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

MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS2018 - 2019


To

The Members of the Medical Research FoundationAugust 17, 2019

NOTICE

AGENDA

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

THAT THE 41st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE FOUNDATION WILL BE HELD ON

SATURDAY, THE 14th SEPTEMBER 2019 AT 6.00 P.M. AT BOARD ROOM, 2ND FLOOR,

KAMALNAYAN BAJAJ RESEARCH CENTRE BLOCK, NEW NO 41, OLD NO 18, COLLEGE

ROAD, CHENNAI 600 006.

1. To consider and adopt the Audited Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended March 31, 2019 and the Balance Sheet as at that date together with the Report of the Auditors thereon.

2. To consider and adopt the Annual report of the Foundation for the year 2018-19.

3. To appoint Auditors and to fix their remuneration for the year ending 31st March 2020.

4. To elect Members to the Board of Management in the vacancies caused by the retirement of the following Members, who are eligible for re-appointment

Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Encl: 1. Explanatory statement for Item 4 of the Agenda 2. Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2019

G. RAMACHANDRAN

Honorary Secretary


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Sl. No Name Represented By Category Of Membership

1 Mr. C. Ramakrishna - Founder member

2 M/s Orwo Films Eastern Unit Dr. M. Saravanan Donor member

3 Paramarthabhushanam Nathella Sampathu Chetty Charities

Mr. Ranganatha Gupta Donor member

4 Sugal Lottery Agency Mr. N. Sugalchand Jain Donor member

5 Mr. R. C. Parekh - Donor member

6 M/s Chittoda Investment and Trading Private Limited

Dr. Usha Barwale Zehr Donor member

7 M/s Saraswathi Stores Mr. G. Ramachandran Donor member

8 Dr. S. S. Badrinath - Honorary member

9 Dr. T. S. Surendran - Honorary member

10 Dr. Lingam Gopal - Honorary member

11 Dr. K. S. Vasan - Honorary member

12 Dr. T. Ramasami - Honorary member

13 M/s Keligavan Investment and Trading Private Ltd

Mr. Raju Barwale Patron member

14 M/s Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre

Mr. Jagdish M Chanrai Patron member

15 Ms. Prabhavathy Seethapathy - Patron member

As per bye laws of the Foundation 10(d) Mr. Raju Barwale being the nominee member of the

M/s Keligavan Investment and Trading Private Limited is automatically entitled to be re-

elected on completion of three years.

As per bye laws of the Foundation 10(d) Mr. Jagdish M Chanrai being the nominee member of

the M/s Jaslok Hospital and Research Center is automatically entitled to be re-elected on

completion of three years.


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Explanatory statement for Item 4 of the Agenda

G. RAMACHANDRAN

Honorary Secretary

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SANKARA NETHRALAYA

PHILOSOPHY

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.

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

compassion through a committed professional

team.

We commit to achieve quality services through

the Quality Management System while

complying with all applicable regulatory

requirements.

QUALITY POLICY

To ensure high level of staff satisfaction

and motivation.

To maintain the quality of ophthalmic

services in accordance with international

standards.

Effective utilization of infrastructure

facilities including manpower.

To ensure continued patients' satisfaction.

QUALITY OBJECTIVESMISSION STATEMENT

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BOARD OF MANAGEMENT 2018 - 2019

President Dr. S. S. Badrinath

Vice President Dr. Girish Shiva Rao

Honorary Secretary Mr. G. Ramachandran

Honorary Treasurer Mr. N. Sugalchand Jain

Other Members of the Board

1. Mr. Ananthkumar Badrinath Member

2. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mehta Member

3. Mr. Jagdish M. Chanrai Member

4. Dr. Lingam Gopal Member

5. Mrs. Mallika Srinivasan Member

6. Mr. Mani. S. Subramonian Member

7. Mrs. Nina B. H. Kothari Member

8. Mr. Parekh R. C. Member

9. Ms. Prabhavathy Seethapathy Member

10. Mr. Ramakrishna C. Member

11. Dr. Ramasami T. Member

12. Mr. N. Ranganatha Gupta Member

13. Mr. Rajaratnam S. Member

14. Ms. Rajashree Birla Member

15. Mr. Raju Barwale Member

16. Mr. Sirish R. Barwale Member

17. Dr. Surendran T. S. Member

18. Dr. Saravanan M. Member

19. Mr. Taraporevala B. S. Member

20. Dr. Usha Zehr Barwale Member

21. Mr. Vaidyanathan V. Member

22. Dr. K. S. Vasan Member

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Managing Director

Medical Director Administration

:

:

Dr. K. S. Vasan

Dr. Girish Shiva Rao

Director Administration : Ms. Akila Ganesan

Deputy General Manager (Finance) : Ms. Susila Girisan

Auditors : M/s. S. Viswanathan

Chartered Accountants, Chennai

Bankers : HDFC Bank Ltd., State Bank of India

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

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

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.

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy -

VanagaramNo 9, Vanagaram Road, Ayanambakkam, Chennai 600 095.

Suraj Sankara NethralayaNo. 34, Dharmaraja Koil Street, Chetpet Post & Taluk, Tiruvannamalai Dt, Pincode 606801

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

Premises No.25-3333, Plot No. D J 16, Action Area – 2, Kolkata - 700156

Kamalnayan Bajaj Sankara Nethralaya

Andra Pradesh

West Bengal

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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2018-19

I have great pleasure in presenting the 41st Annual Report of the Medical Research Foundation

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

The financial performance of the Foundation for the year 2018-19 is summarized below:

Description 2018-19 2017-18

INCOME

Hospital Collections 20763 19587

Grants and Other Income 2474 2340

Total Income

EXPENDITURE 21431 20212

Surplus before Depreciation 1806 1715

Depreciation 1737 1789

Net Surplus/Deficit 69 (74)

23237 21927

(Rs in Lakhs) (Rs in Lakhs)

The Hospital Collection this year was higher by Rs.1176 lakhs compared to 2017-2018 with

an increase of 6%. After meeting all the expenses including depreciation, Net Income over

Expenditure was Rs.69 lakhs compared to the Net Income over Expenditure of Rs. (74) lakhs

of 2017-18.

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Donations

Fixed Assets

(Rs in Lakhs)(Rs in Lakhs)

CASH FLOW

Description 2018-19 2017-18

Source

Add: Depreciation

Cash flow from operations

1737

69

1789

(74)

Donations 1912 1109

Increase / Decrease In Current Liabilities

ICICI KfW loan for St Thomas Mount

(266)

750

(231)

-

Total Sources 4202 2593

Investment - Capital expenditure 850 698

Investment - Project (St. Thomas Mount) 1059 8

Investment in New Building(Guest House, Mandaveli/Chetpet, Tiruvannamalai)

613 -

ICICI Technology loan – Repayment 500 500

Cash Surplus/(Deficit) 1180 1387

Opening Cash Balance 7197 5810

Total Applications

Closing Cash Balance

3022

8377

1206

7197

Applications

Donations received during the year amounted to Rs.1912 lakhs. The corresponding figures for 2017-18 were

Rs.1109 lakhs.

Additions amounted to Rs.1843 lakhs in which equipment for updating of technology and replacements

accounted to Rs.1735 lakhs and EDP Equipment / Software of Rs.108 lakhs.

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OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

YEAR 2018-19

OUTPATIENT CONSULTATION 870450 794685

MAJOR OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE 127765 119142

SURGICAL PROCEDURE 63905 63258

2017-18

DESCRIPTION NUMBERS

Treatment of Poor Patients

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

EYE BANK

The number of free surgeries in the FY 2018-19 was 22810 against 23245 in FY 2017-18. Number of free

surgeries as a percentage of total surgeries done was 36% in the FY 2018-19 and 37% in the FY 2017-18. The

revenue foregone through free services and waiver / concessions amounts to Rs.4324 Lakhs. Last year the

corresponding amount was Rs. 4020 lakhs.

The reason for the slight decrease in the free surgeries is due to the closure of the Community Theatre for

three weeks for repairs and re-modification.

"The Details of Corneal Transplant services during the period April 2018 – March 2019 are as follows:

1. Total Number of eyes Collected: 1012 numbers against 1280 numbers in 2017 - 18

2. Total Number of Corneal Transplant surgeries performed: 677 numbers against 684 numbers in 2017-18

3. Amount Received from Reliance Dhristi Project towards performance of free corneal transplant:

Rs. 4,72,500 (Rs. Four Lakh seventy two Thousand Five Hundred only)”

4. Amount Received from DBCS for Cornea Collection from 2018 April to 2019 March Rs.10,79, 000

(Rs. Ten Lakh seventy nine thousands only)

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1. A monthly QI meeting attended by the Management Representative – Medical,

Management Representative – Non medical ( Ms. Akila Ganesan) and the Medical

Director( Dr. Girish Shiva Rao ) , NABH Medical Representative ( Dr. Pramod Bhende)

with all HOD’s is held to go through monthly Clinical & Managerial Quality Indicators

for the Centres. This is a major step forward in systematically ensuring Quality

Standards of the hospital

2. All committee Meetings held in defined schedules

3. Patients Feedback is systematically analysed and patient’s issues sorted to a

greater extent.

4. Patient Safety Training is provided for all staff involved in direct patient care.

5. Patient Shadowing introduced to experience what patient is experiencing within

the facility during their treatment journey.

6. Internal audits , Patient safety audits , Facility Audits done to ensure patient safety

7. Ensured to conduct Code Red,Code Blue and Code pink mock drills conducted in

regular periodicity.

8. Fire safety policy streamlined and 50 Fire wardens are trained every 6 months

across the organizations. All out sourced employees are also trained. Fire Safety

audit teams are formed and audits conducted as per schedule

9. Medico – Legal policies are framed in a clear manner

10. SN SOPs are updated for each Department & for every location annually.

Other Quality initiatives across the Organization:

Status of NABH Accreditation:(Updates as on August2019)

Sl. No SN Location RemarksNABH Accreditation Status

1 SN Main Campus Valid till Dec 2021

2 JKCN Valid till Feb 2021

3 CUSSN

4 NSN Valid till Dec 2021

5 Kamalnayan Bajaj SN Valid till July 2022

6 Aditya Birla SN Valid till April 2022

Accreditation live

Accreditation live

Reassessment done and NC closure under process

Accreditation live

Accreditation live

Accreditation live

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SN takes pride in leveraging its investment in Information Technology & Systems. The

technology investments have enabled SN to drive operational improvements in its business

operations, improve efficiency besides sustainable patient care.

We are glad to note that the new Branch addition in Chetpet, Tamil Nadu was added to our

network at short notice. The users in the branch continues to get seamless access to our

network and knowledgebase and extend services to the patients visiting the branch.

Keeping in mind the growth of information needs we have enhanced the Data storage

capabilities for our EMR & HMS with addition of new SAN Hardware at our data center

besides upgrading the Server Operating systems for improved resilience and better

performance.

SN IT has initiated piloting of newer technology adoption to network through Software

Defined Wide area network. The pilot initiative has been rolled out to RSM Square, Chetpet,

TADA and Tirupati locations. The SD WAN initiatives leverages Broadband internet to provide

fault tolerant and reliable network access and at much lower costs compared to MPLS

network. The results of pilot implementations will enable us to fine tune the approaches

and roll it across major locations over the next 9 – 12 months.

SN IT has been collaborating with users to address their business needs to bring in innovation

in their business processes and to provide improved operational efficiency in patient care.

The engagements pursuits had resulted in enhancements to the HMS / EMR software. The

areas of changes include the following :

Ø Significant enhancements to EMR in for Pediatry, Low Vision Clinics, IP and OP process

changes for improved data collection and tracking

Ø Roll out of technology changes to EMR which includes graphical representation of data,

Chrome version compatibility and improved user experience through Single Page EMR

for smarter and accelerated data collection

IT & Systems

IT Infrastructure

EMR & Hospital Management solutions

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Ø Continued focus on enhancing operational efficiency in the administration systems in

many areas which include Patient Billing, Insurance management, Opticals, Central stores,

Patient services. The automation includes improved work flows, automated data capture,

patient tracking systems for time management, e-way bill systems for stock transfers and

many more.

Ø Many of the key processes has been integrated with automated SMS, email alerts and

exception driven reporting.

Ø Service calls had been continually being reviewed proactive updates have been made to

provide users with self-help capabilities and tools for improved decision making while

servicing patient requests.

Ø Newer modules had been released for Bio-medical engineering for tracking and

attending to service requests.

4. Fund Raising activities

Under the guidance of Dr. S. S. Badrinath, fund raising for the various community projects of

Sankara Nethralaya marched ahead with full vigour. Donors from across India and the United

States, extended their support for carrying out MESU projects, Free Cataract and Major

Surgeries, School screening programs, education for the underprivileged as well as

construction of the new Community Hospital.

The SN OM Trust joined hands with the Indian Fine Arts Association (IFAA) topresent a grand fund raiser by Padmabhushan Sudha Ragunathan at Dallas,Texas

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Major CSR supporters in Financial Year 2018-19

1. M/s. Computer Age Management Services Pvt Ltd, Chennai

2. M/s. HDB Financial Services Limited, Mumbai

3. M/s. Standard Chartered Global Business Services Private Limited, Chennai

4. M/s. Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance Limited, Chennai

5. M/s. Sundaram Finance Limited, Chennai

6. M/s. Brakes India Private Limited, Chennai

7. M/s. Binaguri Tea Company Private Limited, Kolkata

8. M/s. Bhabani Pigments Private Limited, New Delhi

9. M/s. Blue Cross Laboratories Pvt Ltd, Mumbai

10. M/s. H T Parekh Foundation, Mumbai

11. M/s. The Clearing Corporation of India Limited, Mumbai

12. M/s. Ness Technologies India Private Limited, Bangalore

13. M/s. L & T Technology Services Pvt Ltd, Chennai

14. M/s. Bharat Electronic Limited, Chennai

15. M/s. Seegreen Cosmetics, Chennai

16. M/s. Borg Warnet Morse Systems India Pvt Ltd, Chennai

17. M/s. HPCL, Chennai

18. M/s. Panasonic Carbon India Co. Ltd, Sricity A.P

19. M/s. I M Gears Pvt Ltd, Chennai

The Employee’s strength as on 31st March 2019 is 1560 (31st March 2018 was 1497)

Particulars As on 31.03.2019 As on 31.03.2018

Consultants * 153 145

Executives & Optometrists 552 497

Staff 855 855

TOTAL 1560 1497

*Includes Ophthalmologists, Physicians and Anesthetists

HUMAN RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

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Human Resources, with its effective organizational practices has contributed in staffing,

organizational development, employee health, safety and implementing welfare measures.

The metrics of Rubrics was developed across all departments and used as a tool to measure

employee performance.

Through effective training programs, the team has constantly been motivating and

encouraging the employees. An effective system was devised to capture all the training

details and feedback of the sessions that are conducted.

Sankara Nethralaya has always believed that rewards and recognition are essential for an

outstanding workplace. Employees are valued for their contribution by giving awards that

include the best Man & Woman employee of the year, the best Department and the

outstanding performers awards at the Independence Day celebrations held every year.

Dr. N. Anuradha of the Academic Department & Dr. H. Jameel Rizwana of the Optometry

Department and Mr. P. Kamalakannan of the Maintenance Department were adjudged the

Women and Man of the Year. The Special awards - Male – G. Vasudevan of the Commercial

Department and the Special award - Female – Hannah C. Rajapriya R. of the Administration.

The Team of year award were adjudged to the Biomedical Department of the year 2018.

Sankara Nethralaya Kolkata was chosen as the Best Department for the year 2018.

Chief Guest Dr Mohomed Rela presents the ‘Best Man Employee- 2018’ award at the 73rd I-Day celebrations to Mr Kamalakannan

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The Service Awards for long standing tenure of service to the Institution was also

recognized.

Employee Satisfaction Surveys were conducted to understand employee morale and job

satisfaction levels across all departments of SN.

Merit Awards to Children of employees who had scored 80% and above were distributed

during the Republic Day celebrations.

The SN family also celebrated the Foundation Day, Sports Day & the International Women's

Day with excellent employee participation.

On 01st July’19, our entire team of doctors were greeted with a box of dry fruits on account

of Doctor’s Day.

Chief Guest Dr Mohomed Rela presents the ‘Best Women of the year-2018’ to Dr Anuradha and Dr Rizwana

Dr Dhanashree Ratra presents the employee’s children merit scholarship to a deserving student

Volleyball match in progress at the sports Day-2018Children of SN employees participating in the sports Day

Mrs V.Usha, Deputy Manager Medical Transcription Dept. receives the 30’ years completion service’ award from the chief guest

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

The evening of the 26th of December 2018 would remain etched in the minds of the large

number of Sankara Nethralaya family members assembled at the Sri V.D.Swami Auditorium,

located at its main campus, a colourful and joyous moment when the legendary ‘Pune Pagdi’

the bright turban which adorned the heads of Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak the fiery

freedom fighter and Gopal Krishna Gokhale the moderate freedom fighter and social

reformer, the bright headgear which had become a proud symbol of India’s nationalism and

fight against foreign rule adorned the humble persona of the man who had been fighting all

his life for freedom from blindness of his people, leading to a self reliant and independent

life. The occasion was the awarding of the first ‘Pune Netra Seva National Award’ instituted

in honour and memory of Late G.M Shetty of Modern Cafe, Pune, a philanthropist who

supported social causes generously, by the Pune Seva Netra Pratisthan a unique and

pioneering service institution engaged in bringing back the light of vision and joy totally cost

free to thousands of visually impaired in the rural parts of Maharashtra, for the past 40

years. The award was instituted to recognize and honour an outstanding personality working

in the field of ophthalmology, as part of the Pune Seva Netra Pratisthan’s 40th anniversary

celebrations and the members of the executive committee of the organization chose

Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya unanimously for the

Dr. S. S.Badrinath being honoured with the first ‘Pune Netra Seva National Award’ by Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of TN

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1. 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 Devasthanams (TTD). This

center has screened more than 11,983 new patients and has performed 4,210 cataract

surgeries during the financial year 2018 -19 (FY 2017 -18: 11,642 new patients and

3,004 surgeries). This was a record year for our operations at SSSN, in terms of

surgeries performed in a year. Mission for Vision Trust is playing a major role in

mobilizing patients for free cataract surgeries at SSSN. Sankara Nethralaya is also

exploring the possibilities of having an exclusive Mobile Eye Surgical Unit for the State

of Andhra Pradesh, under the aegis of TTD. Discussions in this regard are progressing

well and we hope this project would be a reality before the next financial year.

2. Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya & Kamalnayan Bajaj

Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata, West Bengal:

Both our centers at Kolkata have grown further in its stature by catering to more

number of patients through their base hospitals and as well through community

outreach programs. These centers together have screened more than 1, 17,234 new

patients and performed 14,018 surgeries during the financial year 2018 -19. (FY 2017 -

18: more than 1, 05,207 new patients and 12,780 surgeries).

3. Sankara Nethralaya, Sricity, Tada, Andhra Pradesh:

Our center at Sri City, catering to the needs of industrial workers and also the needs of

the villagers living around this upcoming industrial town, has rendered services to

more than 6,555 patients and has performed 97 cataract surgeries during the financial

year 2018-19.

4. Suraj Sankara Nethralaya, Chetpet, Tiruvannamalai District,

Tamil Nadu:

Suraj Sankara Nethralaya, named in honor and as a token of gratitude to Shri Surajmal

Jain, a well-known philanthropist, champion of social causes, Chairman of Acharya

Shri Hasthi Aradhana Foundation (ASHA Foundation) and a long time well-wisher of

Sankara Nethralaya, who has most generously donated the premise housing the new

facility. Suraj SN assumes great importance as it would be dispensing world class eye

care in a semi urban region and serving a large number of indigent patients from the

neighboring villages, who do not have access to quality eye care.

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CONCLUSION

Financial Year 2018 – 2019 saw the Foundation completing 40 years in Service to our country. Under the inspiring and visionary leadership of Dr Badrinath, the year saw the Foundation embarking on new projects and expansion of its services besides setting a new record in financial performance and a new record in number of free services performed. True to its founding principle, the Foundation showed growth in all its areas of activity - World class eye care, Community Services, Research and Education – broadly recognized as the four pillars of the Foundation.

The Foundation has recorded yet another satisfying performance with the hospital collection showing a growth of 6% in comparison to the previous financial year. The hospital collection crossed Rs. 200 crores for the first time. The number of free surgeries in the FY 2018-19 was 22810. Number of free surgeries as a percentage of total surgeries done was 36%. The Mobile Eye Surgery Units (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand), the brain child of Dr SS Badrinath, kept the flag of Sankara Nethralaya’s service to community flying high by performing 4520 totally free cataract surgeries in different villages across the 3 states.

The Bhumi puja for the new Community Hospital at St. Thomas Mount was conducted on 23rd April 2018. The new facility would have a fully equipped out-patient facility, 8 operation theaters and 140 beds dedicated to totally free surgeries and service. In a moment that captured the spirit of the day, special guest of the event Shri Iravatham Mahadevan expressed that if only he had been 10 years younger he would have visited every home in the locality to mobilize funds for the noble endeavour.

A close look at the inception, growth and 4 decades of service by Sankara Nethralaya would make it apparent that if something has been the consistent moving force for all the above, next only to the blessings of the Kanchi Acharyas, it is the boundless love to mankind, a strong sense of service, a no strings attached generosity and utmost faith in the institution exhibited by its donors and well wishers. It was a beautiful demonstration of this faith that was being showcased on the 20th of September 2018 in the small town of Chetpet in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, as the curtains went up on yet another major step in Sankara Nethralaya’s battle against blindness, in a semi urban area. The hospital, now named Suraj Sankara Nethralaya, was donated to Sankara Nethralaya, by Shri Surajmal Jain and his family. After required renovations the hospital started functioning from October 2018, serving the people from surrounding villages.

Two well qualified and trained ophthalmologists supported by a well-trained and

dedicated team of nursing, paramedical and administrative staff offer quality care for

all eye ailments. The new facility has fully equipped operation theaters, General

Ward beds and AC room. This facility was inaugurated by the district collector Shri K.S.

Kandasamy, IAS on 20th September 2018. This center has offered services to 3,358

new patients as Out patients and performed 91 Cataract surgeries during the financial

year 2018-19.

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With clinical work, academics and research marching ahead with full speed, 2018-2019 was

a busy and productive year for the organization.

During the year, 78 Ophthalmologists got trained through the various Ophthalmology post

graduate and fellowship programs. This is a proud achievement of the institution and

reaffirmation of the Vision of Dr. Badrinath. Further, another 150 students graduated from

different programs including Optometry, Medical Laboratory Technology, Business

Administration, Nursing and Ophthalmic Dispensing. These are all indicators of the

robustness of Sankara Nethralaya’s academic activities.

Research work at Sankara Nethralaya has helped produce 2 Ph. D graduates this year. A

further 15 students are pursuing their Ph.D. Numerous projects in Optometry (Binocular

vision, Contact Lens and Myopia) and Ophthalmology (Dry eye, Keratoconus, Diabetic

Retinopathy and Glaucoma) are being carried out. A number of papers have been published

on the research outcome in peer reviewed Indian and International journals.

REACH – a school screening project supported by Orbis was completed this year. The 3-year

project helped to screen 3 lakh school children studying in Corporation and government

aided schools across Kanchipuram, Chennai and Tiruvallur districts. The unique feature of

the screening was inclusion of Binocular Vision Screening – the first of its kind in the world.

5% of the children required spectacles which were distributed through the project.

2018-19 was an impactful year for Sankara Nethralaya. Global projects involving Artificial

Intelligence were started at the Institution in the fields of Diabetic Retinopathy and

Glaucoma. The school screening program has received an extension of 3 more years which

would help to revisit the districts and include more children under the program. Tata Trusts

have extended another 3 years of support for the Mobile Eye Surgery Project in Jharkhand on

seeing the impact the program is having on the ground. Our ophthalmologists and

optometrists have represented Sankara Nethralaya in National and Global Forum with

distinction. A new centre was added to the Organisation and a new Community hospital is

under construction. The vision of Dr Badrinath is not only deep-rooted in the Institution but

is urging the next generation to carry forward the philosophy of the hospital.

HUMAN RELATIONS:

The Founder, Dr. S. S. Badrinath and Dr Vasanthi Badrinath are the real force behind this

great institution, continuously guiding and monitoring the progress of the institution in

every sphere. Their concerted actions in the continuous development of Consultants and

their professional management style with succession plans have started yielding results. Dr

Girish S. Rao, Medical Director – Administration & Vice-President, MRF has moved

comfortably into the role of heading the administration of the hospital under the guidance

of Dr. S. S. Badrinath.

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With the support of Chairman Emeritus and the Administration team, he is working on managing the hospital functions. The Vice Chairman, Dr. T. S. Surendran, Medical Directors / Senior Consultants Dr. Prema Padmanabhan, Dr. Pramod S. Bhende and Dr. L. Vijaya, Dr. J. Biswas all share a common vision as that of the Founder, Dr. S. S. Badrinath, which helps to continue the successful functioning of the Organisation.

Quality administrative supervision and management was provided by Dr. K. S. Vasan for the year 2018-19 who guided the operation over the past decade and improved the operation three folds. He now moves over as advisor projects. Mr. V. Vaidyanathan who is associated with the organization since inception has taken over as the President of the Foundation and has taken over the task of guiding the organization now. He is ably assisted by Mr. G. Ramachandran Hony. Secretary, Mr. N. Sugalchand Jain, Hony.Treasurer and other board members of the foundation besides Ms. Akila Ganesan, Director Administration and Ms Susila Girisan, DGM – Finance.

Our entire para medical and administrative staffs are an important link between the patients and the institution. They ensure the smooth functioning of the Organization. Regular training classes are being held to some of these groups.

I record with gratitude the support of the dedicated Board of Management who despite their other priorities have always come forward to advise the Institution whenever needed even at very short notices.

Our auditors, since the beginning of this institution, M/s S. Viswanathan & co. are carrying out their assignment as a service to a non-for-profit organization for a token compensation. I record with appreciation the personal involvement of the partners Mr. C. N. Ramachandran and Mr. Chella Srinivasan. The internal auditors Mr. S. A. Bhatt are also very dedicated in their service to us. I thank them for their personal involvement in our case.

SWAN, the women auxiliary wing of our organization is continuing their good service to Sankara Nethralaya. Their contributions to the welfare of indigent patients treated at Nethralaya are praise worthy. I salute these dedicated ladies guided by Ms. Surekha Ben, Mrs. Appukutty, Mrs. Haridas and many more.

Our bankers, HDFC and SBI, are very considerate in taking up our requests and delivering their service very promptly to us. I thank them for their support.

At this juncture, I need to extend my sincere gratitude to our Major Donors during this financial year – Clearing Corporation of India, HDB Financial Services, HT Parekh Foundation, Tata Trusts, Computer Age Management Services Private Limited, Bhabani Pigments Private Limited, Binaguri Tea Company Private Limited and the TVS Group. They have supported the Community Services of Sankara Nethralaya through large grants and donations. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the numerous other donors who have been the pillars of support for our work.

I thank the following partners for our community work for their help in taking care of our indigent patients - Mission for Vision, Sri Shridi Sai Trust, Sri Sai Darshan Trust and Lions Club.

G. RAMACHANDRANHony. Secretary

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ACADEMICS

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

A total of 2083 Ophthalmologists trained in vision subspecialties after completion of their

Post Graduation

DO : 104

DNB : 207

Ophthalmology Fellows : 1085

Advance Cataract Fellows : 776

B.S. Optometry : 676

M Phil Optometry : 112

MSMLT (BITS, PILANI) : 96

PhD Optometry : 10

*PhD (Ophthalmology) : 03(Ph D from BITS University & The Tamilnadu Dr M G R Medical University)

* Ph.D. (Microbiology, Biochemistry Genetics, Pathology) : 56 (Ph D from BITS, The Tamilnadu Dr M G R Medical University, Sastra University & Deakin University Australia)

FRCS Edinburgh : 50

During the year of 2017-2018 total number of PG’s ,fellows and others trained.

Total No of Students completed their Program

Ophthalmology Fellowship Programme : 37

Cataract Fellowship : 13

DO : 3

DNB : 10

B. S. Optometry : 34

PhD : 2

Paediatric fellow (Optometry) : 3

External Internship : 6

Observer, other ophthalmology training : 15

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THE SANKARA NETHRALAYA ACADEMY

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, an academic wing of Sankara Nethralaya, offers distinct

PG, UG, Fellowship and Certificate level programs in Allied Health Sciences. Striving to

foster quality professionals, we give more weightage for pedagogy and hands-on-

experience.

PROGRAMS OFFERED

l Affiliated to TN Dr.MGR Medical University

w M Optom

w MHA (AHS)

w MSc (Medical Laboratory Technology)

w BSc (Medical Laboratory Technology)

w Diploma in Optometry

l In collaboration with Periyar University

w BSc (Ophthalmic Dispensing &Vision Science)

l In collaboration with Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science (Deemed to be

University)

w MBA (Hospital & Healthcare Management)

w BBA (Hospital & Healthcare Management)

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

l Fellowship in British Dispensing Opticians from the Association of British Dispensing

Opticians, UK

l Work Integrated Fellowship in Clinical Optometry

l Fellowship in Clinical Optometry /Low Vision /Contact Lens /Binocular Vision /Vision

Therapy/Neuro Optometry

SHORT TERM /DISTANCE PROGRAMS

l Continuing Optometry Education

l Continuing Medical Education

l Post Graduate Program in Hospital Management

l Post Graduate Program in Optical Retail Management

l Certificate in Optical Retail Management

l Certificate Course in Hospital Infection Control

l Certificate Course in Hospital Management

l Certificate Course in Hospital Finance Management

l Certificate Course in Hospital Quality Management

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MISCELLANEOUS ACHIEVEMENTS

l Organized one day National Seminar on “Emerging Paradigms in Healthcare Management” with 10 CME credit points from The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University

l Certificate Distribution Ceremoniesconducted for various programs.

l Organized a FDP Programme on “Innovative Teaching Methods”

Distinguished delegates release the souvenir at the ‘National Seminar on Emerging Paradigms in Healthcare Management’

Mrs Akila Ganesan, Director Administration, SN presents a memento to Dr. G.B. Jaiprakash Narain, Principal, Velammal Engineering College, at the seminar on ‘Innovative approaches in Teaching’

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l 100% pass in the first & second year MHA (AHS) Examination conducted The TN Dr.MGR Medical University

l 100% pass in the end semester examination conducted by Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science (Deemed to be University)

l 100% placement for passed-out students of MHA, MBA & BBA.

l Organized a week-long Compassion Consciousness Campaign addressed by founders of a few NGOs.

l ROTARACT Club of TSNA was formed under the auspices of Rotary Club of Madras East.

l BSc MLT II year student won the first prize for Quiz Competition NACL 2019 at Madras Medical Mission, Chennai.

l Organized a National Seminar Seminaron “Medical Technology in Healthcare: A Driving Force” inaugurated by Dr. Sudha Seshayyan, Vice Chancellor, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University.

l Forty Two students of B.Sc OD underwent internship at the following locations /industry partners /eye care institutions.

w Smart Vision & Diabetes Clinic

w Suraj Eye Institute, Nagpur

w Srinivasa Eye Care, Ambattur

w TITAN Eye Plus stores, Chennai

w Purple Optics stores, Chennai

l Second and Third year students of B.Sc ODVSORBIS–Reach School Screening Camp Services conducted by ESO.

l Around 245 Tele Ophthalmology Camps were handled by UG/PG/Fellowship students.

Chief Guest Dr Sudha Seshayyan, VC, TN Dr MGR Medical University and dignitaries release the souvenir at the seminar on ‘Medical Technology in healthcare ”A driving force’


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

1.

Vidyasagar Institute of Biomedical Technology & Science (VIBS)

Educational Activity of VIBSI Ph.D. Programme:1.Number of Ph. D. Awardees: - (July 2018 – June 2019) = 3(Sastra Deemed to be University, Thanjavur – 1, Anna University, Chennai - 1 & BITS, PILANI - 1)

VIBS was established on 25th October 2006 to promote research including fundamental research and foster biomedical technology and science in Basic Medical Sciences.

Ms.S.Suganya(ID No: PH 673)(R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

Dr.C.SubbulakshmiR.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology & Co-Supervisor

Dr. Saraboji KSenior Assistant Professor, School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA deemed tobe University, Thanjavur.

Dr. Bibekanand Mallick, Associate Professor & HOD, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.

25th January 2019

“A study on functional implications of PIWI-like proteins and PIWI-interacting RNAs in human somatic and cancer cells”

a)Number of candidates obtained Ph.D from SASTRA deemed to be University,Thanjavur = 1


2. Ms. Jayshree B(ID No: 1424529140)(Department of Nano-Biotechnology)

Dr. B. S. LakshmiAnna UniversityCo-Supervisor:

Dr. Sailaja Elchuri(Professor, Nano Biotechnology)

Dr.B.S.Lakshmi Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai and the joint Supervisor is Dr.Sailaja Elchuri, Department of Nano biotechnology

15th November 2018

“EpCAM Aptamer siRNA Chimeras for targeted Anti-Cancer therapy: an in vitro and in vivo investigation”

b) Number of candidates obtained Ph.D from Anna University, Chennai = 1

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3. Ms.N.N.Srikrupa(ID No: 2011PHXF100H)SN ONGC Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology

Dr. K.Thangaraj, Chief Scientist and Group leader, CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.

“Leber Congenital Amaurosis: Clinical profiling and Genetic using High throughput resequencing in an Indian cohort

10th August 2018

Dr. N. SoumittraProfessor, SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular biology

C) Number of Candidates obtained Ph.D from BITS, PILANI =1


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III) Total No. of Candidates pursuing Ph.D., Programme under 3 different Universities: ( 15 undergoing Ph.D. + + 4 Benchwork processing + 6 awaiting Ph.D. Public viva) (N = 25)

S.No

1.

2.

3.

5.

4.

L & T. Ocular Pathology Department (N=5)

Nano Biotechnology Department (N=1)

SN ONGC Departmentof Genetics & Molecular Biology (N=3)

Centre for Bioinformatics (N=2)

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

3

-

3

2

4

2

1

-

-

-

Basic Medical SciencesDepartments, VRF, KNBIRVO Block (N =15) SASTRA Deemed to be

University, Thanjavur (12)ANNA University, Chennai (3)

National


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II) a) No.of Candidates Submitted Ph.D Thesis & Awaiting Public VIVA- Voce: Sastra Deemed to be University, Thanjavur : (N =6)

1.

2.

3.

Mr. Ravikanth Danda(ID No: PH 510)(Stem cell Laboratory)

Ms. Bhavna S Rao(ID No: PH 684)(SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology)

Mr. R. N. Naresh kumar(ID.No: PH 718)(R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell biology)

Dr. S. Krishna Kumar Professor & HOD, (L & T Ocular Pathology department & Incharge of Nano Biotechnology & Stem cell biology departments)

Dr. N. Soumittra(Faculty, SN ONGC Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology)

Dr. K. Coral Miriam(Faculty, R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry& Cell Biology)

5th May 2017

21st June 2019

21st June 2019

23 S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor Date of Final

submission of Ph.D. Final thesis

“Identification of Novel therapeutic target molecules in Retinoblastoma”

“Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy - genetic analysis using whole genome sequencing, association study and candidate gene screening”

“Molecular mechanism of the anti angiogenic andanti tumorigenic potential of Lysyl OxidasePropeptide (Lox-PP)”

4. Ms. P. Karthikka(ID No: PH 528)(R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell biology)

Dr. C. Subbulakshmi (Faculty, Vision Research Foundation)

21stJune2019

“Functional characterizationof adiponectin in themolecular events preceding the onset of diabetic retinopathy”

5. Mr.S.Muthukumaran(ID No: PH 719)(Centre for Bioinformatics)

Dr. V. Umashankar(HOD of Centre of Bioinformatics, Vision Research Foundation)

21stJune2019

“Computational design, synthesis and validation ofpotential inhibitors targeting human Ornithine decarboxylase(ODC) to modulate polyamines in retinoblastoma cells”

6. Mr. K.Anand Babu,(ID No: PH 615)(R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell biology)

Dr. AngayarkanniNarayanasamy(Professor & Head of R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell biology)

4thJuly2019

"Role of paraoxonase in oxidized LDL – MediatedPathogenesis of age related molecular degeneration (AMD):in vivo studies in AMD patientsand in vitro studies in humanretinalpigment epithelial cells”

23 S.No. Candidates Name Title Supervisor Date of

Rasc 2019Completed


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III. Pre-submission Ph.D Thesis to be Submitted : (N= 4) (i) Sastra Deemed Tobe University, Thanjavur: (N=3)

1.

2.

3.

Ms. Vidya Gopakumar(ID No: PH 511)(Stem Cell Laboratory)

Mr.Amit Chatterjee(ID No: PHBIOFE1404812)(Department of Nanobiotechnology)

Mr.Arun John(ID No: PHBIFE1504903)(Centre for Bioinformatics)

Dr. S. Krishnakumar(HOD of L & T Ocular pathology Department, Incharge of Stem cell & Nanobiotechnology departments)

Dr. J. Narayanan(Associate ProfessorDepartment of Nanobiotechnology)

Dr. V. Umashankar(HOD of Centre of Bioinformatics, Vision Research Foundation)

23rdMarch2019

23rd March2019

23rdMarch 2019

“Generation of corneal epithelial cells from noncorneal autologous sourcefor the treatment of bilaterallimbal stem cell deficiency”

“Understanding the mechanism of cell penetrating peptide using kerataconus epitheliumas clinical model”

“In silico design of peptide andchemical inhibitors targeting carbonic anhydrase IX mediatedpH homeostasis in cancer cell and in vitro validation of inhibitory efficacies”

4. Ms. Rebecca Manohar(Reg. No. 141510008)(R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell biology)

Dr. AngayarkanniNarayanasamyProfessor & Head of R.S.Mehta Jain Departmentof Biochemistry & Cell biology

1stOctober2018

"Elucidating the disease mechanism associated with Elastogenesis in Pseudoexfoliation syndrome: An in vitro and ex vivo study”

(ii) The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai: (N=1)


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IV. Master Of Science (MS By Research) Programme: Number Of Candidates Pursuing MS Programme in Research:(N=2)

S.No

1.

2.

Candidate Name Topic Supervisor & Joint Supervisor

Registration Month & Year

Current Status

Mr. Ranjith kumar R(ID No: 17145281102)

Mr.Hemanth R(ID No:17145281106)

Supervisor: Dr.Tamilselvan Asst.Professor, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai

Joint Supervisor:Dr.Sailaja Elchuri, Associate Professor, Dept., of Nano-biotechnology

Supervisor: Dr. Devasena T Associate Associate Professor, Centrefor Nanoscience & Technology Anna University,Chennai

Joint Supervisor(Applied & awaiting communication)

Dr.S.Krishnakumar HOD L & T Ocular pathology, Nano-biotechnology Depts.

January 2017

January 2017

(Thesis submittedunder Scrutiny)

(Thesis submittedunder Scrutiny)

“3D cancer tissue growth on graphene sponges for cancer drug therapy”

”Circulating exosomal miRNAin serum as biomarkers for Retinoblastoma

Anna University, Chennai : (N = 2)

S.No. Basic Medical Sciences Department No. of students (31)

1. L & T Microbiology Research Centre 8

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. Department of Nano Biotechnology 5

6. Central Research Instrumentation Facility (Core Laboratory) 1


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V. OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED AT VIBS :Short term Research Projects for PG students in Biological sciences:31 students underwent VIBS – Short term projects from “December 2018- April 2019” in the 5 Basic Medical Sciences departments, as part of their academic programme from 10 Engineering Colleges & 2 Arts & Science Colleges.

4. R. S. Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 6


1. Nano Biotechnology(7) & L &T Ocular Pathology Department (4) 11





2. R.S.Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 7


VII.Specific Training programmes on specialized/advanced Techniques such as PCR/PCR RFLP, RT- PCR, ELISA, HPLC etc. In the year July 2018 – June 2019, 31 students underwent Special Training programme in the Basic Medical Sciences departments from 2 Arts & Sciences & 6 Engineering Colleges.

VI. One month Hands-on Summer Training Programme in Biomedical laboratory sciences for Postgraduate Science students of Arts & Science Colleges:19 Post graduate students from 5 Arts & Sciences & 3 Engineering Colleges underwent Hands on Summer Training programme from “13th May to 31st May 2019” in the following 3 Basic Medical Sciences departments.

For M/s. S.VISWANATHAN, LLP Chartered Accountants

Regn No.: 004770S / S200025

Chella K. SrinivasanPartnerMembership No.:023305

Place : Chennai Date : 14.09.2019


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Independent Auditor's Report

stTo the Members of MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION for the year ended 31 March 2019.

Medical Research FoundationReport on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial Statements of MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION which comprises the Balance Sheet as at 31 March, 2019, and the Income and Expenditure account for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and presentation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance of the foundation in accordance with the Accounting Standards. This responsibility includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the foundation and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor's Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) .Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the foundation’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on whether the foundation has in place an adequate internal controls system over financial reporting and operating effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India.a) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Foundation as at March 31, 2019b) In the case of Income and expenditure account, of the Excess of Income over expenditure for the

year ended on that date;

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stBALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2019

AS AT 31.03.19 AS AT 31.03.18PARTICULARS

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. LIABILITIES

CORPUS FUND

DONATION u/s 35ACAs per Last B/S 272906563 272906563

272906563 272906563

SIR RATAN TATA TRUST CORPUS FUND SRTT CORPUS FUND 65052186 64280816 MRF CORPUS FUND 53926957 118979143 53287507 117568323

GENERAL FUND I 2316844816 2045565855

EARMARKED FUNDS II 2077982 54540810

NON CURRENT LIABILITIESICICI TermLoan (TI-Project) 225000000 200000000Gratuity Liability 88254763 80192389Leave Encashment Liability 74421443 387676206 59566712 339759101

Current Liabilities & Provisions III 191044425 185547286

TOTAL LIABILITIES 3289529135 3015887938

ASSETSFIXED ASSETS IVGross Block As on 31.03.2019 3521110120 3337178608Depreciation 1853541101 1679791930Net Block

Fixed Assets not put in use

1667569018 1657386678

Capital Work in Progress 89344590 2055802

Net Fixed Assets as on 31.03.2019 1756913609 1659442480

Investments V 405136425 400762359

Current Assets VI 1127479101 955683100

TOTAL ASSETS 3289529135 3015887938

SCHEDULE

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. VISWANATHAN, LLPChartered Accountants

Regn, No. 004770S/S200025

17, Bishop Wallers Avenue (west) C I T Colony, Mylapore, Chennai 4 DATE : 14.09.2019

SUGALCHAND JAIN N.

V . VAIDYANATHAN

Hony. Treasurer

President

RAMACHANDRAN G.Hony. Secretary

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31.03.2019

PARTICULARS

Rs. Rs.INCOME SCHEDULE

Hospital Collections 2076351715 1958659681Donations for meeting Running Cost 53331818 71762952Grants 22815377 15405969Interest 77794512 66379433Other IncomeResearch Income

7376481919668901

6999796310507525

TOTAL 2323727142 2192713524

EXPENDITURE

Hospital ExpensesSalaries, Wages & Employee Benefits

VIIIVII

1015284293884360131

972706034821946168

Administration Expenses IX 234561569 219702295Interest X 2228357 2375343Research Expenses XI 6683335 4461346

TOTAL 2143117684 2021191186

Surplus before Depreciation 180609458 171522338

DEPRECIATION 173749171 178918962

EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE 6860287 (7396624)

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

31.03.2019 31.03.2018


SUGALCHAND JAIN N.Hony. Treasurer

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RAMACHANDRAN G.Hony. Secretary

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

M/S. S. VISWANATHAN, LLPChartered Accountants

Regn, No. 004770S/S200025

CHELLA K. SRINIVASANPartner M.No. 023305

17, Bishop Wallers Avenue (west) C I T Colony, Mylapore, Chennai 4 DATE : 14.09.2019

V. VAIDYANATHAN

President


Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.SCHEDULE 1

GENERAL FUND

As per Last B/S 2045565855 1942100056

Less : Amount transferred to Earmarked Fund 1386000 -

Add : Amount transferred from Earmarked Fund

Add : Donations received during the year

Add : Excess of Income Over Expenditure

50000000

215804673

6860287

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110862424

(7396624)

Total General Fund 2316844816 2045565855

SCHEDULE II

EARMARKED FUNDS

Sir Ratan Tata - Phase III 30962 30962

SN Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund 1266373 1266373

Sri Ramdoss Bhavani Nethralaya Endowment

Subramanyam G Endowment Fund

100000

1000000 -

100000

Dhingra Family Trust - Fund

Trent Ltd

1000000

1500000

1000000

1500000

Dr. Nirmalasubramaniam Endowment Fund

Orbis Project

254000

762111

-

594541

Dr. Raja Gopal Endowment Fund 132000 -

Navajbai Ratan Tata TrustInfosys FoundationMRF Limited

(6467464)-

2500000

4893450000000

-

Total Earmarked Funds 2077982 54540810

SCHEDULE III

CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

Sundry Creditors - Suppliers 132980276 143958384

Sundry Creditors - Bills payable 12356862 11291648

Sundry Creditors - (Deferred Payment) 12228601 316601

Salary Payable 4504186 4899547

Security Deposit - Others 20000000 20000000

Contingency Fund 2392255 2153495

Others 6582245 2927612

Total Current Liabilities & Provisions 191044425 185547286

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Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

SCHEDULE V

Investments

SRTT Corpus 55000000 55000000

Add: Plough back Interest 10052186 65052186 8518000 63518000

MRF Corpus 45000000 45000000

Add: Plough back Interest 8926957 53926957 7645000 52645000

Corpus Fund-PS Foundation 5000000 5000000

SN Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund 5060000 5060000

Other Corpus Investments 276097282 274539359

Total Investments 405136425 400762359

SCHEDULE VI

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash & Bank Balances

Cash in Hand 3429831 4431271

Bank Balances

- in Savings Account 55242719 49351946

- in Fixed Deposits 779031673 837704224 665889769 719672986

Loans & Advances 68090080 46168253

Deposits 14769243 12980435

Inventories 23562558 20489783

Sundry Debtors 79069324 64871493

TDS Receivable 77746634 55834865

Interest Receivable 5380637 12419682

Prepaid Expenses 21156401 23245604

Total Current Assets 1127479101 955683100

stSCHEDULES TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2019

PARTICULARS 31.03.2019 31.03.2018

Rs. Rs.SCHEDULE - VII

SALARIES, WAGES & EMPLOYEE BENEFITSSalaries & Wages 613361970 561479818Contribution to Provident Fund 28816857 28121650Staff Welfare Expenses 87005263 81240397Contribution to Superannuation Fund 13154358 12116948Professional Fees 142021683 138987354

884360131 821946168

SCHEDULE - VIII

HOSPITAL EXPENSESDrugs & Consumables 655392600 634721040Power, Fuel & Water 82005753 81333277Repairs & Maintenance 169656577 175301670Insurance 3968525 3719442Lab Expenses 32264747 26414793Rent, Rates & Taxes 71996091 51215811

1015284293 972706034

SCHEDULE - IX

ADMINISTRATION EXPENSESInformation Techonology Expenses 21011157 23637045Academic Expenses 52226180 51454556Communication Expenses 6899294 6608303Printing & Stationery 14816328 12382352Vehicle Expenses 14122994 13697648Security Services 26287431 27282322Camp Expenses 14862869 12149273Travelling and Conveyance 5487289 5924428Books & Periodicals 3718143 3034189Publicity Expenses 7286596 6313395Conference 41865781 35178039Subscription/Membership 1801289 2907049Function Expenses 5484060 4714373Legal & Audit Fees 2321227 1312853Bank Charges 10476910 9143859Management Consultancy Expenses 3105541 1649099Miscellaneous Expenses 2788479 2313514

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INTEREST

Orbis Project Expenses

Research Expenses

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INTERESTInterest on ICICI Term Loan 2228357 2375343

2228357 2375343

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stSUB SCHEDULES TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2019

AT 31.03.1 AS AT 31.03.2019 AS 8PARTICULARS

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

1. CASH AND BANK BALANCES

Cash in hand 3429831 4431271

Bank Balances

Andhra Bank 643405 624725

Indian Overseas Bank - College Road 45855 49430

State Bank of India - Guindy 10761987 6467341

State Bank Of India - Nungambakkam 2645847 636239

State Bank Of Mauritius -Cathedral Road 1000326 1476189

HDFC Bank - Mount Road 128580 123206

HDFC Bank - Nungambakkam 16767121 15496337

HDFC Bank - Corpus-Nungambakkam 2842216 2377447

HDFC Bank - Kolkata 2156399 10325583

HDFC Bank - CA-Nungambakkam 2110119 576598

ICICI Bank - Nungambakkam 871615 576153

Development Credit Bank Ltd - Nungambakkam 3622583 3797852

HDFC Bank - SRTT MRF-Nungambakkam 33093 33093

State Bank Of India - Tada 2095353 298092

IOB-Mahema Devadoss Endowment Fund 953130 2657535

Citi Bank - Mount Road - 105254

City Union Bank - Purasawalkam 2402530 828451

IDBI Bank Ltd - Greams Raod 44813 43282

State Bank of India - Mukundapur 2790556 2604092

HDFC Bank - Nungambakkam - NRTT

HDFC Bank - Nungambakkam - HTPF Project

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773187774 610045870Fixed Deposit - Infosys Foundation - 50000000Fixed Deposit - Voltas 5843899 5843899

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837704224 7196729862. LOANS & ADVANCES

Employees' - Loan 10373987 9272421

Advance for Purchases/Contracts 27623282 10043521

Rent Advance 30055811 26852311

Others 37000 68090080 - 46168253

3. DEPOSITS

T.N.E.B 12852834 11817024

Telephone 270114 272270

Others 1646296 14769243 891141 12980435



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NOTES FORMING PART OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31.03.2019

I. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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IV.

M/S. S. VISWANATHAN LLP

CHELLA K.SRINIVASAN

Chartered AccountantsRegn. No:004770S/S200025

PartnerM.No. 023305

Dated : 14.09.2019

SUGALCHAND JAIN N.

V VAIDYANATHAN

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President

RAMACHANDRAN G. Hony. Secretary

1. The Foundation follows mercantile system of accounting and recognizes Income and Expenditure

on accrual basis.

2. Financial Statements are prepared under historical cost convention.

3. The Fixed Assets of the Foundation are valued at cost less depreciation.

4. Inventories have been valued at Cost.

5. The Foundation’s contribution to various schemes of retirement benefits such as Provident Fund

and Superannuation Fund are charged to the Income and Expenditure Account every year.

6. The expenditure on unavailed leave of employees allowed to be encashed by them as per rules of

the foundation.

7. Gratuity and Leave Encashment provision have been created on the basis of actuarial valuation.

8. Donation and Grants received towards Capital Purchases are accounted under Capital Fund.

9. Donations received for Community Services accounted under Income Statement.

10. There is an Income tax demand of Rs.9.08 crores for the Assessment year 2015-16 and Rs.16.10

crores for the Assessment year 2016-17 which is pending with the Honorable High Court, Chennai

and the provision has not made as on date in the Financial Accounts.

11. There is also a tax demand from the Central excise department for the period from August 2012 to

June 2017 for Rs.2.43 crores which is pending with the Commissioner of Appeal I – GST & Central

Excise and a Demand and Penalty of Rs.15.69 crores for VAT from the Financial year 2011-12 to

Financial Year 2016-17 which is pending with the Honorable High Court, Chennai and the provision

has not made as on date in the Financial Accounts.

Schedules I to VI of the Balance Sheet and Schedules VII to XI of the Income and Expenditure Account

form an integral part of the Balance Sheet.

Previous year figures have been regrouped wherever necessary to conform to current year’s

classification.

Statutory Audit fees Rs.1,77,000/- inclusive of GST.


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HONOURS & AWARDS

Dr Nirmala Subramanian one of our senior most Consultants and Professor Emeritus, Oculoplastic

Surgery and Senior Consultant at the Department of Orbit, Oculoplasty, Aesthetic and Reconstructive

Surgery has been honoured with the highly prestigious ‘APSI – Plastic Surgeon for the Year-2018 award’

instituted by the Dr KS. Shekar Endowment. It was a moment of crowning glory for the veteran and

highly respected figure in the field with an international exposure and several ‘Firsts’ to her credit as

she walked up to the dais to receive the award considered as the gold standard in the field of plastic

surgery

Development of the LogMAR visual acuity

charts in various Indian languages and

installation of the same in public places to

enable the general public do a self check

of their visual acuity, a first of its kind

initiative by the Elite School of Optometry

made headlines when it was implemented

a couple of years ago. A white paper

detailing the creation and accuracy of this

critical vision evaluation utility, authored

jointly by the SN team of Dr Kalpa Negiloni,

Deepmala Majumdar, Dr Krishna Kumar,Dr Ronnie George and Biman Sen was awarded the AIOS-IJO Platinum Award for the ‘Best Scientific

Paper’ for year 2018 at the 77th Annual conference of the All India Ophthalmic Society (AIOS) held at

Indore.

Dr Nirmala Subramanian receives the ‘APSI-Plastic Surgeon of the Year-2018’ award at the 'APSICON-2018', the 53rd Annual Conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons

Dr Krishna Kumar and Ms Deepmala Mazumdar receive the AIOS-IJO Platinum award for the best white paper at 77th

AIOS Conference


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It was a proud moment for every

member of Sankara Nethralaya as its

internationally acclaimed expert in

Uvea, a great teacher as much as a

great clinician and researcher, Member

International Uveitis study group and

e x e c u t i v e c o u n c i l m e m b e r,

International Ocular Inflammation

Society, Dr Jyotirmay Biswas was

awarded the highly prestigious ‘AIOS-

Adenwala award-2018’

Members of the Sankara Nethralaya gathered in large numbers at the Sri VD.Swami auditorium to pay

their homage and express their gratitude to one of the institution’s greatest friend and supporter,

admirer and well wisher, Dr Iravatham Mahadevan. His generous contribution helped to create the

Vidyasagar Institute of Biomedical Sciences. The Institute (a unit of Medical Research Foundation)

runs programs in Biomedical and Laboratory Technology. The contribution assumes greater

significance as it was the life time saving of an upright civil servant, that he could set aside from his

personal income.

Dr Jyotirmay Biswas being honoured with the AIOS-Adenwala Award-2018’


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The evening of the 26th of December 2018 would remain etched in the minds of the large number of

Sankara Nethralaya family members assembled at the Sri V.D.Swami Auditorium, located at its main

campus, a colourful and joyous moment when the legendary ‘Pune Pagdi’ the bright turban which

adorned the heads of Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak the fiery freedom fighter and Gopal Krishna

Gokhale the moderate freedom fighter and social reformer, the bright headgear which had become a

proud symbol of India’s nationalism and fight against foreign rule adorned the humble persona of the

man who had been fighting all his life for freedom from blindness of his people, leading to a self reliant

and independent life. The occasion was the awarding of the first ‘Pune Netra Seva National Award’

instituted in honour and memory of Late G.M Shetty of Modern Cafe, Pune, a philanthropist who

supported social causes generously, by the Pune Seva Netra Pratisthan a unique and pioneering service

institution engaged in bringing back the light of vision and joy totally cost free to thousands of visually

impaired in the rural parts of Maharashtra, for the past 40 years. The award was instituted to

recognize and honour an outstanding personality working in the field of ophthalmology, as part of the

Pune Seva Netra Pratisthan’s 40th anniversary celebrations and the members of the executive

committee of the organization chose Dr S S. Badrinath, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Sankara

Nethralaya unanimously for the same.

Dr Madhusudhan Jamwar, Founder-President ‘Pune Purva Seva Pratisthan’ and Sri Banwarilal Purohit, Governor TN present a donation cheque to Dr. S. S. Badrinath


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In a development that placed Sankara Nethralaya’s head of Binocular Vision and her institution right at

the top slot, the American Academy of Optometry(AAO) the world leader in the field conferred its

coveted ‘Diplomate’ in Binocular Vision, Perception and Pediatrics on Dr Rizwana, Assistant Professsor,

Elite School of Optometry.

The ‘Temple of the Eye’ starts a new chapter in ‘Maanava Seva’ in a sacred temple town

Mr KS.Kandaswamy, District Collector Tiruvannamalai, inaugurates the Suraj Sankara Nethralaya at Chetpet, Tiruvannamalai district


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Dispensing eye care to children has always been a challenge to ophthalmologists in view of the fact

that they may not be able to express their discomfort or symptoms in a very clear manner, the way

adults can. As a pioneer in eye care, Sankara Nethralaya has the distinction of operating a large,

exclusive paediatric ophthalmology department which treats a large number of children from just

born to teens, from all over the country, the department is also credited with having developed special

diagnostic/treatment protocols to effectively treat this gentle segment.

The 66th annual conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) conducted in August at

the Mahathma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institution, Puducherry witnessed the honouring of

Dr T S.Surendran, Director- Department of Ophthalmology and Vice Chairman Sankara Nethralaya,

who is credited with having pioneered pediatric ophthalmology as a specialty at Sankara Nethralaya

and the man who trained and built a team in this niche specialty, with a ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award.

The prestigious award was presented by Ms Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

Dr. T. S. Surendran Vice Chairman, Sankara Nethralaya being honoured with a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 68th TNOA conference by Ms Kiran Bedi, Lt Governor Puducherry


45

The auditorium at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont presented a festive picture on the

evening of Sunday August 12th, 2018 with Carnatic music aficionados from Lemont and neighbouring

areas gathered in good numbers. The occasion was a Carnatic music concert to create awareness on

the cost free community service to poor visually impaired patients in India by Sankara Nethralaya the

premier, non profit eye hospital in Chennai, among the local Indian community and raise funds in aid of

the same, the concert was organized by Mrs Vanita Achar, a long time well wisher, supporter and grand

niece of Dr S.S. Badrinath, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya.

A fund raiser by Ms Minu Pasupathi was organized by Ms Vanita Achar well wisher and grand niece ofDr SS.Badrinath at Greater Chicago


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The Ocular Surface and Keratoprosthesis Conference (OSKON-2018) the international conference to

debate and discuss the challenges faced by the ocular surface of the eye and Keratoprosthesis,

conducted from the 27th to 29th of July 2018 had all the elements that make a Sankara Nethralaya

event, in a well balanced proportion.

If the 3 day, high power conference attended by national and international expertson the field from

the world over went into the depth of the ocular surface, unravelling new facts, questioning old

theories, throwing light on new technology, sharing new approaches and real time experience through

case studies, the valedictory function held at the packed to capacity Ball Room of The Taj Coramandel

on 29th of July 2018,was a giant step towards creating awareness on the gravity of the issue among the

political dispensation, seeking political will, mandate and legislation, to give teeth to preventive

measures discussed in the meet

Extending a warm welcome to the Chief Guest Shri Venkaiah Naidu the Vice President of India, Guest of

Honour Shri Bhanwarilal Purohit, the Honourable Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri C.Vijaya Baskar, Health

Minister and Shri D. Jayakumar, Minister for Fisheries, at the grand valedictory session, Dr Prema

Padmanabhan, the veteran cornea specialist from Sankara Nethralaya observed that the conference

was something beyond an academic event confined to acquisition and dissemination of knowledge.

She highlighted that it was a collective assertion of the moral responsibility of the cornea fraternity

against ocular surface disorders especially those caused by human misconduct and folly (caused by

external factors like accident, careless handling of hazardous substances and planned assaults like

acid attacks), a multi layered approach to a multilayered challenge

Chief Guest Shri Venkiah Naidu, Vice President of India honours international delegates at the ‘Ocular Surface and Keratoprosthesis Conference (OSKON-2018)


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The 20th of July 2018 marked a very special and emotional day for Sankara Nethralaya as it was hosting

the launch of the biography of a man who was one of its greatest well wishers, supporters and

champions of its cause.

The book aptly titled ‘Nani Palkhivala – God’s gift to India’ by Shri Dharmendra Bhandari was released

by Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Chairman Emeritus and Founder Dr SS.Badrinath recalled how a single

visit to the institution left a deep impact on Shri Nani Palkhivala and became a most important chapter

in the institution’s history.

The 12th of July 2018 marked an important day for

an institution passionately committed to

knowledge dissemination and alleviation of pain

and suffering through the same as the institution’s

ophthalmic specialty departments namely ‘The

Department of Orbit, Oculoplasty, Aesthetic &

Reconstructive Services’ & ‘Shri Bhagwan Mahavir

Department of Vitreo Retinal Services’ came

together to organize the ‘OcularTraumaCon-

2018’a, high power, international four day

conference on ‘Ocular Trauma’ a serious vision

impairing condition which according to the WHO

affects 55 million people worldwide, leading to

partial to total blindness besides causing pain and

agony and social stigma owing to disfigurement.

Chief Guest Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi being honoured with a shawl by Dr TS Surendran Vice Chairman, SN at the launch of ‘Nani Palkhivala- God’s gift to India’ a biography on the legend.

Organizers and delegates share a proud moment at the inaugural of ‘Ocular TraumaCon-2018’


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The Bhumi puja for the new Community Hospital at St. Thomas Mount was conducted on 23rd April

2018. The new facility would have a fully equipped out-patient facility, 8 operation theaters and 140

beds dedicated to totally free surgeries and service. In a moment that captured the spirit of the day,

special guest of the event Shri Iravatham Mahadevan expressed that if only he had been 10 years

younger he would have visited every home in the locality to mobilize funds for the noble endeavour

Cherished moments at the ‘Bhumi Puja’ of Sankara Nethralaya’s exclusive community hospital at St Thomas Mount, Chennai


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l Dr. Vikas Khetan, received the SAO Excellence Award at the SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology

(SAO) Conference 2018 held at Kathmandu, Nepal, from 21st to 24th June 2018.

l Dr. S. S. Badrinath was honoured with the Certificate of Appreciation Award at the 25th Annual

Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group IERG - ARVO 2018 held at Hyderabad from 25th to 28th July

2018. Dr. Badrinath is the founding member and he was felicitated for his ongoing service to the

ARVO India (1993-2018).

l Dr. Agarwal Aditi and Dr. Smriti Jain, received the Best Poster Award, at Ocular TraumaCON 2018

Conference at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai, from 13th to 14th July 2018.

l Dr. T. S. Surendran was honoured with the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for his long and

impeccable service to paediatric ophthalmology at the 66th Annual Conference of the Tamil

Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) conducted as ‘Pudhu Vue-2018’ from 10th to 12th August

2018 at the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institution, Puducherry.

l Dr Veena Bhaskaran, received the ‘Mayan Award,' by Vista India, for her excellent patient care,

service and enabling the onward march of humanity, at Hotel Intercontinental, Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia.

l Ms. Kalpa Negiloni received the Ruby Banik Award for the year 2018 for her Clinical Science

paper entitled “Environmental factors in school classrooms: How it influences visual task

demand on children” in the Graduation Ceremony held at Sri. V.D. Swami Auditorium on 03rd

November 2018.

l Dr. Jameel Rizwana, received the 'Australia Endeavour Ambassador Award' from Australian High

Commission, at New Delhi, on 8th November 2019.

l Ms. Mehal P. Rathore, Research Assistant at Sankara Nethralaya's Cornea Department was

awarded the title 'IVI Essilor Optometry Wizard of the Year' by Essilor Vision India Pvt Ltd at

their National level Quiz competition held at Chennai at 8th November 2018.

l Dr Rizwana Husaindeen was conferred 'Diplomate' in Binocular Vision, Perception and

Paediatrics' by the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) at San Antonio, Texas, USA. 10th

November 2018.

l Dr. Nirmala Subramanian attended the ‘APSICON-2018’ the ‘53rd Annual Conference of

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India’ held at Lucknow from 21st to 25th November 2018. She

has been honoured with the highly prestigious ‘APSI – Plastic Surgeon for the Year-2018 award’

instituted by the Dr K.S. Shekar Endowment.

l Dr. Kavitha Kalaivani, Dr Nissar Sonam Poonam, Dr Niveditha Narayanan, participated in the 3rd

Annual Conference of the ‘Women’s Ophthalmology Society’ held at the Hyderabad

International Convention Centre between the 21st and 23rd December 2018. SN Team, named as

‘AMMA’ represented Tamil Nadu and was awarded the ‘Best Team’ in the ‘Ophthalmic Premier

League’ State level competition held at the meet.


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l Dr.S.S.Badrinath was honored with the first ‘Pune Netra Seva National Award’ instituted in

honour and memory of Late G.M Shetty of Modern Cafe, Pune, a philanthropist, by the Pune Seva

Netra Pratisthan held on 26th December 2018. The Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri.

Banwarilal Purohit, was the Chief Guest of the Function and he presented the award to Dr.

Badrinath.

l Sankara Nethralaya was adjudged as the ‘Best Hospital in Ophthalmology' at the 'Mayan Awards-

2018' held in January 2019. The award was presented by Mrs Kiran Bedi, Lt Governor, Puducherry

and received on behalf of the institution by Dr V. Jagdish, Sankara Nethralaya.

l Dr Jyotirmay Biswas, Director of Uveitis and Ocular Pathology, Sankara Nethralaya was honoured

with a highly prestigious award, ‘International Ophthalmic Hero of India’ at the 77th All India

ophthalmology meet 14th to 17th February 2019 at Indore. He also received 'AIOS Adenwala

Award - 2018' for his invaluable contribution to ophthalmology and the AIOS.

l Dr. R Krishna Kumar and Ms. Deepmala received the AIOS-IJO Platinum Award for the ‘Best

Scientific Paper’ for year 2018 at the 77th Annual conference of the All India Ophthalmic Society

(AIOS) held from 14th to 17th February 2019 at Indore.

l Dr. Rajiv Raman received the AIOS-CN Shroff Award 2019 for year 2019 at the 77th Annual

conference of the All India Ophthalmic Society (AIOS) held from 14th to 17th February 2019 at

Indore.

l Dr. Muna Bhende received the Best Free Paper Award at the 77th Annual conference of the All

India Ophthalmic Society (AIOS) held from 14th to 17th February 2019 at Indore

l Dr Rashima Asokan was awarded the 'Golden Jubilee Medal' for her most insightful paper in the

field of occupational optometry, titled 'Impact of Vision correction on the quality of life and

productivity among automobile mechanics' at the 68th State Meeting of the Indian Association of

Occupational Health (IAOH) TN chapter held at Pune.


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l Dr Sheila John, received the ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ for her meritorious service in the

medical field from Lions Clubs International.

l The Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) honoured Dr S S Badrinath for being inducted

into the highly prestigious ‘Retina Hall of Fame’ by the American Society of Retina Specialists.

l Dr. Pukhraj Rishi received the AIOS-CN Shroff Award for his outstanding contribution towards

posterior segment and Best Paper Award for his paper entitled “Paediatric Ophthalmology for

Intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma” at the 76th Annual Meeting of All India

Ophthalmology Society held at Coimbatore between 22nd and 25th February 2018.

l Dr. Vikas Khetan was honoured the AIOS P. Siva Reddy International Award for the year 2017 at

the 76th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society held at Coimbatore from 22nd

to 25th February 2018 and he gave an invited talk on “Expectant Management Versus

Conventional Screening In Infants with Familial Retinoblastoma”.

l Dr Rupak Roy received the Best Paper Award for his paper presentation on “Reduction in Foveal

Thickness after Anti Vegf Injection as a Predictor of Outcome in BRVO Patients” at the Annual

Conference Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal

l Dr S Srilekha received the Developing Country Eye Research Fellowship (DCERF) award for

attending the ARVO 2018 Conference at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA from 29th Apr to 3rd May 2018.

l Dr Rajeswari Mahadevan has been elected as a member of the ‘Executive Board’, of the

International Association of Contact Lens Educators’ IACLE.

l Ms Archayeeta Rakshit and Mr S Robin Dhruval Parekh received the Oral Clinician to Researcher

Award at the Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Session organised by the Elite School of

Optometry,Mr Bhumin Parekh & Mr Dhruval Parekh and Mr Sridharan received the Vision Therapy

Innovation Star Award at the Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Session organised by the Elite

School of Optometry, Medical Research Foundation on 24th and 25th February 2018.

l Ms. Najiya Sundus & Ms Ashwini VC received the Dr S Narasimhan Memorial Award for best

research in optometry Editor for "EcSelO e-book” at the17th Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial

Scientific session held from 23rd to 25th February 2018.

l Ms.Najiya Sundus & Ms Kalpa Negiloni received the "Presentation to Publication" award, at the

17th Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific session held from 23rd to 25th February 2018.

l Ms Ambika C received the Case Story Contest Award and Mehal Rathore received Eposter Student

award at the Dr E Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Session organised by the Elite School of

Optometry, Medical Research Foundation on 24th and 25th February 2018.

l Dr T S Surenderan joined the Editorial Board of AIOS for Paediatric Ophthalmology 2017. Medical

Research Foundation on 24th and 25th February 2018.


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l Dr S S Badrinath received the “Sadguru Humanitarian Award” for his life time dedicated and

distinguished contribution in the field of ophthalmology from Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya,

Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, on 9th March 2018.

l Sankara Nethralaya has been adjudged as the ‘Best Medical Tourism Hospital’ in the ‘Tamil Nadu

Tourism Awards 2018′. The award was presented on 14th March 2018 at a function organized

jointly by Ms Madura Travels and the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation, at Chennai.

l The Hindu Group Publishing Pvt Ltd honoured Sankara Nethralaya as one of the 21 Healthcare

Institutions in the State and its Founder Dr S S Badrinath for his service to the society. The awards

were presented by His Excellency Banwari Lal Purohit, the Honourable Governor of Tamil Nadu

on 17th March 2018 at Hotel Feathers, Chennai and it was attended by Shri C. Vijaya Baskar,

Health Minister and Shri J. Radhakrishnan, Health Secretary, Tamil Nadu. The first copy of the

book titled ‘Doyens Guardians of Healthcare – Tamil Nadu 2018’, which has an exclusive chapter

dedicated to Sankara Nethralaya was launched by the Governor and received by Shri

Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Ambassador of West Bengal.


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l Jain M, Devan S, Jaisankar D, Swaminathan G, Pardhan S, Raman R. “Pupillary Abnormalities

with Varying Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy”. Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 4;8(1):5636.

l Ali S, Kharel Sitaula R, Biswas J. “Efficacy and Safety of Mycophenolate Mofetil in the Treatment

of Recalcitrant Intermediate Uveitis”. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018 Apr 13:1-7.

l Sudha D, Neriyanuri S, Sachidanandam R, Natarajan SN, Gandra M, TharigopalaA,

Sivashanmugam M, Alameen M, Vetrivel U, Gopal L, Khetan V, Raman R, SenP,Chidambaram S,

Arunachalam JP. “Understanding variable disease severity in X-linked retinoschisis: Does RS1

secretory mechanism determine disease severity?” PLoS One. 2018 May 31;13(5):e0198086.

l Akhtar Z, Rishi P, Srikanth R, Rishi E, Bhende M, Raman R. “Choroidal thickness in normal Indian

subjects using Swept source optical coherence tomography”. PLoS One. 2018 May

16;13(5):e0197457.

l Dutta Majumder P,Therese KL, Mukherjee M, Gopal L, Biswas J. Diagnostic Challenge with

Nocardia Subretinal Abscess: A Case Report from Tuberculosis-Endemic Region. Ocular

Immunology and Inflammation. 2018 May 12:1-4.

l Sood G, Bhende M, Shetty S. “Unusual Rapid Progression of Silicone Oil Emulsification”.

Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 May;2(5):474.

l Sapkota RP, Upadhyaya T, Gurung G, Parker M, Raman R, Pardhan S. “Need to improve awareness

and treatment compliance in high-risk patients for diabetic complications in Nepal”. BMJ Open

Diabetes Res Care. 2018 May 5;6(1):e000525.

l Bansal A, Rishi P, Paul SS, Saurabh K. “Choroidal hematoma presenting as pseudo-uveal

melanoma in a monocular 47-year-old Asian Indian lady with opaque media”. Oman J

Ophthalmol. 2018 May-Aug;11(2):175-177.

l Ratra D, Jaishankar D, Sachidanandam R, Yusufali H, Ratra V. “Swept-source optical coherence

tomography study of choroidal morphology in Stargardt disease”. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2018

May-Aug;11(2):150-157.

l Selvan LDN, Danda R, Madugundu AK, Puttamallesh VN, Sathe GJ, Krishnan UM, Khetan V, Rishi P,

Prasad TSK, Pandey A, Krishnakumar S, Gowda H, Elchuri SV “Phosphoproteomics of

Retinoblastoma: A Pilot Study Identifies Aberrant Kinases” Molecules. 2018 Jun 15;23(6).

l Aditya Bansal, Veena Noronha, Subramanian Krishnakumar, Vikas Khetan. “A Tale of Absent

Crystalline Lens in an Eye with Retinoblastoma”. Ocular Oncology and Pathology (Karger) June

2018; 4(4):250-253.

l Bassi ST, Noronha V, Halbe S. “A Time Bomb Defused, In Time! A Traumatic Optic Neuropathy to

be wary of”. Neuroophthalmology. 2018 Jun 13;43(1):32-35.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

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l Srinivas SP, Goyal A, Talele DP, Mahadik S, Sudhir RR, Murthy PP, Ranganath S, Kompella UB,

Padmanabhan P. “Corneal epithelial permeability to fluorescein in humans by a multi-drop

method”. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 19;13(6):e0198831.

l Dutta Majumder P, Palkar A, Annamalai R, Biswas J. “Laboratory investigations in uveitis:

current practice and future directions”. Can J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jun;53(3):193-198. Review.

l Aditya Sethi, Shikha Talwar Bassi, Veena Noronha, Lily K Therese “Diagnosis in a case total

ophthalmoplegia - where time is life”. Neuro-Ophthalmology 2018 Jun 26;43(2):120-122.

l Ratra D, Ratra V, Shah H. “Vitreous opacities after intravitreal triamcinolone injection- a case

report”. BMC Ophthalmol. 2018 Jun 20;18(1):145.

l Khetan V, Maitray A. Comment: conservative management of massive choroidal relapse in

retinoblastoma patients? Ophthalmic Genet. 2018 Jun;39(3):415-416.

l Parthasarathy D, Madhuravasal JK, Jayavel P, Kulandai LT, Rao MH, Jambulingam M. Expression

analysis of toll-like receptors of Dengue-infected cornea by real-time polymerase chain

reaction. Inflammation Research. 2018 Jul;67(7):555-558.

l Roy R, Saurabh K, Shah D. “Multimodal Imaging in a Case of Fundus Pulverulentus”. Retina. 2018

Jul;38(7):e55-e58.

l Singh N, Jain M, Jaisankar D, Sharma T, Raman R; Sankara Nethralaya Vitreoretinal Study Group

(SNVR-Study Group). “Bilateral Simultaneous Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: Clinical

Characteristics and Surgical Outcome”. Retina. 2018 Jul 17.

l Majumdar AK, Kumar A, Roy R, Dutta Majumder P. “Clinical Profile of HLA B-27-Associated Uveitis

Patients in a Tertiary Care Eye Hospital in Eastern India”. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018 Jul 16:1-

4.

l Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Agarwal S, Pattanaik R, Rishi E, Rishi P, Shanmugasundaram S, Natarajan V.

“Keratoprostheses in silicone oil-filled eyes: long-term outcomes”. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019

Jun;103(6):781-788. Epub 2018 Jul 18.

l Rao BS, Ansar S, Arokiasamy T, Sudhir RR, Umashankar V, Rajagopal R, Soumittra N. “Analysis of

candidate genes ZEB1 and LOXHD1 in late-onset Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy in an

Indian cohort” Ophthalmic Genet. 2018 Aug;39(4):443-449.

l Bhende M, Raman R, Singh N, Jain M, Sharma T, Gopal L, Bhende PS, Srinivasan S, Jambulingam

M; Sankara Nethralaya Vitreoretinal Study Group. “Risk Factors for Endophthalmitis after Pars

Plana Vitrectomies in a Tertiary Eye Institute in India”. Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Aug;2(8):779-

784.

l Dutta Majumder P. “Presumed Tuberculous Sclerokeratitis Presenting with Hypopyon”. Ocul

Immunol Inflamm. 2018 Aug 27:1-3.

l Bhattacharya P, Mahadevan R. “Case Report: Post-keratoplasty Filamentary Keratitis Managed

with Scleral Lens”. Optom Vis Sci. 2018 Aug;95(8):682-686.


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l Agrawal R, Gunasekeran DV, Agarwal A, Carreño E, Aggarwal K, Gupta B, Raje D, Murthy SI,

Westcott M, Chee SP, McCluskey P, Ling HS, Teoh S, Cimino L, Biswas J, Narain S, Agarwal M,

Mahendradas P, Khairallah M, Jones N, Tugal-Tutkun I, Babu K, Basu S, Lee R, Al-Dhibi H, Bodaghi

B, Invernizzi A, Goldstein DA, Herbort CP, Barisani-Asenbauer T, González-López JJ, Androudi S,

Bansal R, Moharana B, Mahajan S, Esposti S, Tasiopoulou A, Nadarajah S, Agarwal M, Abraham S,

Vala R, Lord J, Singh R, Sharma A, Sharma K, Zierhut M, Kon OM, Kempen J, Cunningham ET,

Rousselot A, Nguyen QD, Pavesio C, Gupta V. “The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study

(COTS)-1: A Multinational Description of the Spectrum of Choroidal Involvement in 245 Patients

with Tubercular Uveitis”. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018 Aug 29:1-11.

l Mukherjee B, Devi U, Agarkar S. “Recurrent benign ossifying fibroma of the orbit - clinical,

radiological profile and management options in a child”. Orbit. 2019 Jun;38(3):252-255. Epub

2018 Aug 8.

l Saurabh K, Roy R. Comment on "Performance characteristics of multicolor versus blue light and

infrared imaging in the identification of reticular pseudodrusen". Int Ophthalmol. 2018 Aug 13.

l Danda R, Ganapathy K, Sathe G, Madugundu AK, Krishnan UM, Khetan V, Rishi P, Gowda H, Pandey

A, Subramanian K, Prasad TK, Elchuri SV. “Membrane Proteome of Invasive Retinoblastoma:

Differential Proteins and Biomarkers”. Proteomics Clinical Applications 2018

Sep;12(5):e1700101.

l Murugan Nandagopal, Durgadevi Parthasarathy, Rajeswari Mahadevan, Padmapriya Jayavel,

Hajib N Madhavan, Malathi Jambulingam “Meta-genomics study among four contact lens

wearers from India” Gene Reports. Sep 1;12:208-17.

l Lam D, Lee J, Leung E, Liu S, Yuan J, Ratra V. “Non-Self-Sealing (Leaky) Anterior Chamber

Paracentesis: A New Technique in Managing Postphacoemulsification Intraocular Pressure Rise in

Glaucoma and Normal Eyes”. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2018 Sep-Oct;7(5):284-287. Epub

2018 Sep 26.

l Tan XL, Seen S, Dutta Majumder P, Ganesh SK, Agarwal M, Soni A, Biswas J, Aggarwal K,

Mahendradas P, Gupta V, Ling HS, Teoh S, Pavesio C, Agrawal R. “Analysis of 130 Cases of

Sympathetic Ophthalmia - A Retrospective Multicenter Case Series”. Ocul Immunol Inflamm.

2018 Sep 12:1-8.

l Raman R, Alam MS, Delhiwala K, Biswas J. “Large drusen in long-standing retinal detachment”.

Oman J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep-Dec;11(3):272-273.

l Saurabh K, Roy R, Bansal A, Saxena M. “Nd-YAG laser membranotomy in posttraumatic

subinternal limiting membrane hemorrhage”. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep-Dec;11(3):270-

271.

l Rebecca M, Gayathri R, Bhuvanasundar R, Sripriya K, Shantha B, Angayarkanni N. “Elastin

modulation and modification by homocysteine: a key factor in the pathogenesis of

Pseudoexfoliation syndrome?” Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jul; 103(7): 985-992. Epub 2018 Sep 24.


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l Ruiz-Medrano J, Díaz-Valle D, Cuiña R, Gegúndez JA, Chhablani J, Majumder PD, Gutierrez-

Bonet R. “The role of tocilizumab in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the eye and

orbit: A useful alternative”. J Fr Ophtalmol. 2018 Oct;41(8):759-766. Review.

l Magesan K, Dutta Majumder P. “Choroidal Tuberculoma Manifesting in A Patient of Eales Disease

6 Years after Initial Presentation”. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018 Oct 19:1-3.

l Janani MK, Jaichandran V, Madhavan HN, Vijaya L, George RJ, Ambastha PS, Manu A, Malathi J.

“Effect of Lignocaine Concentration on Human Fibroblasts Growth in Eyes Undergoing

Trabeculectomy: An in vitro Study:. Biomedicine Hub. Oct 2018;3(3):1-0.

l Sen P, Jain S, Bhende P. “Stage 5 retinopathy of prematurity: An update”. Taiwan J Ophthalmol.

2018 Oct-Dec;8(4):205-215. Review.

l Athavale V, Khetan V. “Knudson to embryo selection: A story of the genetics of retinoblastoma”.

Taiwan J Ophthalmol. 2018 Oct-Dec;8(4):196-204. Review.

l Saurabh K, Roy R, Sinharoy S, Shah D, Nangia P. “Measurement of size of pigmented choroidal

nevus: Superiority of multicolor imaging compared to conventional color fundus photography”.

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Oct;66(10):1501-1503.

l Naik AU, Annamalai R, Biswas J. “Uveitis in sporadic Blau syndrome: Long-term follow-up of a

refractory case treated successfully with adalimumab”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018

Oct;66(10):1483-1485.

l Majumder PD, Sudharshan S, George AE, Ganesh SK, Biswas J. “Antineutrophil cytoplasmic

antibody-positive scleritis: Clinical profile of patients from a tuberculosis-endemic region”.

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov;66(11):1587-1591.

l Nangia V, Jonas JB, George R, Lingam V, Ellwein L, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Flaxman SR, Keeffe JE,

Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Resnikoff S, Silvester AJ, Tahhan N,

Taylor HR, Wong TY, Bourne RRA; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study.

“Prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment: magnitude, temporal trends and

projections in South and Central Asia”. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jul;103(7):871-877. Epub 2018

Nov 8.

l Srinivasan LP, Viswanathan J. “Hallermann-Streiff Syndrome: Difficulty in airway increases with

increasing age”. J Clin Anesth. 2018 Nov;50:1.

l Narayanan A, Ramani KK. “Effectiveness of interventions in improving compliance to spectacle

wear and referral in school vision screening”. Clin Exp Optom. 2018 Nov;101(6):752-757.

l Saurabh K, Roy R, Shah D, Sinha Roy S. “Multicolour imaging in a patient with optic disc pit

maculopathy”. Clin Exp Optom. 2018 Nov;101(6):805-806.

l Sudhir RR, Murthy PP, Tadepalli S, Murugan S, Padmanabhan P, Krishnamurthy A, Dickinson SL,

Karthikeyan R, Kompella UB, Srinivas SP. “Ocular Spot Fluorometer Equipped With a Lock-In

Amplifier for Measurement of Aqueous Flare”. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2018 Dec 21;7(6):32.

l Rishi P, Rishi E, Abraham S. “Oguchi's disease with Mizuo-Nakamura phenomenon in a seven-

year-old boy”. GMS Ophthalmol Cases. 2018 Dec 13;8:Doc07.


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l Venkatesh R, Bavaharan B, Yadav NK, Saurabh K, Srinivasan P, Mahendradas P, Prabhu V, Roy R.

“Multicolor imaging in choroidal osteomas”. Int J Retina Vitreous. 2018 Dec 13;4:46.

l Balekudaru S, Agarkar S, Guha S, Mayee RC, Viswanathan N, Pandey A, Singh M, Lingam V, George

R. “Prospective analysis of the predictors of glaucoma following surgery for congenital and

infantile cataract”. Eye (Lond). 2019 May;33(5):796-803. Epub 2018 Dec 18.

l Janani MK, Durgadevi P, Padmapriya J, Malathi J, Kulandai LT, Madhavan HN. “First Report on

Detection of Dengue Virus in the Donor cornea”. Cornea Dec 2018; 37(12):1586-9.

l Sivagurunathan Suganya, Raman R, Chidambaram Subbulakshmi. “PIWI-like protein, HIWI2: A

novel player in proliferative diabetic retinopathy”. Experimental Eye Research. 2018

Dec;177:191-196.

l Gupta C, Tan R, Mishra C, Khandelwal N, Raman R, Kim R, Agrawal R, Sen P. “Choroidal structural

analysis in eyes with diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema-A novel OCT based

imaging biomarker”. PLoS One. 2018 Dec 11;13(12):e0207435.

l Mukherjee B, Banerjee M, Agarkar S. “Orbital dermoid cyst presenting as chronic

osteomyelitis”. J AAPOS. 2018 Dec;22(6):480-481.e1.

l Hussaindeen JR, Mariam EG, Arunachalam S, Bhavatharini R, Gopalakrishnan A, Narayanan A,

Agarkar S, Sivaraman V. “Comparison of axial length using a new swept-source optical coherence

tomography-based biometer - ARGOS with partial coherence interferometry- based biometer -

IOLMaster among school children”. PLoS One. 2018 Dec 27;13(12):e0209356.

l Das K, Gopalakrishnan S, Dalan D, Velu S, Ratra V, Ratra D. “Factors influencing the choice of

low-vision devices for visual rehabilitation in Stargardt disease”. Clin Exp Optom. 2019

Jul;102(4):426-433. Epub 2018 Dec 24.

l BaoJian Fan, Xueli Chen, NishaSondhi, P. Ferdinamarie Sharmila, Nagasamy Soumittra,

Sarangapani Sripriya, Srinivasan Sacikala, RashimaAsokan, David S. Friedman, Louis R.

Pasquale, X. Raymond Gao, Lingam Vijaya, Jessica Cooke Bailey, Veronique Vitart, Stuart

MacGregor, Christopher J. Hammond, ChieaChuenKhor, Jonathan L. Haines, Ronnie George, and

Janey L. Wiggs ; for the Mexican American Glaucoma Genetic Study; International Glaucoma

Genetics Consortium; and NEIGHBORHOOD Consortium. “Family-Based Genome-Wide

Association Study of South Indian Pedigrees Supports WNT7B as a Central Corneal Thickness

Locus”. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018;59:2495–2502.

l Barh A, Swaminathan M, Mukherjee B. “Orbital fractures in children: clinical features and

management outcomes”. J AAPOS. 2018 Dec;22(6):415.e1-415.e7.

l Sahoo S, Ravi Kumar RK, Nicolay B, Mohite O, Sivaraman K, Khetan V, Rishi P, Ganesan S,

Subramanian Krishnakumar, Raman K, Miles W, Elchuri SV. “Metabolite systems profiling

identifies exploitable weaknesses in retinoblastoma”. FEBS Letters. 2019 Jan;593(1):23-41.

l Amit C, Shalani M, Sargunam J, Meena L, Lily Therese K, Umasankar V, Prema P, Narayanan J.

“Designing and enhancing the antifungal activity of corneal specific cell penetrating peptide

using gelatin hydrogel delivery system”. International Journal of Nanomedicine 2019 Jan 15;

14:605-622.


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l Jain M, Rojanaporn D, Chawla B, Sundar G, Gopal L, Khetan V. “Retinoblastoma in Asia”. Eye

(Lond). 2019 Jan;33(1):87-96. Review.

l Sood G, Rajendran V, George R, Sharma T, Raman R. “Comparison of encirclage and cryotherapy

with argon laser in the management of traumatic cyclodialysis cleft”. Int J Ophthalmol. 2019

Jan 18;12(1):165-168.

l Koka K, Barh A, Mukherjee B. “Lateral rectus dermoid cyst presenting as incomitant esotropia”.

Orbit. 2019 Jan 28:1-4.

l Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Agarwal S, Ravindran R, Rishi E, Rishi P, Krishnamoorthy S. “Boston Type 2

keratoprosthesis- mid term outcomes from a tertiary eye care centre in India”. Ocul Surf. 2019

Jan;17(1):50-54.

l Koka K, Tongbram A, Mukherjee B, Muthusamy R, Nambi A, Biswas J. “Periocular thelaziasis

presenting as an orbital mass - a case report”. Orbit. 2019 Jan 22:1-4.

l Jain DH, Noronha VO, Mukherjee B. “Optic Nerve Sheath Meningocele With Optic Disc Pit: A Rare

Finding”. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jan 9.

l Krohn J, Rishi P, Frøystein T, Singh AD. “Circumscribed choroidal haemangioma: clinical and

topographical features”. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan 2.

l Avadhanam VS, Zarei-Ghanavati M, Bardan AS, Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Agarwal S, Goweida M,

Fukuda M, Hille K, Chodosh J, Liu CS. “When there is no tooth - Looking beyond the Falcinelli

MOOKP”. Ocul Surf. 2019 Jan;17(1):4-8.

l Raman R, Srinivasan S, Virmani S, Sivaprasad S, Rao C, Rajalakshmi R. “Fundus photograph-

based deep learning algorithms in detecting diabetic retinopathy”. Eye (Lond). 2019

Jan;33(1):97-109. Review.

l Raman S, Singh S, Jagdish V. “Anesthesia Considerations in Modified Osteo-odonto-

keratoprosthesis”. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2019 Jan-Feb;8(1):8-11.

l Alam MS, Poonam NS, Mukherjee B. “Outcomes of canaliculotomy in recalcitrant canaliculitis”.

Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan-Mar;33(1):46-51

l Naik AU, Rishi P, Prakash VJ, Rishi E. “Retinal detachment with hemorrhagic intraretinal

macrocyst clinically presenting as pseudo-choroidal melanoma”. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan-

Apr;12(1):62-64

l Banerjee A, Khurana M, Sachidanandam R, Sen P. “Comparison between broadband and

monochromatic photopic negative response in full-field electroretinogram in controls and

subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma”. Doc Ophthalmol. 2019 Feb;138(1):21-33.

l Ting DSW, Pasquale LR, Peng L, Campbell JP, Lee AY, Raman R, Tan GSW, Schmetterer L, Keane

PA, Wong TY. “Artificial intelligence and deep learning in ophthalmology”. Br J Ophthalmol.

2019 Feb;103(2):167-175.


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l Karthikka P, Rajiv Raman, Sulochana KN, Subbulakshmi C. “Adiponectin: A potential candidate

for treating fibrosis in posterior segment of the eye”. Medical Hypotheses (Elsevier) 2019

Feb;123:9-12.

l Raguraman R, Parameswaran S, Kanwar JR, Khetan V, Rishi P, Kanwar RK, Krishnakumar S.

Evidence of Tumour Microenvironment and Stromal Cellular Components in Retinoblastoma.

Ocul Oncol Pathol. 2019 Feb;5(2):85-93.

l Koka K, Patel BC. “Capillary Infantile Hemangiomas”. StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL):

StatPearls Publishing; 2019 Feb 23.

l Ganesh SK, Ahmed AS. “Pediatric Inflammatory CNV: A Case Series from a Tertiary Referral

Centre”. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2019 Feb 27:1-7 [Epub ahead of print].

l Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Agarwal S. “Algorithmic approach to management of acute ocular chemical

injuries-I's and E's of Management”. Ocul Surf. 2019 Apr;17(2):179-185. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Review.

l Nareshkumar RN, Gayathree K, Dhanashree Ratra, Coral.K. “Effect of brilliant Blue-G on

cellular stress response in retinal pigment epithelial cells: In vitro”. Exp Eye Res. 2019

Apr;181:157-162. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

l Agarwal S, Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Benurwar S, Agarwal M, Narayanan N, Lakshmipathy M, Radhika

N, Rajagopal R, Krishnakumar S, K. Lily Therese. “Clinical profile, risk factors and outcome of

medical, surgical and adjunct interventions in patients with Pythium insidiosum keratitis”.

British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2019 Mar;103(3):296-300.

l Bhargava M, Benurwar S, Krishnakumar S. Conjunctival Colloid Milium. Cornea. 2019

Mar;38(3):386-387.

l Sen P, Shah H, George A. “Inverted Flap Technique for Large Macular Hole Secondary to Chronic

Uveitis”. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan-Mar;26(1): 43-45.

l Nangia P, Goel S, Shah D, Nigam E, Saurabh K, Roy R. “Imaging choroidal knuckle”. Clin Exp

Optom. 2019 Jul;102(4):442. Epub 2019 Mar 19.

l Khan R, Singh S, Surya J, Sharma T, Kulothunga V, Raman R. “Age of Onset of Diabetes and Its

Comparison with Prevalence and Risk Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy in a Rural Population of

India”. Ophthalmic Res. 2019;61(4):236-242.Epub 2019 Mar 14.

l Rishi P, Attiku Y, Agarwal M, Narayanan R, Talwar D, Srinivasan B, Dhami A, Rishi E. “Retinal

Detachment after Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation: A 10-Year Multicenter Study”.

Ophthalmology. 2019 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]

l Ratra D, Rakshit A, Ratra V. “Visual rehabilitation using video game stimulation for Stargardt

disease”. Ther Adv Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar 9.

l Ratra D, Gopalakrishnan S, Dalan D, Ratra V, Damkondwar D, Laxmi G. “Visual rehabilitation

using microperimetric acoustic biofeedback training in individuals with central scotoma”.Clin

Exp Optom. 2019 Mar;102(2):172-179.


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l Palanisamy Karthiga, Nareshkumar RN, Sivagurunathan S, Raman R, Sulochana KN,

Chidambaram Subbulakshmi. Anti-angiogenic effect of adiponectin in human primary

microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells. Microvascular Research 2019 Mar;122:136-

145.

l Kataria P, Padmanabhan P, Gopalakrishnan A, Padmanaban V, Mahadik S, Ambrósio R Jr.

“Accuracy of Scheimpflug-derived corneal biomechanical and tomographic indices for

detecting subclinical and mild keratectasia in a South Asian population”. J Cataract Refract

Surg. 2019 Mar;45(3):328-336.

l Balekudaru S, Basu T, Sen P, Bhende P, Lingam V, George R. “Risk factors and outcomes of

management of delayed suprachoroidal haemorrhage following Ahmed glaucoma valve

implantation in children”. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar 28. [Epub ahead of print]

l Sen P, Dutta Majumder P, Biswas J, Rao C, Das K. “Role of Ultra-Wide-Field Imaging in the

Diagnosis of Intravitreal Gnathostomiasis: A Case Report”. Ocul Immunol Inflamm.

2019;27(3):380-382.

l Mistry S, Majumder PD, Biswas J. “Serial swept-source optical coherence tomography: Tale of a

choroidal tuberculoma”. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan-Apr;12(1):42-45.

l Dhami A, Shah KK, Anshuman K, Ratra D. Correspondence. Retina. 2019 Mar 4. doi:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000002500. [Epub ahead of print]

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l Geetha Iyer, Shweta Agarwal, Bhaskar Srinivasan, Angayarkanni Narayanasamy “Isolation of acid

from eye drop bottles being used by patients presenting with presumed scleritis” Indian J

Ophthalmol 2018;66:1084-7.

l Biswas J, Kharel Sitaula R, Multani P. “Changing uveitis patterns in South India - Comparison

between two decades”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Apr;66(4):524-527.

l Saurabh K, Roy R, Shah D. Commentary: Management of endogenous endophthalmitis:

Ophthalmologist in the role of a physician. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Apr;66(4):598-599.

l Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Agarwal S, Talele D, Rishi E, Rishi P, Krishnamurthy S, Vijaya L, Subramanian

N, Somasundaram S. “Keratoprosthesis: Current global scenario and a broad Indian

perspective”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 May;66(5):620-629. Review.

l Negiloni K, Mazumdar D, Neog A, Das B, Medhi J, Choudhury M, George RJ, Ramani KK.

“Construction and validation of logMAR visual acuity charts in seven Indian languages”. Indian J

Ophthalmol. 2018 May;66(5):641-646.

l Hussaindeen JR, Anand M, Sivaraman V, Ramani KK, Allen PM. “Variant myopia: A new

presentation?” Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jun;66(6):799-805.

l Khetan V, Jain M. Commentary: Comparison of optical coherence tomography angiography and

fundus fluorescein angiography features of retinal capillary hemangioblastoma. Indian J

Ophthalmol. 2018 Jun;66(6):876-877.

l Agarwal S, Srinivasan B, Iyer G, Sudharshan S, Kalaivani K. “Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in

human immunodeficiency virus - The possible role of T-helper 1-T-helper 2 shift”. Indian J

Ophthalmol. 2018 Jul;66(7):1004-1006.


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l Narayanan A, Kumar S, Ramani KK. “Spectacle compliance among adolescents in Southern India:

Perspectives of service providers”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jul;66(7):945-949.

l Richa Kamal, Dhaivat Shah, Satish Sharma, MK Janani, Arindam Kar, Kumar Saurabh, Rupak Roy,

H.N. Madhavan “Culture-Positive unilateral panophthalmitis in a serology-positive case of

dengue hemorrhagic fever” Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 Jul;66(7):1017-1019.

l Majumder PD, Lakra R, Yamuna G, Majumder AK, Kaushik V. “A case of human leukocyte antigen

B-27-associated ocular hypotony successfully treated with golimumab”. Indian J Ophthalmol.

2018 Jul;66(7):1006-1008.

l Jaisankar D, Swaminathan G, Roy R, Kulothungan V, Sharma T, Raman R. “Association of obesity

and age-related macular degeneration in Indian population”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018

Jul;66(7):976-983.

l Ahmed A, Sudharshan S, Gopal S, Majumder PD, Biswas J. “Toxoplasma retinitis following

intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide: A case report and review of literature”. Indian

J Ophthalmol. 2018 Aug;66(8):1205-1208.

l Shah D, Saurabh K, Roy R. “Multimodal imaging in paracentral acute middle maculopathy”.

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Aug;66(8):1186-1188.

l Kumar A, Ghose A, Biswas J, Majumder PD. “Clinical profile of patients with posterior scleritis: A

report from Eastern India”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Aug;66(8):1109-1112.

l Anmol U Naik, V Jaya Prakash, Pradeep Susvar, K Lily Therese, C K Parameswari “Postoperative

endophthalmitis due to Pseudomonas luteola: First reported case of acute and virulent

presentation from a tertiary eye care centre in South India” Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018

Aug;66(8):1200-1202.

l Shah KK, Majumder PD, Biswas J. “Intravitreal therapeutic agents in noninfectious uveitic

macular edema”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Aug;66(8):1060-1073. Review.

l Mukherjee B, Salim S. “Another brick in the wall”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep;66(9):1325-

1326.

l Basu T, Shah D, Das D, Saurabh K, Roy R. “Multicolor imaging for retinal nerve fiber layer defect

in glaucoma”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep;66(9):1345-1349.

l Shah D, Khedia D, Saurabh K, Roy R. “Multimodal imaging signatures in a case of acute zonal

occult outer retinopathy”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep;66(9):1349-1352.

l Shah D, Saurabh K, Roy R. “Multimodal imaging in Multifocal Best disease”. Indian J Ophthalmol.

2018 Sep;66(9):1313-1315.

l Palkar AH, Hossain MD, Majumder PD. “Purtscher-like retinopathy as presenting manifestation

of systemic lupus erythromatosus following high-grade fever with myalgia and arthralgia” Indian

J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep;66(9):1317-1319.

l Saurabh K, Roy R, Sinharoy S, Shah D, Nangia P. “Measurement of size of pigmented choroidal

nevus: Superiority of multicolor imaging compared to conventional color fundus photography”.

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Oct;66(10):1501-1503.


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l Naik AU, Annamalai R, Biswas J. “Uveitis in sporadic Blau syndrome: Long-term follow-up of a

refractory case treated successfully with adalimumab”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018

Oct;66(10):1483-1485.

l Majumder PD, Sudharshan S, George AE, Ganesh SK, Biswas J. “Antineutrophil cytoplasmic

antibody-positive scleritis: Clinical profile of patients from a tuberculosis-endemic region”.

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov;66(11):1587-1591.

l Selvaraj JR, Sudharshan S, Therese LK, Janani MK, Selvamuthu P et al. Real-time polymerase

chain reaction for diagnosis and management of HIV-induced uveitis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018

Nov;66(11):1634-1636.

l Naik AU, Ezhilvathani N, Biswas J. “Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy: Is optical coherence

tomography angiography useful?” Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov;66(11):1637-1639.

l Selvakumar A, Muthumeena M, Noronha OV, Bapu S. “Bilateral optic neuropathy with central

diabetes insipidus in a child”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov;66(11):1642-1644.

l Sen P, Agarwal A, Bhende P, Gopal L, Bhende M, Rishi P, Sharma T, Jain M. “Outcome of

vitreoretinal surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in X-linked juvenile

retinoschisis”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Dec;66(12):1825-1831.

l Sharma U, Panda S, Balekudaru S, Lingam V, Bhende P, Sen P. “Outcomes of rhegmatogenous

retinal detachment surgery in eyes with pre-existing glaucoma drainage devices”. Indian J

Ophthalmol. 2018 Dec;66(12):1820-1824.

l Goel S, Saurabh K, Roy R. “Combined central retinal vein occlusion and branch retinal artery

occlusion”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Dec;66(12):1862-1863.

l Saurabh K, Roy R, Mishra S, Garg B, Goel S. “Multicolor imaging features of dissociated optic

nerve fiber layer after internal limiting membrane peeling”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018

Dec;66(12):1853-1854.

l Madanagopalan VG, Nagesha CK, Khodifad AM, Raman R. “Influence of orientation of the

external linear incision created by the 25-gauge trocar and related factors on sclerotomy

closure: A clinical and optical coherence tomographic study”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018

Dec;66(12):1809-1814.

l Susvar P, Sood G. “Current concepts of macular buckle in myopic traction maculopathy”. Indian

J Ophthalmol. 2018 Dec;66(12):1772-1784. Review.

l Janarthanan M, Poddar C, Sudharshan S, Seabra L, Crow YJ. “Familial Blau syndrome:First

molecularly confirmed report from India”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan;67(1):165-167.

l Mishra S, Goel S, Roy SS, Garg B, Parvin M, Saurabh K, Roy R. “Multimodal imaging characteristics

of refractile drusen”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan;67(1):128-129.

l Sethi A, Ramasubramanian S. “Double rosette cataract: A striking image!” Indian J Ophthalmol.

2019 Jan;67(1):124-125.

l Gopalakrishnan S, Sudharshan S, Raman R, Saranya V, Majumder PD, Biswas J. “Visual

rehabilitation of patients with low vision in uveitis”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan; 67(1):101-

104.

l Deshmukh R, Hafezi F, Kymionis GD, Kling S, Shah R, Padmanabhan P, Sachdev MS. ‘Current

concepts in crosslinking thin corneas”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan;67(1):8-15. Review.


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l Rama Rajagopal, Pratik V. Kataria, Sudharshan Sridharan, Krishna Kumar, Lily Therese K,

Poongulali Selvamithu “Simultaneous presentation of ocular surface squamous neoplasia with

viral retinitis in HIV-positive patients with low CD4 counts” Indian J Opthalmol. 2019

Jan;67(1):116-117

l Magesan K, Majumder PD, Khetan V. “An eye within an eye”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019

Jan;67(1):139-140.

l Jaisankar D, Swaminathan G, Roy R, Kulothungan V, Sharma T, Raman R. Response to comment

on: Association of obesity and age-related macular degeneration in Indian population. Indian J

Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan;67(1):184.

l Swaminathan M, Jayaraman D, Jacob N. “Visual function assessment, ocular examination, and

intervention in children with developmental delay: A systematic approach. Part 1”. Indian J

Ophthalmol. 2019 Feb;67(2):196-203.

l Majumder PD, Menia N, Sudharshan S, Rao C, Ganesh SK, Biswas J. “Clinical profile of uveitis

patients developing central serous chorioretinopathy: An experience at a tertiary eye care

center in India”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Feb;67(2):247-251.

l Dutta Majumder P, Jeswani P, Jeyathilakan N, Biswas J. “External ophthalmomyiasis due to

Oestrus ovis”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):404-405.

l Dutta Majumder P, Biswas J, Gupta A. “Enigma of serpiginous choroiditis”. Indian J Ophthalmol.

2019 Mar;67(3):325-333. Review.

l Vaidya H, Dutta Majumder P, Biswas J. “Presumed tubercular choroidal nodule following

adalimumab therapy for juvenile idiopathic arthritis”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019

Mar;67(3):399-400.

l Shah A, Rishi P, Chendilnathan C, Kumari S. “OCT angiography features of paracentral acute

middle maculopathy”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):417-419.

l Basu T, Garg B, Mishra S, Goel S, Roy R, Saurabh K. “Utility of multicolor optic disc photography

in evaluation of glaucomatous optic disc in myopic eyes: A novel approach”. Indian J

Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):412-414.

l Goel S, Garg B, Shah AV, Mishra S, Saurabh K, Roy R. “Multicolor imaging in neovascularization of

disc”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):408.

l Saurabh K, Roy R, Shah D, Goel S, Mishra S, Senger D. “Multimodal imaging characteristics of

acute macular neuroretinopathy”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):403-404.

l Chowdhury M, Rishi P. “Juxtapillary choroidal excavation with polypoidal choroidal

vasculopathy: An unusual association”. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):401-403.

l Alam MS, Vijay V. “To prick or to poke?” Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):324.

l Rishi E, Manchegowda PT. Commentary: Revival of scleral buckling technique with Chandelier

illumination. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):431-432.

l Rishi E, Manchegowda PT. Commentary: Endophthalmitis following intravitreal injection of

dexamethasone implant. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):426-428.


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l A Phase III Randomized, Observer-Masked, Active Controlled, Parallel Group Multinational and

Multicenter study assessing the safety and efficacy of DE-117 ophthalmic solution 0.002%

compared with Latanoprost Ophthalmic Solution 0.005% in subjects with Open Angle Glaucoma

or Ocular Hypertension-PEONY Study [Dr. Ronnie George]

l Treating refractory Glaucoma with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. A safety study of HIFU in

Indian Patients [Dr Ronnie George]

l To evaluate prevalence of dry eye following retinal surgery [Dr Dhanashree Ratra]

l Hemodynamic effect of peribulbar injection of 0.75% Ropivacaine injection vs 0.5% Bupivacaine

injection [Dr V V Jaichandran]

l Biomarker Discovery in two daily disposable contact lenses [Dr Rajeswari Mahadevan]

l Analysis of auditory cues of visually impaired in distance perception [Ms. Sarika G]

l Incidence of undetected binocular vision anomalies among microsurgical ophthalmology

trainees at a tertiary care centre in India [Dr Meenakshi S]

l Comparison of methods of accommodation control for refractive error assessment in Indian

children [Dr Meenakshi S]

l Comparing central visual fields test points in 24-2 with 10-2 in patients with different grades of

glaucoma [Dr Rashima A]

l School children Ocular biometry and Refractive error (SCORE) study [Dr Anuradha N]

l Assessment of reading performance with the International Reading Speed Text (IReST) in Indian

regional languages of Tamil and Bengali [Dr Jameel Rizwana]

l Ophthalmic anthropometry measurements for school children [Dr Anuradha]

l Visual profile of patients with Traumatic and acquired brain injury seen at a tertiary eye care

center [Ms. Ayisha Atiya]

l Validation of newly developed Dalton’s pseudoisochromatic plates to detect congenital colour

vision deficiency among children and adults. [Ms. Anuradha N]

DNB THESIS PROJECTS :

l Surgical outcomes in Primary Congenital Glaucoma: External trabeculotomy versus external

trabeculotomy plus trabeculectomy with or without antimetabolites [Dr N. Vidhya; Guide: Dr B.

Shantha]

l Short term changes in intraocular pressure after phacoemulsification + IOL implantation in

Glaucomatous and normal eyes [Dr Pankaj Jeswani; Guide: Dr Ronnie George]

l SS-OCT features and ocular perfusion pressure in patient with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

[Dr Pritesh More; Guide: Dr Pukhraj Rishi]

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

l Longitudinal study analyzing the Factors affecting Visual Outcomes in an Indian pediatric

population with High Hypermetropia [Dr Varshini Ramesh; Guide: Dr Meenakshi S]

OCCUPATIONAL OPTOMETRY RESEARCH :

l Impact of vision correction and vision therapy on productivity and vision related quality of life of

the small scale and cottage industry workers [Dr R. Krishna Kumar]

COMPLETED PROJECTS:


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l REACH- Refractive error among children [Dr T.S. Surendran]

l An Observational, Prospective, Post-Marketing Clinical Study of the ACRYSOF® IQ PanQptix

Multifocal IOL in an Indian Population. [Dr Prema Padmanabhan]

l Sankara Nethralaya Tubercular Uveitis (SANTU) Study [Dr. J Biswas]

l Construction and validation of a pediatric perimeter based on eye tracking technology [Dr

Ronnie George]

l Normative data collection for oculomotor functions using prototype eye-tracking technology in

accordance with the conventional method [Dr Ronnie George]

l The Asia Primary Tube versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study [Dr Ronnie George]

l To study the characteristics of optic nerve head by OCT angiography after IOP reduction: A

prospective study [Dr. Ronnie George / Dr. B Shantha / Dr. L Vijaya]

l Clinical Imaging Study – Glaucoma [Dr Ronnie George / Dr L Vijaya / Dr B Shantha]

l The Indian Childhood Glaucoma Incidence Study [Dr B Shantha]

l I-Move perimeter: Visual Field in children with a low developmental age [Dr Ronnie George]

l Neurotrophins and inflammatory markers in the progression of pre-diabetes to Type II Diabetes

Mellitus and Diabetic Retinopathy [Dr Dhanashree Ratra]

l Electrophysiological studies in eyes receiving Intravitreal Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma [Dr

Pukhraj Rishi]

l Comparison of outcomes of different gas tamponade agents for macular hole surgery [Dr Pukhraj

Rishi]

l CRISEPTED Combined radiotherapy and intravenous steroids for the treatment of Early

Progressive Thyroid Eye Disease [Dr Bipasha Mukherjee]

l The combined influence of neuropathy and retinopathy in people with diabetes [Dr Rajiv Raman]

l Early improvement in visual functions after anti-vegf in Center involving Diabetic Macular

Edema [Dr Rajiv Raman]

l To understand the barriers and facilitators of Diabetic Retinopathy Screening & follow up: An

exploratory study from India and Thailand [Dr Rajiv Raman]

l Visual Rehabilitation using video game stimulation and teleophthalmology- a pilot study [Dr

Dhanashree Ratra]

l Profile of Binocular Vision function in patients with Keratoconus [Dr Prema Padmanabhan]

l Aniso-accommodation In Children With Anisometropic Amblyopia [Dr Meenakshi S]

ONGOING PROJECTS


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l A Comparative study of Reading speed of anisometropic amblyopia with age matched visually

normal children at a tertiary eye care center [Dr Meenakshi S]

l Efficacy study of two cycloplegic regimens in eyes with dark irides [Dr Meenakshi S]

l Does B-scan and fundus auto fluorescence help discriminate pseudo disc edema from true disc

edema [Dr. S Ambika]

l Development and Validation of a Deep Learning Algorithm for Detection of Optic Disc

Abnormalities [Dr. S Ambika]

l Critical incidents and morbidity in paediatric patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery under

general anaesthesia in a tertiary care single specialty hospital [Dr. S Lakshmi Prasanna]

l A Pilot study on Comparative analysis of MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) and MPC

(Mutant Prevention Concentration) of normal human commensal conjunctival microbial flora to

topical antibiotics. [Dr Meena Lakshmipathy]

l Vision related Quality of Life in patients with low vision using the IVI -VLV questionnaire [Dr.

Mona Khurana/Dr. Anuradha N]

l Impact of dichoptic training on motor fusion in amblyopia [Dr Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen]

l Evaluating the effectiveness of a Dot Pattern Visual Cognition Task for the assessment of visual

sequencing and visualization aptitude in elementary school children [Dr Jameel Rizwana H]

l Diagnostic accuracy of indigenously developed computer based binocular vision testing and

efficacy of computer based vision therapy [Dr Jameel Rizwana H]

l A system for measurement of amblyopia and strabismus – specific quality of life using item

banking and computer adaptive testing (Eye-tem bank) [Dr Jameel Rizwana H]

l Exploring maturation of visual perception in school age children using portable devices [Dr

Anuradha N]

l Binocular vision parameters pre and post LASER vision surgery (LASIK and Epi-LASIK) [Ms.

Sushmitha A D]

l Development and validation of a prototype to assess visual reaction time among visually normal

individuals and patients with traumatic brain injury [Dr Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen]

l Development of virtual reality prototype using dichoptic viewing for amblyopic training [Dr

Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen]

l Knowledge and Attitude about Colour Vision Deficiency among stakeholders of school eye

screening- A qualitative study [Dr Anuradha N]

l Changes on Ocular surface due to Anti - Glaucoma medications [Dr Rashima A]

l Vision Related Quality of Life (VRQOL) in mild and moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) – pre

and post Neuro-Optometric Vision therapy [Dr Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen]

l Neuro-optometric rehabilitation in Homonymous Hemianopia using Yoked prisms and Sanet

vision integrator [Dr Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen]


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l A knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) survey of binocular vision care among eye care

practitioners in India [Dr Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen]

l Pattern of Anomalous retinal correspondence (ARC) and efficacy of in-office vision therapy in

improving fusional vergence amplitudes in Intermittent Divergent Squint (IDS) [Dr Jameel

Rizwana Hussaindeen]

l Sankara Nethralaya - Tamil Nadu Essilor Myopia (STEM) Study [Ms. G Aparna/Dr S

Viswanathan/Dr Jameel Rizwana]

l Evaluating the effect of ocular UV exposure as a major causative factor in a risk model for

pseudoexfoliation syndrome in Indian population [Dr Rashima A]

l Structural and functional analysis in different severities of glaucoma using Spectral Domain

Optical Coherence Tomography and Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer [Mr. Manideepak Januwada]

l Influence of astigmatism and pupil size on near visual performance such as reading speed and

contrast acuity in pseudophakic eyes [Dr Rashima A]

l Evaluating the association of soft contact lens wear among contact lens wearers in their daily

activities, life style, occupation, and socio economic status [Ms. Sutapa Purkait]

PH.D RESEARCH PROJECT :

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

DNB THESIS PROJECTS :

l Clinical Profile and Short Term Outcome of Patients Sustaining Ophthalmic Injury due to Festive

Bursting of Firecracker managed in the emergency department at a Tertiary Eye Care Center

[Dr.Amulya Das; Guide: Dr. Pradeep Susvar]

l A Retrospective Analysis of Topography of Optic Nerve Head Drusens on Spectral Domain OCT

[Dr.Ramesh Pamu; Guide: Dr. Shikha Rajesh Bassi]

l Natural history of keratoconus in patients of age more than 40 years. [Dr Shridhar Kulkarni;

Guide: Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy]

l Characteristics features of Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 using OCT-Angiography. [Principal

Investigator : Dr Damisetti Anjali] Guide: Dr. Parveen Sen

l Study of Corneal Biomechanics in corneal Dystrophies Using Corvis St [Principal Investigator :

Dr.Shruthi.P.S] Guide: Dr.Niveditha Narayanan

l Inflammatory Neuroretinitis: Etiology and Treatment outcome in a tertiary care uveitis center.

[Principal Investigator : Dr. Pallavi Goel] Guide: Dr.Suchitra Pradeep

l Comparison of intra ocular pressure reduction in primary open angle glaucoma, ocular

hypertension, primary angle closure and primary angle closure glaucoma with topical anti

glaucoma medications. [Principal Investigator : Dr Arun S] Guide: Dr Ronnie George

l Stargardt disease – Correlation between genotype and phenotype in Indian population.[Principal

Investigator – Dr Mythri K Rao] Guide : Dr Muna Bhende


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l A retroprospective study of Phacoemulsification with Toric intraocular lens with and without

image guided marking to study the impact of image guided technology. [Principal Investigator –

Dr Ashok Kumar Mandal] Guide : Dr Shikha Rajesh Bassi

l Anatomical and Functional Outcomes of Surgery For Retinal Detachment in Closed globe injury

due to Cricket Ball. [Principal Investigator : Dr. Sankadasariya Daxa Bhupatbhai] Guide: Dr. Muna

Bhende

l Visual outcome in children with congenital rubella cataract versus non rubella cataract.

[Principal Investigator : Dr. Visakh Thomas] Guide: Dr. Sumita Agarkar / Co-Guide: Dr. Mona

Khurana

l An observational case series on outcomes of corneal collagen cross linking in Non- Keratoconus

corneal ectasia. [Principal Investigator : Dr. Sagar Udasi] Guide: Dr. Radhika Natarajan

l Visual outcome following intravitreal anti vegf for macular edema in different morphological

pattern, based on spectral domain optical coherence tomography. [Principal Investigator : Dr.

Ayush Singh] Guide: Dr. P.S. Rajesh

l Structural changes [GCL+IPL and RNFL] in optical coherence tomography in relation to clinical

profile and visual outcomes of optic neuritis patients in Indian population. [Principal

Investigator : Dr.Mitesh Jatan Bafna] Guide: Dr. S. Ambika

l Clinical spectrum of HLA-B27 associated ocular inflammation. [Principal Investigator : Dr.

Ruchika Raini Lakra] Guide: Dr. Parthopratim Dutta Majumder

l Comparison of risk factors, clinical features, visual outcome of central serous chorioretinopathy

in women presenting to a tertiary eye care centre in the past 10 years. [Principal Investigator :

Dr. Syed Moosa SM] Guide: Dr. Vikas Khetan

l Comparison of the visual outcome and short term complications following cataract surgery with

vitreous loss between eyes with Anterior chamber intraocular lens and Posterior chamber

intraocular lens. [Principal Investigator : Dr. Merin Jacob] Guide: Dr. Sripriya Krishnamoorthy

l Anatomical correlates of focal choroidal excavation in various choroidal pathologies with swept

source optical coherence tomography. [Principal Investigator : Dr. Kaustubh Suresh Kandle]

Guide: Dr.Pradeep Susvar

B.OPTOMETRY PROJECT :

l Comparison of performance with two different multifocal contact lens designs when used as

multifocal or modified monovision option in presbyopic population [Mr. Dhruval Parekh. Guide :

Dr Rajeswari Mahadevan]


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l Dr. Prema Padmanabhan, Dr Sudhir R R, Dr. L Vijaya, Dr. Ronnie George, Dr. Parveen Sen, Dr. Vikas

Khetan, Dr. Shikha Bassi, Dr. Mamta Agarwal participated in the ARVO conference at Honolulu,

USA from 29th April to 3rd May 2018. Dr. Prema Padmanabhan made a poster on “Accuracy of

integrated corneal biomechanical and tomographic data for detecting subclinical keratectasia”

and Dr. Sudhir on “Ocular spot fluorometer equipped with a lock-in amplifier for measurement

of aqueous flare”. Dr. Ronnie George gave presentations on “Building a successful US Indo

research team” & “Using population based and drug sales data to estimate proportion of treated

glaucoma in India”; Dr. Vikas Khetan on “Choroidal melanoma in the young a case series” and

moderator for a session on Clinical innovations in oncology; Dr. Parveen Sen on “Photonegative

response in Diabetic Retinopathy” and Dr. Shikha Bassi made a poster presentation on

“Comparison of efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide versus intravitreal

bevacizumab in diabetic patients with macular edema and cataract undergoing

phacoemulsification”; Dr Mamta Agarwal on “Infectious scleritis - clinical profile & visual

outcome in Indian population”, “OCT in chronic VKH patients” & “Multi resistant tuberculosis

presenting as sclero kerato uveitis in miliary tuberculosis” and Dr. Muna Bhende on “Outcome of

6 or more intravitreal dexamethasone injections for macular edema due to RVO”

l Dr. L Vijaya, Dr. B. Shantha and Dr Ronnie George participated as Invited Faculty in the 4th Asia

Pacific Glaucoma Congress (APGC) at Busan, Korea from 13th to 15th April 2018. Dr. Ronnie

George gave the invited lectures on “Glaucoma blindness: POAG vs. PACG-Who goes blind?”,

“New and emerging perimetry: will it make a difference?” & “Clear lens extraction is one of the

treatment options for primary angle closure suspect (PACS)–AGAINST”; Dr. Vijaya “Prevalence

and natural history of exfoliation”, “Glaucoma in developing countries” & “Drug induced angle

closure glaucoma: mechanism and management” and Dr. Shantha on “Glaucoma drainage

devices for pediatric glaucoma”.

l Dr. Pramod Bhende attended the EGVRS 2018 - 16th International Meeting of the Egyptian

Vitreoretinal Society, Luxor from April 18th to 22nd 2018. He made a presentation on “Surgery

for ROP- Tricks and Tips”.

l Dr J Biswas participated in the 12th UPSOS Midterm Conference at Sitapur Eye Hospital, Sitapur

on 28th and 29th April 18. He gave an invited talk on “Arthritis and Uveitis “.

l Dr Lakshmi Prasanna S attended the International Anaesthesia Research Society (IARS 2018)

Conference at Hyatt Regency Chicago, Illinois, from 28th April to 01st May 2018. She made a

poster presentation on “Morbidity and Mortality in Infants Operated in a Tertiary Eye Care

Hospital: A Ten-year Retrospective Study”.

l Dr.Sudhir R R, Dr.Sheila John, Dr.Rajiv Raman, Dr. Rajesh P S, Dr. Jaichandran VV and Ms. Hannah

C Priya participated in the Vision 2020 Conference at Aravind Eye Hospital, Chennai from 8th to

9th June 2018. Dr. Sudhir gave presentations on “Emerging changes in Information Technology

and Artificial Intelligence”, “Real time analytics of outcomes of cataract surgery from EMR”; Dr.

Sheila John made a presentation on “Teleophthalmology: How we use it” and Dr. Rajiv Raman

made a keynote address. Dr. Rajesh gave talks on “Mobile surgical van: cataract surgery at

doorsteps” and “How do I handle patients who are likely to have poor outcome?”; Dr.

Jaichandran on “Minimising and managing systemic emergencies occurring in an eye hospital”

and Ms Hannah C Priya on “ Updates on reprocessing ophthalmic surgical instruments”.

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l Dr. J Biswas, Dr. Prema Padmanabhan, Dr Rama Rajagopal, Dr. N Radhika, Dr. Iyer Geetha Krishnan, Dr. S Ambika, Dr. Sudha Ganesh, Dr. S Meenakshi, Dr. Rajiv Raman, Dr. Vishnu Vahan Prasan, Dr. Kirthi Koka attended the World Ophthalmology Congress at Barcelona Spain from 16th to 19th June 2018. Dr. Radhika made a presentation on “Casia-Asoct (SSOCT) Casia Prose and Perforation”; Dr. Biswas on “Tubercular uveitis and scleritis”, “Real time PCR in infectious uveitis – A study from a Tertiary eye care centre in South India (Poster)”, “Histopathology & Molecular Biologic Study of Uveitis & Scleritis (Oral)” and “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges in Tubercular Uveitis and Scleritis. (Instruction course)”.

l Dr. Rashima A attended the Workshop on Research Methodology at Bangalore from 23rd to 24th June 2018

l Dr. Girish S Rao participated in the Innovation Retina Summit organized by Asian Society of Continuing Medical Education at Goa on 16th June 2018.

l Dr J Biswas and Dr. Vikas Khetan attended the SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology (SAO) Conference at Nepal from 21st to 24th June 2018. Dr. Vikas Khetan, received the SAO Excellence Award.

l Dr.Ekta Rishi, Dr. Pukhraj Rishi, Dr. Shikha Bassi and Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy attended the Indian Intraocular Implant & Refractive Surgery Convention-IIRSI 2018, Chennai. Dr. Ekta Rishi delivered talks on “Surgical Removal of Intraocular Parasites” and “Aniridia Management”; Dr. Pukhraj Rishi on “VMT” & “Intrascleral Haptic Fixation: A New Technique”; Dr. Shikha Bassi on “How I Work With Technology In An Effort To Bring The Best In Cataract Surgery” & “Cataract Surgery In Diabetics A Few Considerations” and Dr.Meena Lakshmipathy on “Cataract Surgery Post Radial Keratotomy”.

l Dr. Rashima A attended the 25th Annual Meeting of IERG Conference at Hyderabad from 28th to 29th July 2018 and she made a Poster presentation on “Lifetime UV exposure and association with pterygium, pingucula and spheroidal degeneration”.

l Dr. Pramod Bhende participated in the 3rd Annual Meeting of iROP Society at MGM Eye Institute, Raipur from 21st to 22nd 2018. He made a presentation on “Delayed Onset Retinal Detachment in Regressed”.

l Sankara Nethralaya organized The Ocular Surface and Keratoprosthesis Conference (OSKON-2018) the international conference to debate and discuss the challenges faced by the ocular surface of the eye and Keratoprosthesis, from 27th to 29th of July 2018 at V D Swami Auditorium, Chennai. The valedictory function was held at the Taj Coramandel on 29th July 2018 and our Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu, was the Chief Guest and Guest of Honour was Shri Bhanwarilal Purohit, the Honourable Governor of Tamil Nadu. Shri C.Vijaya Baskar, Hon’ble Health Minister of Tamil Nadu and Shri D. Jayakumar, Hon’ble Minister for Fisheries also graced the grand valedictory session.

l Sankara Nethralaya conducted Ocular Trauma CON 2018 International conference from 12th to 14th July 2018 at Hotel Grand ITC Chola, Chennai. It was organized by Dr. Rajiv Raman and Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretina Services team of Sankara Nethralaya.

l Dr. Pramod Bhende participated in the Second Annual Meeting of Retina Society at Hyderabad on 5th August 2018. He made oral presentations on “Pediatric retinal detachment – Tips and tricks’, ‘Management of Myopic Macular Detachment”.

l Mr. Ibrahim Gani, IT & Systems Dept., attended the Train the Trainer (TTT) Program at Fukuoka – Japan, from 30 Jul to 17 Aug 2018 and it was sponsored by TEMDEC- Japan (Telemedicine development Center of Asia).


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l Dr. J Biswas, Dr. Pramod Bhende, Dr Rama Rajagopal, Dr. N Radhika, Dr. Sudhir R R, Dr.Shweta S Agarwal, Dr.Meena Lakshmipathy, Dr. Sumita Agarkar, Dr. Kavitha Kalaivani, Dr. S Sudharshan, Dr. Muna Bhende, Dr. Parveen Sen, Dr. Rajiv Raman, Dr. Suganeswari, Dr. V Jayaprakash, Dr. Ronnie George, Dr. A Parividhini, Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee, Dr. Kirthi Koka and Dr. Sripriya Krishnamoorthy participated in the 66th Annual Conference of the TNOA 2018 from 10th to 12th August 2018 - Pudhuvue 18” at Puducherry Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute. Dr. Sudhir made presentations on “Phaco in High Myopia Post lasik”, “Pearls of cataract surgery in Post RK and Post Lasik”, “Refractive surgery practice in an institution” and was the panelist in the session, “Pearls and Pitfalls in Phacoemulsification”. Dr. J Biswas, “Swept source optical coherence tomography in serpiginous choroiditis”,” Ocular Behcet’s disease – A report from South India Clinical profile of sarcoid uveitis in a tertiary care centre in South India” , Dr. Pramod Bhende on “Dropped Nucleus- V-R Approach”, “Sutured SF IOL with - Gore TEX” & “Surgical Pearls for Endophthalmitis”. Dr Sumita Agarkar gave a presentation on “Update on Techniques of Cataract Surgery in Children”; Dr Kavitha Kalaivani Natarajan on “Resection Technique” and was in the panel discussion on Peadatric Controversies. Dr Sudharshan gave talks on “Granulomatous uveitis” & “Intravitreal Clindamycin – Pro”; Dr. Muna Bhende on “Genetics in retinal dystrophies”; Dr. Parveen Sen on “Genetics Pediatric SFIOL”; Dr Rajiv Raman on “Implementation in real life for DR screening”; Dr. Suganeswari on “Indian screening guidelines and tele-ROP” and moderator for the session on “Opportunities and challenges for Women in ophthalmology”; Dr.Jaya Prakash was the Retina Wet Lab Instructor.

l Dr Rashima A participated in the OPPINT Workshop on “Glaucoma Screening” at Chennai Trade Centre from 18th to 19th August 2018. She gave a presentation on Clinical Optometry Potpourri”.

l Dr N Radhika, Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan, Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy attended the BOA Focus 2018”- The 26th Annual Conference of Bombay Ophthalmologists’ Association at Mumbai from 24th to 26th August 2018.

l Dr. Pramod Bhende participated in the ‘Surgical VITRET Meet’ at Chennai from August 31st to September 1st, 2018. He made a presentation on “ROP Surgery : Best Practices“.

l Dr Rama Rajagopal attended the Eyecan Conference at Hyderabad from 1st to 2nd September 2018. She gave a presentation on “ossn”.

l Dr. Sudhir R R participated in the conference, Dgha West Bengal on 1st September 2018. He gave a presentation on “School Eye health+ Universal Eye Healthy”.

l Dr. Vineet Ratra attended the 32nd Annual North Zone Ophthalmological Society Conference held at Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh from September 7th to 9th, 2018 and he gave invited lectures on “Glaucoma following Vitreo retina Surgeries” & “Astigmatism Correction in Cataract Surgery”.

l Dr. Ronnie George participated in the 28th Annual Conference of Glaucoma Society of India (GSI) organized by Trivandrum Ophthalmic Club, Kovalam from 14th to 16th September 2018.

l Dr. Pramod Bhende, Dr. Dhanshree Ratra, Dr. Pradeep S and Dr. Ekta Rishi attended the 18th Euretina Congress at Vienna from 20th to 23rd September 2018. Dr. Pramod Bhende made oral presentations on ‘Unusual IOFBs’, ‘Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of surgically managed suprachoroidal haemorrhage’.

l Dr. Shweta Agarwal participated in the 9th EuCornea Congress at Vienna from 21st to 22nd September 2018. She gave invited talks on “Alternatives to the OOKP” in the Instructional Course and “New Advances in Keratoprosthesis”.


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l Dr Sujatha R and Dr. Sonali Raman, participated in the Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Meeting at

Chicago, from 26th September to 6th October 2018.

l Dr. Sudhir RR participated in the Beyond 2020 Conference at Arvind Eye Hospital at

Madurai, on 1st October 2018.

l Dr. Pramod S Bhende and Dr. Girish S Rao, participated in the Annual Meeting of Maharashtra

Ophthalmological Society (MOSCON 2018) at Aurangabad from 27th to 28th October 2018. Dr.

Girish Rao made a presentation on “MIVS for PDR” and Dr. Pramod Bhende on “Retinopathy of

prematurity - what a specialist should know?” Management of Myopic Macular detachment’,

‘Rhegmatogenous Retinal detachment’, ‘Scleral fixate IOL’ & ‘Lens sparing vitrectomy for ROP’.

l Dr. Ronnie George participated in the 45th Annual Conference of the Kerala Society of

Ophthalmic Surgeons – Drishti 2018 held in Kannur, Kerala from 23rd to 25th November 2018. He

made a presentation on “Structure versus function correlation in glaucoma”.

l Dr Shobha Ravishankar, Dr. Pradnya Senthil Kumar, Dr. Manonmani B, participated in the 66th

Annual National Conference of Anaesthesiologists - ISACON 2018 at Delhi from 27th to 30th

November 2018. Dr. Shobha made a presentation on “Anaesthetic management of child with

gaucher’s disease”.

l Dr. Girish S Rao, Dr. Parveen Sen, Dr. Pukhraj Rishi, Dr. Chetan Rao, Dr. Dhanashree Ratra and Dr.

Rajesh P S attended the 27th Annual Conference of Vitreo Retinal Society – India VRSI 2018 at

Jaipur from 30th November to 02nd December 2018. Dr. Parveen Sen gave gave invited talks on

“Color specific ERG techniques” & “Genotype phenotype correction in patients with lebers

congenital amoursis and retinitis pigmentosa in Indian population”; Dr. Pukhraj Rishi on

“Incidence, risk factors and treatment outcomes in eyes with retinal detachment following

phakic intraocular lens implantation: A multicenter Study”, “Intravitreal rituximab in

management of vitreoretinal lymphoma: Fouryear study”, “Diffuse Peripapillary choroidal

excavations with PCV” & “Biopsy techniques for intraocular tumors with case examples”; Dr.

Rajesh on “A new enigma : LHEP, its surgical outcome and cliniopathological correlation”; Dr.

Chetan Rao on “Severe transitional diabetic retinopathy”; Dr. Dhanashree Ratra on “Clinical

Experience with biosimiars” and Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee on “Standardization of clinical

photography”

l Dr. Vinita Girish Rao participated in the CME at Shri Ganapathy Nethralaya, Jalna from 22nd to

23rd December 2018. She made a presentation on “Clinical examination in uveitis”.

l Dr. J Biswas attended the 2nd Inflammation Meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel from 25th November to 1st

December 2018.

l Dr. Radhika, Dr. Geetha Iyer Krishnan, Dr. Shweta Agarwal, Dr. Meena Lakshmipathy, Dr.Niveditha

Narayanan, Dr.Bhaskar Srinivasan, participated in the Keracon 2018 at New Delhi from 29th

November to 02nd December 2018. Dr. Geetha Iyer gave presentations on “Allogeneic SLET:

indications, techniques and outcomes G”, “Kpro- Choices and Selection Criteria”, “Surgical

therapy in active VKC” & “Keratoprosthesis: designs and approaches”; Dr. Shweta Agarwal on

“Technique of Type 2 Kpros - Broad Overview”, “VKC in HIV patients, Pythium keratitis,

Epikeratoplasty”; Dr. Radhika on “When Medical Therapy Fails” & “Presumed congenital scleral

dehiscence” and Dr.Niveditha on “A Comparative Analysis of Wavefront Aberrations Using Itrace

In Patients With Pterygium Who Underwent Pterygium Excision With Conjunctival Autograph – A

Case Series & “Epibulbar Nodules”.


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l Dr Lakshmi Prasanna S participated in the Academic Research Workshop from 03rd to 05th

January 2019.

l Dr RashimA A attended the 69th IAOH National Conference OCCUCON 2019 at Rajkot

Gujarat from 8th to 12th January 2019. She made a poster presentation on “Visual Profile in

electronics”

l Dr. Pramod S Bhende Dr. Vijaya L, Dr. Durga Priyadarshini S, Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee, Dr. Surendran

T S, Dr. Sumita Agarkar, Dr. Sudharshan S, Dr. Mamta Agarwal, Dr. Biswas J, Dr. Pramod Bhende,

Dr. Muna Bhende, Dr. Parveen Sen, Dr. Pradeep S, Dr. Suganeswari G, Dr. Rajiv Raman, Dr. Girish

Shiva Rao Dr. Iyer Geetha Krishnan, Dr.Sujatha R, Dr. Shweta S Agarwal attended the 77th All

India Ophthalmological Society Meeting AIOC at Indore from 14th to 17th February 2019. Dr.

Pramod S Bhende made oral presentations on ‘Counselling of Patients by Resident doctors- To do

or not to do’ , ‘Macula in Diabetes’, ‘Lens and IOL drop’, Pediatric retinal detachment’,

Rhegmatogenous RD-Membrane and ILM peeling’, ‘Management of myopic Macular

detachment’, ‘PVR Manifestations and Management’ & ‘GRT with PVR’; Dr. Parveen Sen gave a

presentation on “Ocular Trauma: A Truly Multidisciplinary Approach”; Dr. Sumita Agarkar gave a

key note address on “Taking Pediatric Opthamology To Door Step”; Dr. Sudharshan gave talks on

“Ocular syphilis”, “Algorithms in choroiditis” and conducted “Eye Shaala”- Uvea teaching

programme for PGS. Dr Mamta Agarwal on “Uveitis - A Step Wise Approach to Diagnosis &

Management Paer - Infectious scleritis” & “Infectious scleries - case series”. Dr. Muna Bhende on

“Viral Retinitis”; Dr. Ekta Rishi made presentations on “Dengue Panopthalmitis Infections or

Immunological?” & “Combination Treatment Is the Preferred Modality of Treatment Against”; Dr.

Pradeep was the co-instructor on “Macular Buckle” in the Instruction Course on Newer Trends in

Scleral Buckle surgery & Re-emergence of an forgotten art and gave a talk on “Maculoschisis in

Myopia” & Dr. Sujatha on “Management of Unco-operative Patients - Cataract Surgery”.

l Dr.Vikas Khetan attended the 2nd NVRS meeting, Dhulikhel, Kathmandu on 8th and 9th February

2019. He made a presentation on “Surgery for Intraocular tumors”.

l Dr Radhika, Dr Sudhir R R, Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan and Dr.Vikas Khetan, participated in the 34th

Congress of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology at Bangkok, Thailand from 6th to 9th March

2019. Dr. Radhika made presentations on “corneal perforations secondary to infective etiology -

what is the outcome?, “Scleral and rigid gas permeable contact lenses in the management of

keratoconus - how do they compare?”; Dr Sudhir on “How good is ASCRS IOL calculator in

predicting the outcomes of Post lask and Post RK cataract surgeries”, “Aqueous flare

measurements in uveitis and cataract post-op patients using an enhanced Spot Fluorometer” &

“Local treatment of Retinoblastoma”.

l Dr. Vikas Khetan participated in the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium Meeting in London

from March 26th to 29th 2019. He gave oral presentations on “Recent advances in the treatment

of Retinoblastoma” and “Intravitreal chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma”.

l Dr. L Vijaya, Dr B Shantha and Dr Ronnie George attended the 8th World Glaucoma Congress at

Melbourne, Australia from March 27th to 30th, 2019. Dr. Ronnie gave an invited talk on “diagnosis

and characterization of angle closure”.

l Dr.Rashima A attended the 'Gravity' Conference at Ansal University at New Delhi from

30th to 31st March 2019 and she gave a presentation on “Role of perimetry in glaucoma

diagnosis”.


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l Mr. Jonathan Scollard, Mr. Rahul Kumar from Orbis, New York, visited our foundation and

research laboratories on 12th April, 2018 and gave a guest lecture on “Orbis is an international

NGO that transforms Lives through the prevention and treatment of blindness“.

l Mr. Ramesh Pillai, Head-Training, Titan Company Ltd – Eyewear Division visited our foundation

on 30th April 2018 and gave a guest lecture on “Preparing for a challenging career in optical

retail”.

l Mr. Rama Krishnan from OM Trust USA visited our hospital on 21st May 2018.

l Mr. Moe Kyau Aung and Mr Ranganathan Jayaraman, Union Minister of Myanmar, visited our

foundation on 28th May, 2018.

l Mr Srikanth Maseedupalli, LV Prasad Eye Institute, visited our foundation on 20th June 2018 and

gave a guest lecture on “The Art of Disrupting Dispensing Spectacles“.

l Dr. D. Aravind Prasanth, Dr. Meenu Chaudhary from Institute of Medicine in Kathmandu, Dr.

Paisan Ruamviboonsuk & his team, Department of Ophthalmology, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok,

Thailand, Prof. Graham E. Holder from National University of Singapore, Dr. Maris Colyer, Dr.

Hunny Hamza & Team, Thailand and other participants of the Ocular Trauma Conference 2018

visited our foundation & research laboratories from 12th to 14th July 2018.

l Prof. A V Ramanan, visited our foundation on 25th July, 2018 and gave a guest lecture on “CME on

interface between rheumatologist ophthalmologists”.

l Prof. James Wolffsohn, Aston University, Birmingham, UK visited our foundation and research

laboratories on 25th July 2018 and gave a lecture on “Enhancing Day Today Clinical Contact Lens

Practice”.

l Dr. Leonardi Andrea, from Italy visited our hospital and research laboratories on 28th July 2018.

l Prof. Peter Allen, Anglia Ruskin University, UK visited our foundation on, 01st August, 2018 and

gave a guest lecture on “Sport Vision and Management of Visual Issue in Dyslexia”.

l Dr. S. Raju, Director and Vitreo - Retina Consultant, Nethraspandana eye Hospital, visited our

foundation on 17th August 2018.

l Dr. Mano Shanmugam and Dr. Uea Feng (Retina) from Malaysia visited our biochemistry

laboratory on 17th August 2018.

l Ms. Christine Nearchou, Clinical Leader Paediatrics and Binocular Vision, from University of

Melbourne visited our foundation on 26th September, 2018 and gave a guest lecture on “Should

Optometry be routinely testing Visual Information Processing”.

l Prof Dennis S.C Lam, Chairman, C-MER International Eye Care Group, from Hong Kong, visited

our hospital on 29th September 2018 and gave a guest lecture on “phaco in Advanced Glaucoma

Cases”.

l Mr S N Pandey, Managing Director and Team, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, visited our

foundation on 04th October, 2018.

l Mr. Shankar Rajasekaran, Director – Engineering, IMPEC FILTERS Private Limited, visited our

foundation on 06th October, 2018.

l Mr. Imran Virani, Carl Zeiss S.E. Asia, Medical Business Group, Regional Director, visited our

foundation on 19th October, 2018

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l Swami Vimurthanandha Maharajji, from Sri Ramakrishna Mission, visited the TSNA Academy on

26th October, 2018.

l Ms. Georgina Kemlgisa, Dr. Kahnala Abubakar & Dr.Ssali Grace ophthalmologists from Mulago

Hospital, Uganda visited our hospital on 30th October, 2018.

l Dr. Anmol Kumar, Scientist, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland, visited our foundation

and research laboratories on 30th October 2018 and gave a guest lecture on “Diabetic

Retinopathy: A novel pathway to target?”

l Dr.Milind Naik, Consultant & Head, Dept of Ophthalmic Plastic & Facial Aesthetic Surgery, Orbit

& Ocular Oncology, visited our foundation on LVPEI, Hyderabad, on 08th November 2018.

l Mr. Sudip Banerjee, Board member and CSR committee member, from L&T Technology Services,

visited our foundation on 13th November, 2018.

l Prof Carlos Pavesio, Director of uveitis, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK. Dr Andre Curi, Oswaldo Cruz

Foundation, Brazil, visited our foundation and research laboratories on 14th November 2018 and

gave a guest lecture on “Local therapies - how good are they? and Cat Scratch“.

l Dr Rahul Yadav, Consultant-Paediatrics & Neonatology, visited our hospital on 05th December

2018 and he gave a guest lecture on “Taking care of newborn- the right way”.

l Mr. Bala Reddy Indurti, SN OM Trustee from USA visited our foundation on 13th December 2018.

l Prof Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada, visited our

foundation on 18th December 2018 and he gave a guest lecture on “Applications of Deep

learning in Ophthalmology”.

l Shri Sundar Vasudevan, from USA and SN OM Trustee, Shri Suresh Dalapathy, visited our

foundation 14th December 2018.

l Dr. Yang Niao, Capital Medical University &Dr.Xu Wu, Wenzhon Medical University, China visited

the research laboratories on 18th December 2019.

l Lt. Col. Marian Mathew, Military Hospital, Chennai visited our hospital and research laboratories

on 29th December 2018.

l Dr Sandeep Saxena visited our foundation on 3rd January 2019 and he gave a guest lecture on

“Eales' disease: Current concepts”.

l Dr. Merlyn Mathew & Team from Deakin University, Australia visited the Research laboratories on

09th January 2019.

l Prof. Narsing A Rao visited our foundation on 11th January 2019 and gave a guest lecture on

“Approach to diagnosis and management of posterior and panuveitis”.

l Ms. Soniz Phene and Mr. Dushyant Google team visited our foundation and research facility on

29th January 2019.

l Mr P R Ramaswamy, Director, Ramsays Corporation Private Ltd, visited our foundation on 06th

Mar 2019.

l Dr. Kusum Nangia, USA, visited our foundation on 12th March 2019 and gave a guest lecture on

“How we can Optimize 24 hour IOP control and ocular surface Health.

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