research laboratories on 16th July 2014 and interacted with our scientists.

Prof S V Eswaran, Emeritus Scientist-CSIR, from St Stephen's College, University of Delhi visited the research laboratories on 21st July 2014 and gave a talk on “Interactions and Inspiration for Research”.

Ms. Mandy Engelsm, Proof Reader from Hand Fast Point, Netherlands, visited our foundation on 31st July 2014 and gave a lecture on "Writing a research paper in English - a proof reader's perspective”.

Dr. David Springer, Mr. Scott, Dr. Lee Moored from University of Alabama visited our foundation on 12th August 2014 and 12th February 2015.

Dr. T. Ramaswami from Department of Science and Technology (DST) visited the research laboratories on 19th August 2014 and interacted with the scientists.

Dr. Vijaya Kumar Aradhye, Consulting Physician from 'Suvas', Jalna visited the research laboratories on 26th August, 2014.

Dr. Suresh Viswanathan, State University of New York, Department of optometry from USA, visited the research laboratories on 3rd September 2014.

Dr. Tamara S. Oechslin from the Ohio State University, College of Optometry, Columbus, visited our foundation on 17th September 2014 and gave a talk on “Kids and Glasses”.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Mr Shukbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab visited our foundation on 18th September 2014.

Dr. Lemij Hans, Glaucoma Specialist from Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, visited the Biochemistry lab on 22nd September 2014.

Dr. Proteeti Bhattacharjee, Liaison Officer, India Office of the Max Planck Society, German House for Research and Innovation (DWIH), at New Delhi visited our foundation on 23rd September 2014.

Dr. Agarwal, Ophthalmologist from Indore visited our foundation and interacted with the clinicians and scientists on 3rd October, 2014.

Ms. Kimberley, Associate Director and Program Manager from ORBIS International visited our foundation on 4th October 2014.

Dr. Shatina Pardhan from Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom (UK) visited Genetics lab on 31st October 2014.

Prof. Peter Hodgson & Prof. Trevor Day from Deakin University, Australia visited the Pathology lab and interacted with the PhD students and faculty on 6th November 2014.

Padma Shri Dr. V. Mohan, Eminent Diabetologist & Director from Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialties Centre, Chennai visited our foundation on 13th November 2014 and gave a guest lecture on “How to control the menace of diabetes in India?”

Dr. V. Bhulakshmi from Gap Skills Company, Hyderabad visited the Genetics lab on 13th November 2014.

Dr. M. A. Vijayalakshmi, Director, Vellore Institute of Technology, Centre for Bio-Separation Technology, visited our foundation and interacted with the scientists and students of Biochemistry and Cell Biology laboratory on 28th November 2014 and gave a presentation on “Gene to Vial”.

Dr. Bala Ramachandran, Medical Director from Kanchi Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital visited our foundation and made a presentation on "Medical Errors - A reality in medicine” at the 19th Sri V. Venugopal Endowment Lecture on 29th November 2014.

Dr Yamuna, Vice Chancellor, HOD – Management Studies, Hindustan University, Dr Susan Marthandan, Director, Hindustan Arts & Science College and Dr. G. Srikanth, Director from National Institute of Management Studies visited the research laboratories on 5th December 2014.

Mr. T M Bhasin, Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Bank, visited the research laboratories on 5th December 2014.

Dr Srinivas R Sadda, MD from David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles visited our foundation on 22nd December 2014 and gave a lecture on “Retinal Imaging & Diabetic Macular Edema”.

Prof. A V Ramanan, Consultant Pediatric Rheumatologist from Bristol Royal Hospital for Children & Royal National Hospital visited our foundation on 23th December 2014 and gave a talk on “Immunomodulation of Pediatric Uveitis”.

Dr Sridevi Devaraj, Ph.D., DABCC Medical Director of Chemistry and POCT, Texas Children's Hospital, visited our research laboratories on 2nd January 2015 and gave a lecture on “Metabolic Syndrome: An update”.

Mr. John Miles from Guild Ford Rotary Eye Project, United Kingdom (UK) visited our foundation on 19th January 2015.

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Dr. T. Velpandian, Additional Professor & In-Charge Dept of Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmacy in Dr. R P Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, visited our foundation on 21st January 2015 and gave a lecture on “Drug Transport Across Ocular Barriers- Implications in Therapeutics”.

Prof. K. Dharmalingam, Director-Research, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai, Dr. Dwaipayan Bhardwaj, Director - Indian BIOCHILD, IGIB, New Delhi, Dr Sridhar Sivasubbu, IGIB, New Delhi, Dr. Vinod Scaria, IGIB, New Delhi, Dr Satish Kumar, CCMB, Hydrabad, Dr. Himanshu Sinha, Reader, Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai visited our research laboratories and interacted with the scientists on 31st January 2015.

Ms. Ziaa Lalkaka from HDFC Bank, Mumbai visited the Microbiology lab on 09th February 2015.

Prof. Shilpa Buch from Dept of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha visited the research laboratories and gave a presentation on “Neuro AIDS-A Tango of HIV and the Host” on 13th February 2015

Dr. J. Radhakrishnan IAS, Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu, Dr Geethalakshmi S, Director of Medical Education, Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Tamil Nadu and Dr. M Arulpitchai Narayanan, Chairman, Arma Medical Foundation, visited our foundation on 13th February 2015.

Dr. M. Aravazhi Ammal, M.B.B.S., D.Ortho, AFIH, Orthopaedic Surgeon & Mr. K. Suresh, Quality Assurance Superintendent & Convener, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, Madras Atomic Power Station visited our foundation on 13th February 2015.

Prof. Gerald Schultz, Associate Clinical Professor, Loma Linda School of Medicine, California visited the Genetics lab and interacted with the students on 14th February 2015.

Dr. Ajay Khopade, Vice President, Dr Shravanti B, Associate Vice President-Clinical Research, Mr Narendra L, Associate Vice President – Business Development, Mr. Abhijeet H Joshi, Asst Manager – Clinical Research from Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company visited the research laboratories on 13th March 15.

Dr. Philip A.Thomas, Associate Director (Research), Professor & Head Department of Ocular Microbiology from Institute Of Ophthalmology, Joseph Eye Hospital Tiruchirapalli visited the Microbiology lab on 27th March 2015.

Dr Ajay, PhD from 3D Product Dev Pvt. Ltd, and Product Accelerator Pvt Ltd, visited the Pathology lab.

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