Profile of Mahalingam A

Profile of Mahalingam A

Shri A.Mahalingam known popularly as ‘Mahali’ in medical and academic circles assumed charge as Chief Operating Officer, Deepam Hospitals Pallavaram, Chennai in October 2015 after an eventful, challenging and fulfilling 25 years of service at Sankara Nethralaya a unit of Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, the world renowned ophthalmic institution, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

His long tenure at Sankara Nethralaya was marked by watershed achievements in diverse areas and his move to Deepam Hospital (a multi speciality) marks a step from a single specialty hospital to the greater challenges of a multi-specialty hospital.

An academician par excellence Shri A Mahalingam has impressive academic credentials in diverse areas such as Hospital Management, Operations Management, Training &Development from reputed educational institutions like LIBA, IGNOU, BITS, Pilani to name a few besides attending and as well as organizing  high profile Total Quality Management programs, seminars and training sessions.

He has donned several caps during his long tenure at Sankara Nethralaya and has brought a glorious feather to all of them. While his professional achievements in diverse areas like enhancing patient inflow, improving patient satisfaction levels, employee productivity, revenue, Total quality Management are noteworthy he also played a major role in building a strong rapport and goodwill with the Media, stakeholders, government and NGO agencies and the outside world at large.  While his professional excellence and achievements would make a long list, what endeared him to the management and colleagues at all levels is his utmost humility, transparency, team spirit, the attitude to lead from the front, set a fine personal example, own responsibility and share the credit for success with team mates.

Serving directly under the legendary (Founder of Sankara Nethralaya Padma Bhusan) Dr. SS.Badrinath, whom he considers his guide and mentor left an indelible impact on his work ethics and made him imbibe the qualities of service and compassion the hallmark of Sankara Nethralaya.

As the Chief Operating officer of Deepam Hospitals his major challenge would be in enhancing existing systems and processes, increasing visibility, reaching out to corporate entities, creating a strong brand image and goodwill for the institution, setting up the academic and research arms and positioning Deepam as a preferred healthcare destination for domestic and overseas patients in a highly competitive healthcare marketplace.

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Formely at Sankara Nethralaya Academy as Deputy Registrar, Chennai

'Teachers Responsible for Guiding Today's Leaders' - Dr Susan Edwards, former principal of Presidency Girls Higher Secondary School, during the Teachers’ Day celebration held on Saturday at the Sankara Netralaya Academy

CHENNAI: Dr Susan Edwards, former principal of Presidency Girls Higher Secondary School, during the Teachers’ Day celebration held on Saturday at the Sankara Netralaya Academy, said that teachers have been responsible for giving many leaders directions during their student life.

Quoting an experience from her life, Susan Edwards recalled, “When I was the head of an institution, I came upon a student who was arrested and had not come to school for ten days. His mother pleaded me to take him back into school. Normally, we would have to given him a transfer certificate, but, I allowed him to join classes. Five years later, I happened to meet the boy’s parent and I was happy to know that her son successfully graduated. This brought immense happiness to me.” 

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Teachers Responsible for Guiding Today's Leaders - Dr Susan Edwards, former principal of Presidency Girls Higher Secondary School, during the Teachers’ Day celebration held on Saturday at the Sankara Netralaya Academy on 05.09.2015

CHENNAI: Dr Susan Edwards, former principal of Presidency Girls Higher Secondary School, during the Teachers’ Day celebration held on Saturday at the Sankara Netralaya Academy, said that teachers have been responsible for giving many leaders directions during their student life.

Quoting an experience from her life, Susan Edwards recalled, “When I was the head of an institution, I came upon a student who was arrested and had not come to school for ten days. His mother pleaded me to take him back into school. Normally, we would have to given him a transfer certificate, but, I allowed him to join classes. Five years later, I happened to meet the boy’s parent and I was happy to know that her son successfully graduated. This brought immense happiness to me.”

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy conducts ‘Teacher’s Day’ with great reverence and enthusiasm on 05.09.2015 - Dr. Susan Edward Joseph, MSc, M Ed,M Phil, Ph D , Former Principal of the Presidency Girl’s Higher Secondary School, Chennai participated as Chief Guest for this Celebration

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy conducts ‘Teacher’s Day’ with great reverence and enthusiasm on 05.09.2015

Dr. Susan Edward Joseph, MSc, M Ed,M Phil, Ph D , Former Principal of the Presidency Girl’s Higher Secondary School, Chennai participated as Chief Guest for this Celebration

In India, 5th September is celebrated as Teachers Day as a mark of tribute to the contribution made by teachers to the society. It is the birthday of a great teacher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was a staunch believer in education and was a well-known diplomat, scholar and the President of India and above all, a great Teacher.

Teacher’s day was celebrated with pomp and splendour at The Sankara Nethralaya Academy( TSNA), a unit of Medical Research Foundation, Chennai at its Vanagaram Campus. It was a day of gratitude and remembrance towards all the teachers who have shaped our lives.

The Program started with a mellifluous invocation by Senior Lecturer Dr S Vandhana who invoked the Gods and praised the teachers through Vedic hymns. This was followed by a soulful rendition by the students of Sankara Nethralaya Academy who invoked Lord Ganesha for his blessings and divine Grace

Welcoming the gathering and the Chief Guest Dr. Susan Edward Joseph, MSc, M Ed,M Phil, Ph D , Former Principal of the Presidency Girl’s Higher Secondary School, Chennai, Mr. A Mahalingam, Deputy Registrar, explained the service orientation of Sankara Nethralaya under the visionary leadership of the Living Legend Padma Bhushan Dr. SS Badrinath. He briefed on the educational facilities and collaborations of the academy, for offering a purposeful education to the society, he also highlighted that the healthcare service sector is booming and that there are abundant career opportunities here, which he explained has made many institutions like the Sankara Nethralaya Academy to offer specialized courses in this sector to prepare students aspiring to be a part of this high growth industry.

Mrs Akila Ganesan, Senior General Manager – Sankara Nethralaya and  Registrar of the SN Academy welcomed the Chief Guest Dr. Susan Edward Joseph the most distinguished ‘Chief Guest’ and most worthy Teacher on the occasion, she dwelt in-depth on the terms Guru which is coined by Gu and Ru.

She highlighted that Dr. Susan has donned several roles in an eventful career, she started as a Teacher, went on to become a headmistress at the Presidency Girls High School, became the Assistant Professor at the Holy Cross Home Science College, Tuticorin and the Divisional Education officer. Dr Susan left an indelible mark in every assignment that she handled, she was conferred the ‘Best Teacher Award’ for her high quality of work and the 65 schools under her showed, when she served as the district education officer, registered  all round progress.

Delivering the Chief Guest’s address Dr Susan Edward Joseph had a special word of thanks to the teachers for imparting knowledge to all, she shared interesting anecdotes from her student days and exhorted the students to bring glory and fame to their teachers, she extolled the virtues of the teaching profession and appealed to teachers to take active part in character building of their students.

Sankara Nethralaya Academy - Teachers Day Celebrations - Chief Guest Dr Susan Edward, MSc, M Ed,M Phil, Ph D

Agenda

10.00 am to 10.05 am	Invocation	Dr S Vandhana Asst Lecturer – SN Academy
10.05 am to 10.10 am	Welcome Address	Mr A Mahalingam Deputy Registrar – SN Academy
10.10 am to 10.20 am	Presentation SN Academy & Activities
10.20 am to 10.40 am	Address by	Mrs Akila Ganesan Senior General Manager – SN Registrar – SN Academy
10.40 am to 10.45am	Introduce the Chief Guest	Dr Anuja R Singh Head – Optometry – SN Academy
10.45 am to 10.50 am	Honouring the Chief Guest	Senior General Manager Sankara Nethralaya
10.50 am to 11.20 am	Honouring the Faculty	By the Chief Guest
11.20 am to 11.50 am	Teacher’s Day Speech by Chief Guest
11.50 am to 12 Noon	Vote of Thanks	Mrs CG Sreedevi Manager - Academics – SN Academy
National Anthem

Dr Susan Edward, MSc, M Ed,M Phil, Ph D

Profile

Dr. Susan Edward Joseph our most distinguished ‘Chief Guest’ and most worthy Teacher on the occasion of ‘Teacher’s Day’ being celebrated today – 05.09.2015

As an educational institution based on the principles of knowledge dissemination for a noble cause, I am sure we could not have had a more befitting person to grace the occasion.

The word ‘Teacher’ has a deep meaning and should not be interpreted simply as a person who stands before a black board and takes lessons, such a person may be called a tutor. A teacher plays a much greater role in the life of his/her students and society at large, she enlightens the mind through imparting of knowledge, moulds character by inculcating moral and ethical values and in a nation like India with a 2000 years unbroken Guru-Sishya parampara the Guru or Teacher assumes paramount importance in our lives.

Let me give a brief introduction to out honoured chief guest, Dr Susan’s student phase was varied and spread over regions, from her early schooling in Sankaragiri in Salem to graduation and Post graduation in Holy Cross, Trichy, B.Ed in Mysore.

To young Susan the keen learner it was a rich and real time learning and exposure to the value systems so unique to rural India and she absorbed much more than what was taught in her classroom. This would have a great influence on Dr Susan who would don the role of an educator in the years to come.

Dr Susan married Shri Edward Joseph a duty conscious police officer and the couple were blessed with two Angels, Angeline and Alice, the Joy was however short lived as destiny most cruelly snatched the valiant police officer’s life, as he fell victim to the bomb blast that killed former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi in year 1991.

Dr Susan took the tragedy with great resilience, not a person to buckle down in the face of personal sorrow, she realized that the loss placed a greater responsibility of bringing up the children single-handedly and she did it most admirably displaying the valiant nature of her husband.

Dr. Susan has donned several roles in an eventful career, she started as a Teacher, went on to become a headmistress at the Presidency Girls High School, became the Assistant Professor at the Holy Cross Home Science College, Tuticorin and the Divisional Education officer. Dr Susan left an indelible mark in every assignment that she handled, she was conferred the ‘Best Teacher Award’ for her high quality of work and the 65 schools under her showed, when she served as the district education officer, registered  all round progress.

She played a major role in preparing and implementing the ‘Samacheer system of education’ and was also recognized by Rotary Club and with an award for her ‘Service to the cause of education’.

Dr Susan was known for her extraordinary counselling which changed the course of hundreds of students. A high point in Dr Susan’s academic life was the conferment of Doctorate for her research and presentation of thesis, she made a significant contribution to Zoology by discovering a new species of Scorpion not known to Zoologists earlier, and she named the same in memory of her beloved husband as Pseudo Scorpion Edwardis.