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‘SANGAMAM’ OF ARAVIND EMPLOYEES
At Aravind - Madurai 
To recognise the employees’ collective contributions and joint efforts that have earned for Aravind prestigious international awards like the Champalimaud Vision Award and Gates Award for Global Health, Aravind Eye Care System held a function - “Sangamam”- on June 24, 2008.
The function was attended by special invitees and chief guest Mr. Raja Govindasamy, Principal, Thyagarajar Arts college. Mr. Sanil Joseph rendered prayer song. Dr. R. Krishnadas, CMO, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, delivered welcome address. He acknowledged the services of everyone and congratulated all employees for their contributions. Chairman Dr. P.Namperumalsamy in his thanks-giving speech said, “All we have achieved is the achievement of each one of you. It is the award for each and every one of you who is working for Aravind. Without your individual contributions this achievement would not have been possible. Mr. Raja Govindaswamy paid compliments to the united work of Aravind employees and admired the honesty and sincerity with which they are functioning. A skit that demonstrated the kind and compassionate service of Aravind doctors and other employees received acclamation from the audience. Dr. Ramakrishnan, Assistant Administrator, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai proposed a vote of thanks. The Aravind Anthem was played by representatives of various departments. At Aravind - Puducherry 
Sangamam’08 was celebrated at Aravind-Puducherry on June 20. Programme commenced with the prayer song. Mr. Poobalan, Manager-Administration welcomed the gathering and Dr. Venkatesh, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, explained the genesis of Aravind through power point presentation. Dr. R.D. Ravindran, CMO gave a motivational talk and explained about the prestigious awards AECS has got during the recent time with slides showing the presentation ceremony.
Mr. Vijay Poddar, Puducherry Ashramam and Mr. Muthuramalingam of Madhuranthagam were the special guest for the function. During their felicitation speech they shared their experience with Aravind Eye Hospital and how the team has worked to get such awards. They congratulated the entire staff for their service and emphasised that the sincere service extended to the patients is considered much more recognition than the Awards. The video clipping of Dr.Allen Foster’s inspiring speech during the inauguration of Aurolab was shown to the audience with Tamil translation. A few letters of feedback about Aravind’s services, received from patients were read to audience. Dr. Badrinath Talwar thanked the gathering. At Aravind - Tirunelveli 
Sangamam’08 was celebrated at Aravind-Tirunelveli on June 30, 2008. This was celebrated to recognise the employees’ collective contributions and joint efforts that have earned for Aravind prestigious international awards like the Champalimaud Vision Award and Gates Award for Global Health.
The function was attended by all the staff members. Special chief guest of the Programme was Dr.A.Subramanian. The programme commenced with prayer song by Sr.Subbulakshmi and team. Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, CMO, Aravind - Tirunelveli, delivered welcome address. He also spoke about the growth of Aravind Eye Hospital in the past 32 years. He congratulated each and every employee for their contributions and also said still we all need to work together to make our Chief's dream a reality. Dr.G.Natchiar, Vice-Chairman, AECS gave a motivational talk and explained about the prestigious awards AECS has got during the recent time with slides showing the presentation ceremony. In his speech she mentioned that the award is for each and every one of you who is working for Aravind and “Without your individual contributions this achievement would not have been possible”. Mr.Ganpathy Subramanian shared his experience as a patient of Aravind Eye Hospital and also congratulated all the staff members’ doctors, MLOPs, Administrative staff for their dedication and hardwork. Dr.A.Subramanian paid compliments to the united work of Aravind employees and admired the honesty and sincerity with which they are functioning. During his felicitation speech he shared his experience with Aravind Eye Hospital and how the team has worked to get such awards. He congratulated the entire staff for their service and emphasized that the sincere service extended to the patients is considered much more recognition than the Awards. The video clipping of Dr.Allen Foster’s inspiring speech during the inauguration of the Aurolab was shown to the audience with Tamil subtitles. There was Bharathanatyam performance by Miss.Sarita and Bhajan by doctors. Sr.Meenakumari, Tutor - MRD proposed a vote of thanks. 
INAUGURATION OF LOW VISION CLINIC
Aravind-Tirunelveli, June 23 Low Vision Clinic was inaugurated at Aravind - Tirunelveli on June 23, 2008 by Dr.R.Ramakrishnan, CMO. Ms. Seethalakshmi, refractionist is incharge of Low Vision Clinic. The clinic is equipped with all necessary Aids. |
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23rd COURSE ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SOCIAL MARKETING OF EYE CARE SERVICES
LAICO, June 16 – July 14, 2008 
A total of 11 members are participating in the community outreach course, which is being held from June 16 to July 14. The participants were from the following hospitals: - Raj Eye Hospital Pvt Ltd, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - Vivekananda Mission Ashram, Chaitanyapur, West Bengal, India - Premananda Memorial Leprosy Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Shri Sadguru Seva Sangh Trust, Anandapur, Madhya Pradesh, India - Mahatma Gandhi Eye Hospital, Mayurbhanj, Orissa, India - Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Kalinga Eye Hospital and Research Centre, Orissa, India - Venu Eye Institute, New Delhi, India - Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai, India - MGM Eye Institute, Raipur, Chattisgarh, India - Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital, Lucknow, India GLUCONS-2008 Aravind-Coimbatore, June 28-29, 2008 
CME on Glaucoma ‘GLUCONS-2008’ was held at Aravind-Coimbatore from June 28-29, 2008. Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, CMO, Aravind - Tirunelveli addressed the delegates at the inaugural ceremony. The program was organised by Aravind Glaucoma team, Coimbatore under Dr.P.Sathyan.
Of the 180 delegates 121 were from Tamilnadu, 30 from Kerala, 13 from Karnataka, 4 from Mumbai, 5 from New Delhi and 5 from Andhrapradesh. One delegate each from Kolkatta, Bangladesh and Ahmedabad participated in the CME Programme. Dr. V. Velayutham, Director RIO, Govt. Ophthalmic Hospital, Chennai, Dr.Tanuj Dada, Associate Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr.Devindar Sood from Glaucoma Imaging Center,New Delhi, Dr.Ronnie George from Sankara Nethralaya and Dr.Murali Ariga from Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai were the national faculty. The Aravind faculty were Dr. Ramakrishnan, Dr. Krishnadas, Dr. P.Sathyan, Dr. Venkatesh, Dr. Mohideen, Dr. George, Dr. Sharmila, Dr. Ganesh V. Raman, Dr.N.Sathian and Dr.Anoop Thomas. The programme was held for two days and a wide variety of topics were covered which included Glaucoma Basic Course, Imaging & Newer Diagnostic Tools in Glaucoma, Glaucoma Clinical Course, Medical management and Glaucoma practice. In the surgical side, optimising trabeculectomy outcome, managing cataract and glaucoma, rescuing a failing filter, Ahamed Glaucoma Valve, viscocanalostomy,canaloplasty, istent, Express shunt were discussed. There was an overwhelming response from the delegates and there was a good interaction between the delegates and faculty. Wet lab session was held on the second day afternoon. A total of 23 participants were registered for the wet lab session and they were split over three sessions. Each participant was given 2 turns to practice on animal eyes. |
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INTERACTIVE SYMPOSIUM ON GLAUCOMA AND DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
SS Institute of Medical Sciences, Davanagree, Karnataka, June 8 Dr.Kim - Pharmocotherapy- Anti-VEGF - Surgical management of diabetic retinopathy and setting up Vitreo Retina services 
PHILIPPINES SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SOCIETY MEETING
Philippines, Manila, June 25, 2008 Dr. S. Aravind, Administrator, AEH participated in the Philippines Society of Cataract and Refractive Society meeting and did live surgery in Manila on June 25 in the meeting. The surgeons along with Dr. S. Aravind were Dr. Charith Fonseka (SrinLanka), Dr. Robert Cioni (USA), Dr. Ces Espiritu (Philippines) and Dr. Samuel Masket (USA). WORLD OPHTHALMOLOGY CONGRESS Hong Kong, June 26-28, 2008 
Dr. P. Namperumalsamy
Symposium on WHO Collaborating Centres: Role in Education - “WHO Collaborating Centre in Madurai: Current Activities and Educational Programmes” Retina Society - Update in Diabetic Retinopathy - Talk on “New Approaches to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening and Disease Monitoring in large populations” Using the Internet and Technology to Extend Eye Care And he participated as the Chairman for the session on “Low Cost, Long Distance Teleophthalmology Network in Rural India”. Dr. P.Sundaresan - Genetic Eye Diseases in Indians And he also participated as the chairperson for the session on “Molecular studies on Eye disease genes session”. Dr. P. Sundaresan met several eminent researchers and ophthalmologists during the WOC. He visited The Chinese University of Hong Kong and interacted with faculties and students. Dr.Usha Kim participated as the guest faculty in the World Ophthalmology Congress in Hong Kong. Dr. Usha Kim participated as the guest speaker for ‘How Allied Personnel should be trained and assessed, most effectively?’ - Development of course and assessment of knowledge Dr. P. Vijayalakshmi - Setting up a School Screening Programme - How to Conduct Training Program in Surgical Management of Paediatric Cataract And she participated as the chairman for the session in ‘Update on infantile cataract’ Dr.M.Srinivasan - Corneal Blindness - Impact of Community Based Preventive Strategies - Will the Dream of Elimination of Blindness Due to Corneal Infection Realize some Day? Dr. Kalpana Narendran - Establishing Tertiary Children Eye Care Service Mr. R.D. Thulasiraj Participated in the Task force meeting of Indian Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) of refractive errors committee. He participated in the IAPB’s Human Resource Programme Committee meeting and he also participated as the speaker in four scientific sessions on - Sustainable eye care programmes - Add the challenges of cataract blindness - Tele-ophthalmology - Moving beyond cataract Mr. R.D. Thulasiraj and Dr. P.Namperumalsamy conducted the Review with ICO the eligibility project for establishing Diabetic Retinopathy Service at Peking University Eye Centre. Dr. P.Namperumalsamy, Dr.N. Venkatesh Prajna, Dr. R.D. Ravindran, Dr. Usha Kim, Mr. R. D. Thulasiraj and Ms. Chitra participated in a discussion on collaboration between AECS and AAO on ONE network. Dr.N. Venkatesh Prajna, Dr. R.D. Ravindran, Ms. Kannamma, Dr. G. Haripriya Aravind, Dr.V. Narendran, Dr. P. Balakrishnan, and Ms. Varalakshmi participated in the World Ophthalmology Congress |
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ARAVIND TEAM IN GRAMEEN GC EYE HOSPITAL, BOGRA
LAICO, May 19-24, 2008A team comprising of seven staff from Aravind Eye Hospital visited Grameen GC Eye Hospital (GGCEH), Bogra, Bangladesh with the purpose of streamlining its system and procedures and also to strengthen the local leadership of the hospital. The team Dr.P.M.Aravind, M.O.Cataract & IOL clinic, Aravind-Madurai, Mr.Prasanth, Faculty Associate, LAICO, Ms.Priya,OT, Ms.Sangeetha, OP, Ms.Prabhavathi, Refraction, Ms.Samuthirakani, MRD and Ms. Kalyani, OT were in Bogra for a period of three months from April to June 2008. Grameen GC Eye Hospital, a Secondary Eye Care Centre, established under Grameen Health Care Service started functioning from Nov 2007.The service population of the hospital is around 3.5 million. NEEDS ASSESSMENT VISIT Lions Ranchi East Niramaya Hospital, Kokar Industrial Area, Ranchi Ms. Sashi Priya, Faculty, LAICO visited Lions Ranchi East Niramaya Hospital, Ranchi and Jamshedpur eye hospitals as part of Needs Assessment visit from June 23-28, 2008. SECONDMENT IN THE UK UK, May 24-June 14 
Mr. Sanil Joseph, Faculty LAICO underwent a 3 weeks secondment with W² Consulting, UK starting from 26th May 2008. W² (W squired) is a UK based organisation specialised in developing consultancy skills in order to improve the effectiveness of organisations and individuals and has got many years of association with Aravind. This secondment was in continuation of the ‘Consultancy Skills Development Workshop’ hosted by LAICO for the SEVA Centres for Community Ophthalmology (CCO) in October, 2007 facilitated by W², Consulting.
The purpose of this assignment was to develop understanding and application of consulting skills with special emphasis on the preparation for consulting interventions. Mr. Sanil is to work with the CCO’s with guidelines from W² in ‘helping the CCO’s achieve SEVA’s goal to perform 1 million surgeries per year through the network of hospitals by the year 2015. As part of the secondment, during the first two weeks Mr. Sanil interviewed 3 major clients of W² in the UK (GCAP Media, Zuric Intermediary Services (ZIG) and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to understand the consultancy approach and its impact in these organisations. During the third week he, along with Mr. Steve O’Shea from W² conducted a review of the progress with two of the seven CCO’s (LAICO & Vivekananda Mission Ashram Netra Niramay Niketan, West Bengal). FEASIBLITY STUDY VISIT Rajkot, Baroda, Surat, June 8 - July 3 
After the successful completion of one year in Sudarshan Netralaya, Amreli, now Shri Nagardas Dhanji Shanghavi Trust is interested in starting tertiary eye care hospital in any one of the following districts in Gujarat-Surat/Baroda/Rajkot. As a result of this AMECS team comprising Mr. R.Vasantha kumar and Mr.Kanagraj visited Rajkot, Baroda & Surat from June 25 – July 3, 2008. The objective of this feasibility study is to understand the magnitude of eye diseases and availability of eye care infrastructure in these districts. Based on the observation made during the study a detailed Conceptual framework and Roll out plan will be prepared for starting the next managed care hospital.
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PEGASUS WORKSHOP FOR AUROLAB STAFF
Marakkanam, June 19-21 The second batch of Aurolab staff attended the outbound learning programme at the Pegasus Institute, Marakkanam from June 19-21. A total of 25 members from Aurolab participated in the workshop. Feedback: 
“It was very useful for both my professional and personal life. It gave me an opportunity to know more about myself” Mr. Padmanabhan, Product Manager – Suture Division.
“It is entirely different environment which I have never seen in my life before. I got a nice opportunity to know more about my capability” - Mr. Sankar, IT Manager.
“I realized that environment plays a vital role in human life to take right decision in right time. And also, I realized that mental stress/burden of future commitment affect the health as well as routine life of human being. I’m very grateful to the management for providing such nice opportunity. I feel so younger during the period of training programme”- Mrs. Hemalatha, Accounts Manager.
KALAKKAL SATURDAY
Aurolab, June 28 Aurolab inaugurated a Monthly retreat programme on June 28, 2008. The retreat is for Aurolab staff to relax on Saturdays by doing various cultural activities. This retreat provides a homely forum for Aurolab employees to expose their talents through singing, dancing and other performing arts. Conferences Attended Elsewhere GLAUCOMA CME Aravind-Coimbatore, June 28-29 Aurolab participated in the Glaucoma CME on Newer Trends & Surgical Management that was held from June 28-29, 2008 at Aravind - Coimbatore. Mr. Sivanand, Domestic Marketing Manager, Mr. Sethu Madhavan, Area Development Manager and Mr. Babu, Marketing Executive represented Aurolab during the CME programme. They actively promoted the Aurolab’s products to the delegates. There were a lot of enquiries for RetiEye, a recently introduced product for trainees of laser photocoagulation and indirect ophthalmology. VISITOR Mr. Philip Hellman, student of Cape Town University visited Aurolab on June 13, 2008. He has visited to have knowledge about the working system of Aravind Eye Care System. |
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- Ms. Sandrine Jackson, Ms. Isabelle HOYAUX and Mr. Philip Mc. Allister, Right To Sight, UK visited Aravind-Madurai from June 2-3, to get an Overview of Aravind Eye Care System.
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Aravind Eye Care System has won the Piramal Prize for its innovative rural eye care service through the IT enabled Vision centres which offer telemedicine facility to eye patients in the villages. The Rs. 10 lakh prize was awarded by the Piramal Foundation and centre of Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship, a wing of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Aravind Communications launched the DVD on Vitreo Retinal Surgical Techniques produced by the Retina Vitreous Services Aravind Eye Hospitals & Post graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai. The function was held on June 14, 2008 at the hospital auditorium. Mr. K V S Lakshmanan, Consulting Editor delivered the welcome address. The DVD was released by our Chairman, Dr P Namperumalsamy by giving it to the junior most Retina fellow.Dr Kim, Chief – Retina Vitreous Clinic showed a power point presentation on the DVD. Dr Krishnadas (CMO), Dr Prajna (Chief of Medical Education), Dr PN, Dr G Natchiar (Vice Chairman) offered felicitations. A memento was presented to Mr Raj Arjunan who had created animations of the operation techniques and Dr Somnath Chakraborthy for their invaluable contribution in the making of this DVD. Dr.Somnath proposed the vote of thanks.
