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5 unusual facts about Sankara Nethralaya


Jayendra Saraswathi

Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai, Guwahati, Assam, are formed by him, as well as the Children's Hospital, Hindu Mission Hospital and Tamil Nadu Hospital.

Mallika Srinivasan

She has an abiding interest in ensuring development of education and healthcare in India and has been instrumental in supporting organizations such as the Sankara Nethralaya (A leading eye care organization), the Cancer Hospital in Chennai and a number of educational and healthcare facilities in Tirunelveli district in South India.

S. S. Badrinath

S. Badrinath or Sengamedu Srinivasa Badrinath is the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai; one of India's eye hospitals.

Sankara Nethralaya

In 1976 when addressing a group of doctors, Jayendra Saraswathi, the Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam spoke of the need to create a hospital.

V. D. Swami

Venkatarama Dorai Swami (1910–1993) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who was one of the founders of the eye hospital Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai.



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