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Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal

Eradicates needless blindness through high-quality eye care, conducting outreach programmes, and performing vision-restoring surgeries for the underprivileged

  • Gold Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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About

  • Headquarters

    Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  • Since

    1995

Sankara Eye Hospital was started with the vision to help eradicate needless blindness in the year 1997. This hospital has been functioning as an exclu Read moresive eye care center with a singular vision of providing high-quality care to all segments of society, rich or poor. The Hospital offers nine specialty services (Cataract, Refractive, Cornea, Glaucoma, Retina, Orbit & Oculoplasty, Uvea, Neuro-Ophthal, Pediatric Ophthal) and support services like Contact Lens, Prosthetic eye, and Low Vision Clinic. This hospital runs a charitable eye care program for the poor under the name 'Kannoli Vision Saver' project through which outreach programmes are conducted in the rural villages every day. The hospital has four sophisticated and fully equipped operation theaters and a team of very highly committed and talented doctors & staff. The hospital currently carries out an average of 60 surgeries every day and has performed over 300,000 vision-restoring surgeries till now.

Demographies Served

Cause Area

Sector

Sub Sector

Vision & Mission

Vision: To help eradicate needless blindness.
Mission: To provide high quality eye care to all segments of society through state-of-the-art services delivered in an empathetic manner.

Donor History

Tata Steel
Larsen & Toubro
Benevity Causes
Give India
Johnson Lift

Programs

  • Project Kannoli-Vision Saver

    District

    Community Outreach program which addresses the three impediments to eye care seeking behaviour, viz, awareness, access and affordability. The Program involves conduct of screening camps in rural locations, transporting the individuals identified with eye disorders needing surgical intervention, accommodation, food and surgery at the hospital, discharge and drop back at pick up location and ends with post-operative reviews. The entire intervention is delivered free of cost to the patient including post-operative medicines

  • Vision Centres

    District

    Vision Centres as enablers for eye care seeking

  • Screening For Diabetic Patients

    Screening of diabetic patients at the base hospital & campsite, identify the cause of the defective vision and treatment given.

  • Glaucoma Screening

    Screening and treatment of Glaucoma Patients in Base Hospital and Outreach

  • Screening for Diabetic Patients

    Screening of diabetic patients at the base hospital & campsite, identify the cause of the defective vision and treatment given.

Impact Metrics

  • Number of Patients Underwent Cataract Surgery

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 19250
    • 2020-21 6918
    • 2021-22 12920

  • Outreach Camps

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 65500
    • 2020-21 6300
    • 2021-22 414

  • Speciality Retina Outpatient

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 9005
    • 2020-21 6218
    • 2021-22 7157

  • Retina Surgery

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 324
    • 2020-21 132
    • 2021-22 331

  • Number of Persons Screened

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 10894
    • 2020-21 12460
    • 2021-22 1321

  • Glaucoma Surgeries

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 124
    • 2020-21 57
    • 2021-22 20

  • Number Screened

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 14398
    • 2020-21 5506
    • 2021-22 22250

  • Spectacles

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 5270
    • 2020-21 1537
    • 2021-22 5290

  • Number of Patients Underwent Cataract Surgery

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 19250
    • 2020-21 6918
    • 2021-22 12920

  • Number of Persons Screened

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 10894
    • 2020-21 12460
    • 2021-22 1321

  • Spectacles Distributed

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 5270
    • 2020-21 1537
    • 2021-22 5290

Theory of Change

Organization has achieved a steady state in its day to day operations. The new change has been the introduction of multiple Vision Centres to improve eye care seeking behavior in the rural population. The Logic model for setting up the Vision Centres using the Theory of Change is available but cannot be uploaded

Milestones & Track Record

https://kannoli.net/sankara-eye-hospital-history/

Leadership Team

  • Wg Cdr V Shankar (Retd.)

    Trustee & Executive Director

  • Dr Surendranatha Reddy

    Medical Director, Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal

  • Dr Sudeep Das

    Medical Director, SEH, Samarjhola

  • J Babu

    CEO, SEH, Samarjhola

  • M Muthukumar

    GM (Operations), SEH, Pammal

  • Wg Cdr v Shankar (Retd.)

    Trustee & Executive Director

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    100+

  • Strength of Governing Body

    7

  • Diversity Metrics

    58% women

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    Yes

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    Yes

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    Yes

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Organisation Structure

Organisation Structure

Yes

Awards & Recognitions

FICCI TANCARE 2022 Award for the Best Non Profit Hospital for the year 2022
CII TN MedClave 2022 Award for our excellence in the field of Ophthalmology

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAETS8663H

  • Registration ID

    239/04

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    TN/2009/0001548

  • 12A

    AAETS8663HE20214

  • 80G

    AAETS8663HF20214

  • FCRA

    075820286

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00004033

Location

  • Headquarters

    No.1, Third Cross Street, Sri Sankara Nagar, Pammal,, Chennai, 600075

    Directions

Other Details

  • Parent Organisation

    Sankara Eye Hospital

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Trust

Website

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses

  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.239,215,973
    Expenses
    Rs.191,265,295
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.26,777,141
    Program Expenses
    Rs.164,488,154
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.212,873,473
    Expenses
    Rs.166,522,769
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.23,313,187
    Program Expenses
    Rs.143,209,582
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.232,682,446
    Expenses
    Rs.221,410,150
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.22,141,015
    Program Expenses
    Rs.199,269,135
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Government Partnerships

State Blindness Control Society under Government of India

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