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

Testimonials from The SN Academy – 7th Batch of Certificate Course in Hospital Management Participants

Testimonials from The SN Academy – 7^th Batch of Certificate Course in Hospital Management Participants

 

Dear Mahalingam Sir

 

Many Thanks for your mail & messages. It has been wonderful to get associated with you & TSNA academy by way of this course. I was initially a bit apprehensive when I first went through your advertisement, whether I would be the right candidate especially from a Life Insurance Background. But now having completed the course, it gives me immense pleasure that I've learned something new about Hospital Management, hospital administration, Health Claims Marketing/ Claims process, NABH accreditation of hospitals, Leadership, Team Building etc.. It was a renewed treat for me, having learnt management @ LIBA about 15 years back which shaped up my corporate career.

 

I wish to place on record, my appreciations to all the faculty members (not to single out anybody) for their lively interactions & unstinted guidance to make us, candidates comfortable & share their valuable insights & experiences.

 

I wish the TSNA Academy All the VERY BEST & May many more such courses find it roots in the academy especially catering to applicants from interior & rural Tamil nadu. You can count on me for any support your require to spread this awareness message.

 

With Best Wishes & Regards

T. Arockiaraj Dev

Regional Manager, Medicare TPA services (I) Pvt Ltd

Regional Office- Chennai.

Mob: 98412 90771.

 

Om Sai Ram....

 

Testimonial from

 

1. Sir first of all ... my sincere thanks to you for your great efforts in all the classes which I had attended for the past 12 weeks it was a great service from you sir and sir your service is awesome and excellent. the success of this 7th batch CCHM course all the credit will goes to you since you are a hardwoker and also you have very good patients by handling different types of egoistic persons present in the hall. So hats off to you sir.

 

2. All the sessions went of well sir and it was a full attendance in all the sessions for the past 12 weeks which was a success to the course organizers .

 

3. Sir Regarding Faculties I,e teaching faculties all the faculties are very well  experienced and all are very good in teaching. Sir teaching is an art and parting their knowledge to all is a unique attitude towards growth of all who will not be done by all in this world due to fear complex and self growth sir there are very few in this world who part their knowledge but all your faculties are excellent in teaching to other and parting their own self experience to others. Sir all the faculties are well educated and sir they are very courteous while teaching and clearing all the doubts and especially the lady who took team work class she has got excellent knowledge abt team work and her husband is also a great teacher .

 

4. Lecture Hall is excellent with clean and neat atmosphere and well maintained AC with good cooling effects and also the projector is good with the technician available on call all the time. Lecture hall is great and I have-not seen such a clean and neat lecture hall anywhere in India where I have undergone few PG courses and this hall is beautiful.

 

5.Last but not the least there are no words to appreciate the snacks which you have provided in every class sir  I think even in 5 star category hotels wonts provide this kind of quality snacks and very delicious vada, spring rolls, samosas etc.... still my tongue is waiting for those excellent snacks.

 

 

6. Sir by attending this CCHM course I have to appreciate the SN academy because the SN academy s objective is to teach courses that deal with A to Z in healthcare services including Hospital Management which has assumed great relevance in view of health care assuming great importance owing to the entry of corporate houses into health care delivery, increasing health care awareness among the general public and India especially Southern India emerging as a preferred health care destination and I feel that SN academy is not a commercial oriented academy like other institute behave commercially without giving anything academically and certain institutes just work for commercial but in SN its a different atmosphere.

 7. The Sankara Nethralaya Academy’s courses in hospital management are backed by the expertise and rich experience gained over thirty years of running a highly successful and respected health care enterprise.

 

8. The CCHM faculties ... all the faculties employ a system of educating people by imparting knowledge through instructional courses, training classes, and usher in newer training/teaching methodologies including the use of IT.

 

9.  The CCHM faculties ... all the faculties did a excellent job in  Spreading of knowledge for the common good which no other institute does in these days.

 

I wish all the best to you for your future CCHM batches sir and since this course is excellent in all aspects I will recommend attending this course to view of my friends.

K. R.Seshadri.

Branch Manager.

Eagle Medical Systems Pvt.ltd.

Importers for Richard-Wolf GMbH/Soring USA /Trumpf USA/Deka  Italy/Asclepion GmBh/Eigen.USA

Chennai Branch Office.

Door No.22, Plot No.64, Gugan Street,

West Kamakoti Nagar,

Valasaravakkam, (Near Vishwaroop Saibaba Temple.)

Chennai- 600087

Tel- 9444381862.

Healthcare administration professionals shower praise on Sankara Nethralaya Academy’s “Certified Course in Hospital Management”

CCHM Course – 5^th Batch Participants with Padmabhuasan Dr S S Badrinath

 

Healthcare administration professionals shower praise on Sankara Nethralaya Academy’s “Certified Course in Hospital Management”

The event was conducted to present Certificates to the fifth batch of successful candidates of the “CERTIFICATE COURSE IN HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT(CCHM)”.

 

About 16 professionals serving in the Health care industry at various levels had enrolled in this course to hone their administrative and technical skills in the workplace.

 

12 weekend certificate program in Hospital Management conducted by the Sankara Nethralaya academy, an education wing Sankara Nethralaya & a unit of Medical Research Foundation passed out successfully on 23.11.2013

 

The participants of this course belonging to mid and senior level management positions from a broad spectrum of health care institutions ranging from single speciality to multi-specialty hospitals found the course to be of great relevance to their vocation in terms of enhancing their skill sets, equipping them to handle direct and related healthcare issues and to organize their departments much better.

 

While the course won overall praise for its holistic approach to hospital management, in-depth, wide and well researched content and professional levels of tutoring by the faculty, TSNA staff members won praise and admiration for their efforts in making the entire learning experience very pleasant and memorable.

 

On their successful completion of their course they had an interactive session with the founder & president of Sankara Nethralaya Academy Padma Bhusan Dr S S Badrinath and shared their experiences and received their certificates from him.

 

Mr A Mahalingam – The Program coordinator and Assistant Registrar of the Sankara Nethralaya Academy take this opportunity to wish the participants for their cooperation and successful completion and also thanked the candidates sponsored organization and highly commented about our dedicated management faculty members for their excellent support to run this course very successful and A Mahalingam also announced that the next batch of this program( 6^th batch) to be commencing from January 18,2014.

 

 

Accreditation for Hospitals

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy (TSNA)

(Unit of Medical Research Foundation)

www.thesnacademy.ac.in

Phone : 044 4908 6000                         Fax No : 044 2825 4180

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy`s

2 days Seminar on

Accreditation for Hospitals

Dates: 15 & 16^th of November 2013(Friday & Saturday)

Venue :           Sri. V.D. Swami Auditorium,Sri. T.S. Santhanam floor,

 KNBIRVO Block, Sankara Nethralaya Main Campus

No 18, College Road, Nungambakkam,Chennai – 600 006

 

Introduction:

 

As an educational institution in the fore front of imparting knowledge and learning through learning and training initiatives, topical seminars and sharing of best practices and rich experience of more than a 4 decades of health care delivery, the Sankara Nethralaya Academy is conducting a high power seminar on ‘Accreditation for Hospitals’ a high priority area for health care providers.

 

The seminar is meant to educate and create awareness among health care managers, healthcare entrepreneurs currently operating their own health care institutions and individuals and corporate bodies planning to enter into this fast growing and high potential field.

The seminar would educate participants on the need and distinct advantages of being accredited, both from the point of creating a high reputation and image leading to high public esteem and confidence and also for the purpose of tie-ups with insurance providers etc. Accreditation by premier bodies like the NABH places Indian health care providers on par with the best of class hospitals in the world, which makes them a highly preferred health care destination for overseas patients too.

The accreditation seminar would cover the entire gamut of quality and work flow processes and practices both clinical and non-clinical and also minute details like employee educational credentials to advanced equipment imperative for accreditation by prestigious certifying bodies both national and international. Accreditation increases the standard of hospitals in India and supports them to provide world class treatment to patients which will gradually boost Medical Tourism in India. It would bring in both the self-paying patients who choose hospitals on their own and the second category of patients who select hospitals through their agency or third party, accreditation brings in the much needed credibility as it symbolizes quality, it helps in branding of the hospital, enhances hospital value and reliability making India truly a great Medical Tourism destination.

The overwhelming response that the Sankara Nethralaya Academy received for the recent seminars conducted in the critical areas of Healthcare Management like HR in Healthcare, Customer Care in Hospitals and Materials Management for Hospitals, topical seminar in Hospital Management and the resultant learning have come as a major boost and encouragement to conduct this highly topical and need of the hour seminar.

 

The SN Academy education arm of NABH Accredited Sankara Nethralaya ( a unit of Medical Research Foundation ) takes great pleasure in announcing that it would be conducting the 2 day seminar on ACCREDITATION for HOSPITALS on Nov 15 & 16, 2013 (Friday & Saturday)

Targeted Participants:

·         Hospital Administrators

·         Doctors

·         Nurses

·         Healthcare Hospital Management Students

·         Representatives From Mission Hospitals, Private and Public sector hospitals

Topics and Discussion:

• Importance of Quality & Accreditation & Overview of Accreditation in other countries.
• Accreditation Process
• Continuous Quality Improvement
• Regulatory & Statutory requirements
• Clinical Audit
• NABL for Laboratories
• Hospital Infection Control Practices
• Safety Measures
• Challenges faced during Implementation
• Documentation required for Accreditation
• Panel Discussion

 

Seminar Speakers:

 

Eminent speakers from hospitals & Accreditation Agencies like :

 

Ms Akila Ganesan

Senior General Manager – Sankara Nethralaya & Registrar

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy.

 

 

 

Dr TV Subramaniam (Dr TVS)

Chairman Board of Studies at Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy. Visiting Faculty – IIFMR / TSNA – Chennai & IIM – Ahmadabad.

 

Dr A Malathi, MD - Advisor for NABH & JCI

Head of Medical Services, Clinical Compliance and Education at Manipal Health Systems, Bangalore.

 

Dr Lakshmi Prasanna – Internal Auditor - NABH

Consultant – Ananesthetist, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai

 

Dr Angayarkanni M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D

Quality Manager – NABL and Dept of Bio Chemistry

Vision Research Foundation, Chennai

 

Dr. K. Lily Therese M.Sc, Ph.D

Professor and HOD of Microbiology,

L & T Microbiology Research Centre, Vision Research Foundation,Chennai

 

Ms Hanna Priya M.Sc (Nursing) MA (CM), MBA

Prof Of Nursing and Infection Control Committee Member.

Medical Research Foundation, Chennai.

 

Ms Shyamala S

DGM  - Quality Management, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai

 

Sri C.S. Ramakrishnan

Vice President - Operations - Acme Consulting, Chennai

 

Representatives from Private / NGO / Govt – NABH Accredited Hospitals.

 

Dr B. Krishnamurthy, Senior NABH Assessor, an expert in the area of Facility Management for NABH.

 

Dr.Nirmal Fredrick - Lead auditor for NABH, Quality Council of India 

Hospital Management Consultant & MD - Nirmals Eye Care Hospital, Chennai

 

Registration:

 

Delegates:

• Individual Delegates: Rs 5000/- per head.
• Group Registration (3 + from One Hospital / Organization) : Rs 4000 / Head

Students:

• Individual Students : Rs 3000/- per head
• Group Registration (10 + from One Institute) : Rs 2500/- per head.

 

 

Registration FEE includes:

·  Seminar  - 2 Days / Lunch and Tea - 2 Days

·  Certificate of Participation /Knowledge Material (PPTs of the Speakers)

·  Pictures of the Conference (web Link)

 

Mode of Registration fee payment:

 

The Registration fee is to be paid by Demand Draft in favour of MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION payable at Chennai.

 

Online Payment Option also available

at

www.thesnacademy.ac.in

 

The copy of the bank remittance receipt (for online payment) should be emailed to mahali@snmail.org  after filling of the registration form.

 

 The registration will be considered complete only upon receipt of full registration fee.

 

Registration Cancellation & Refund:

·    Refund of Registration will be made only against the written request by email and post submitted 5 days prior to the seminar to the Academic Officer of TSNA.

·    25% of the Registration would be deducted as processing charges and will be made after one month of the seminar.

For more details & Registrations:

A Mahalingam

Academic Officer /Assistant Registrar

The Sankara Nethralaya Academy (TSNA)
Ph No: 044 - 4908 6000, Fax: +91-44-28254180,

Mobile : (0) 97104 85295/E Mail : mahali@snmail.org

Web: www.thesnacademy.ac.in

 

I congratulate Sankara Nethralaya Academy for rendering yeomen service by Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar

I congratulate Sankara Nethralaya Academy for rendering yeomen service by Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar

 It gives me great pleasure to be amidst you at this meeting of the Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health. This Forum provides a platform for the Hon’ble members to interact with Ministers concerned, experts and key officials from nodal Ministries. The discussions here are invaluable in understanding pertinent issues more deeply, creating awareness and preparing future strategies. Today Dr. Tarun Sharma of Sankara Nethralay Academy will be making a presentation on 'Combating Blindness in India'.

 

As per the Rapid assessment of Blindness survey conducted in 2006-07, about one percent of our population is suffering from blindness.  The National Programme for the Control of Blindness, started in the year 1976, seeks to reduce this prevalence of blindness to 0.3 per cent through identification and treatment of blind, developing human resource for this purpose, improving quality of service delivery and securing participation of voluntary organisations in eye care. However, government’s initiatives alone are not sufficient and need to be supplemented by doctors, private hospitals, non-governmental organizations and self help groups.  All the stakeholders have to collectively strive to light a ray of hope in the lives of those who live in darkness.

 

I congratulate Sankara Nethralaya Academy for rendering yeomen service for combating blindness in India.  ‘Excellence through Knowledge’ as I have learnt, is their moto. To fulfill this, they are reaching out to people, spreading knowledge and creating awareness.  Let me take this opportunity to compliment each and every person at the Academy especially Dr. S.S. Badrinath, Dr. Tarun Sharma, Dr. Vasanthi Badrinath and Dr. S. Bhaskaran for their dedication, initiative and research which has allowed many to see this beautiful world.  I am convinced that the Academy, under the guidance of these eminent personalities, will continue to serve the people in the years to come.

 

In our society, visual impairment is largely looked upon as a disability of an individual. I firmly believe that the differently abled persons have unique abilities and are as capable as anyone else but it is the social prejudices, structures and practices which inhibit them from realizing their full potential. Therefore, we have to transform our mindsets and focus on creating a conducive environment for them to achieve excellence. Reorientation of laws and policies, together with a change in societal attitudes towards the visually impaired, is the need of the hour.

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I am confident that today’s deliberations on ‘Combating Blindness in India’ will be instrumental in enabling us to gain an insight into this problem. These inputs will be critical for not only discussing governmental policies and initiatives but also for recommending corrective measures.  I hope that the future meetings of this very important Forum will come out with valuable suggestions and recommendations on this issue of concern to all of us.

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Thank you.

Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar

Ref : http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/speech/SpeechDetails.asp?SpeechId=435

 

Sankara Nethralaya Academy`s Career Counseling session on Allied Health Science Courses -18.05.2013

HEALTHY CAREER CHOICES IN HEALTH CARE

What to do after class 10 or 12? A perennial question, with the usual answer of engineering or medicine. However, at a career counseling session organized by The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Ayanambakkam, Vanagaram, here on Saturday – 18^th May 2013 young people had an opportunity to discover a whole range of courses in the healthcare sector that could help them build good careers.

A Mahalingam Assistant Registrar inaugurated and brief about the Institution and its facility. And highlighted about “The healthcare service sector is booming. There are many career opportunities here, with institutions offering courses to enhance their specialized manpower. The SankaraNethralayaAcademy is offering many such specialized diploma courses.”

Sri A P Irungovel, Senior Manager – Patients Education & Counseling dept of Sankara Nethralaya given a presentation on Goal – Towards healthcare services.

The 2 years diplomas in Ophthalmic Nursing Assistant, Operation Theatre and Anaesthesia Technology, and BSc Medical Laboratory Courses are all courses recognized by the TN DrMGR MedicalUniversity. And the academy also conducts 2 year – Diploma in Refraction and Dispensing courses. For the +2 completed candidates.

In the Ophthalmic Nursing Assistant course, the students learn about ocular disease and its causes. They learn to assist in ophthalmic surgical procedures, to provide pre and post-operative care to patients and to act as primary and secondary resources to patients, care givers and healthcare professionals.

The Operation Theatre and Anaesthesia Technology course teaches students to assist the anaesthetist, surgeon or nurse in various procedures and to sterilise and disinfect OT rooms following NABH protocols.

A Mahalingam, academic officer & Assistant Registrar of The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, said, “Our courses are designed to get the students jobs. Students who cannot afford to go to college will definitely find jobs after the diploma courses.” For more details, contact 9710485295 or log on to www.thesnacademy.ac.in