Sankara Nethralaya Chairman Emeritus Dr. SS Badrinath was presented with the ‘Achiever’s Award’ for his relentless pursuit in providing quality and affordable eye care to the people of India. He was presented the award on the occasion of the “Loyola World Alumni Congress 2010” on August 28, 2010.

The Loyola Alumni came together to lay the foundation for the Loyola World Alumni Congress 2010 and form the Loyola Chennai Alumni Foundation, which will provide scholarship for higher education for students from the lower-socio-economic strata of society. The Father Casimir Raj Fund for Poor Students, will be established with contributions from alumni.

Loyola Alumni who participated included Union Home Minister, Mr. P Chidambaram, Mr. N. Ram, Editor-in-chief, The Hindu, Dr. T. Janardhana Rao, former Honorary Consul and Honorary Consul General, Melbourne, Australia and Mr. Shyam Kothari, businessman and Board Member, Medical Research Foundation.

Dr. J. Biswas, Director, Uvea and Ocular Pathology, Sankara Nethralaya, participated at the first annual meeting of the Bangladesh Uvea Society on May 27, 2010 at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Around 350 ophthalmologists participated at the inaugural session. Dr. Biswas spoke on the ‘Diagnostic and Therapeutic challenges in Uveitis,’ ‘Algorithm of Diagnostic management of choroiditis’ and ‘Brain ticklers – Presentation of Challenging cases.’ His talks were well-received. He also conducted a quiz on Uvea. The event was attended by noted writers and educationists.

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri. Kapil Sibal (center) presents the ‘Social Enterprise of the year’
award to Sankara Nethralaya’s Chairman Emeritus Dr. SS Badrinath
in New Delhi on December 03, 2009.

Sankara Nethralaya has been awarded the ‘Social Enterprise of the Year’ at the 5th CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards. Dr. SS Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya, accepted the award on behalf of the institute at a glittering ceremony held in New Delhi on December 3, 2009.

The award is presented to an NGO/CSR initiative that has shown uniqueness in the kind of outreach program it has adopted or in adapting a commercial business model for the purpose of social good & community welfare or in the sheer impact its work has had.

Present on the occasion were Kapil Sibal, Honourable Minister for Human Resource Development, Praful Patel, Minister of State-Civil Aviation and Nandan Nilekani, Head, Unique Identification Database project.

The CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards honoured stalwarts of India Inc., who have emerged as legends in business leadership. The India Business Leader Awards are the most distinguished awards for excellence in leadership in Asia.

The winners were judged by eminent personalities like Mr. Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC, Mr. Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Ltd. Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, Mr. Uday Kotak, and Mr. Raghav Bahl, Founder Editor, Network18.

Dr. Dhanashree Ratra, Senior Consultant, Vitreoretinal Department, was presented with the ‘Best Paper’ award at the 18th Annual Vitreoretinal Society of India meeting at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.

Dr. Ratra was presented with the award by his Holiness Dalai Lama for her paper titled “Autofluorescence findings in Central Serous Retinopathy." The paper was a descriptive study of autofluoescence (a type of investigation which includes a photo of the patent's retina on the latest camera system-the HRA) in the Central Serous Retinopathy disease. In her paper, Dr. Ratra presented new and original information about the changes seen due to the findings which can help diagnose and successfully treat Central Serous Retinopathy.

She also delivered a talk on "Surgical management of angiomatosis retinae and allied disorders" at the meeting which was held from November 25 to November 28, 2009. The talk focussed on surgical management of the disorders, which causes abnormal vascularization on the retina, which can be treated surgically.

For his outstanding contributions in the field of Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya’s Chairman Emeritus, Dr. SS Badrinath, was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Madras City Ophthalmological Association (MCOA) on November 29, 2009 at a function in Chennai.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was also given to two other renowned ophthalmologists — Dr. ET Selvam and (late) Dr. J Agarwal.

Attributing the success of Sankara Nethralaya to the team work of its doctors and staff, Dr. Badrinath urged ophthalmologists to adopt the concept of group practice promoted by Sankara Nethralaya.

All-India Ophthalmological Society President Babu Rajendran lauded the contributions of the ophthalmologists and described them as the ‘Holy Trinity’ of ophthalmology.

The Hindu

http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/30/stories/2009113053900400.htm