Governor K Rosaiah presenting the M S
Subbulakshmi award to artist Manohar Devadoss. Dr Vasanthi Badrinath is also
seen.
Sankara Nethralaya, which honours distinguished individuals with Sankara Ratna
Award for their determined support to the hospital on the founder’s day, every
year since 2002, instituted one more category of award – M S Subbulakshmi
Award, in memory of the legendary singer who rendered her service by raising
funds for Sankara Nethralaya through her concerts.
The award was recently presented to those who espoused the cause of Sankara
Nethralaya in serving people and have been supportive in its initiatives.
The recipients of this award were—Kausalya Appukutty, a prime supporter of Sankara
Nethralaya, who donated four acres of land to run the Elite School of
Optometry, to the hospital, and Manohar Devadoss, an artist who has made plain
canvases colourful, in spite of his partial visual impairment.
He has been raising money for Sankara Nethralaya’s community service
through ‘Mahima Endowment,’ which he started in the memory of his wife Mahima,
with an aim to provide treatment to visually-impaired children.
The Sankara Ratna Award was conferred upon two ‘Quality Gurus,’ as they are
referred to by the Sankara Nethralaya family — M S Jayaraman, a
specialist in IT strategies and Business process Reengineering, and T V
Subramanian, a specialist in Operation, Supply chain Management and IT
strategies.
These two were pioneers in building Sankara Nethralaya as a National
Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers (NABH), which is the
highest recognition for healthcare providers.
The awards were presented by chief guest Governor K Rosaiah, who lauded the
unconditional service by Sankara Nethralaya all these years, and congratulated
the winners.
“Sankara Nethralaya deserves to be appreciated for its undeterred
humanitarian service to the people by giving them sight. Service should be
provided from the heart with a joy like S S Badrinath does,” said Rosaiah
referring to the founder of Sankara Nethralaya.
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