Sankara Eye Foundation
One million free eye surgeries annually by 2030
Learn more about SEF’s Vision 2030 and How You Can Help.
Vision 2030WHO WE ARE
Sankara Eye Foundation – USA (Donor Profile)
45 MILLION PEOPLE ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
The magnitude of blindness is enormous. India has the largest population of the world’s blind; with over 45 million visually impaired and 12 million totally blind.
According to the World Health Organization, World Vision Report (2019):
“At present, at least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The world faces considerable challenges in terms of eye care, including inequalities in the coverage and quality of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services; a shortage of trained eye care service providers; and poor integration of eye care services into health systems, among others.”
Every year, one million more people are added to these statistics. Fortunately, nearly 80% of them can easily be cured if only they can receive treatment.
PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS HAVE LITTLE HOPE.
This is where Sankara Eye Foundation operates. Your donations are used to build hospitals and conduct FREE eye surgeries for those in need. By providing patients with world-class medical and renowned doctors, these perpetually underserved communities will have a cure for blindness.
OUR IMPACT ON CURABLE BLINDNESS SPANS 25 YEARS
Your donations have helped us accomplish:
2M+ Surgeries Performed
30,000+ Rural Eye Camps
500+ Volunteers
Across India, our impact on the local underserved communities is immeasurable:
our network of eye care
Since its inception in 1998, Sankara Eye Foundation hospitals have conducted a total of 31,363 eye health camps spread across villages and towns all over India, screened 5,654,563 patients, and performed 2,191,972 surgeries.
Operating on a self-sustainability model, each Sankara Eye Foundation hospital in India provides a full range of eye care services. A typical Sankara Eye Hospital is a 225-bed state-of-the art facility with 200 beds for patients receiving free service and 25 beds for paid patients.
Sankara Eye Hospitals
Since its inception in 1998, Sankara Eye Foundation hospitals have conducted a total of 31,363 eye health camps spread across villages and towns all over India, screened 5,654,563 patients, and performed 2,191,972 surgeries.
Operating on a self-sustainability model, each Sankara Eye Foundation hospital in India provides a full range of eye care services. A typical Sankara Eye Hospital is a 225-bed state-of-the art facility with 200 beds for patients receiving free service and 25 beds for paid patients.
WHO WE ARE
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
One million free eye surgeries annually by 2030
Learn more about SEF’s Vision 2030 and How You Can Help.
Vision 2030Located on a 4.5-acre campus on HAL-Whitefield road, Sankara Eye Hospital Bengaluru has reached self-sufficiency via the 80-20 model, where 20% of the paying patients enable free services to 80% of rural and needy patients.
To date, Sankara Eye Hospital Bengaluru has conducted 3,200 eye camps, screened 567,508 patients and performed 232,158 surgeries.
Sankara Vision Academy, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Sankara Eye Hospital Bengaluru also hosts the Sankara Vision Academy – a super-specialty eye care training and research center. The academy offers professional eye-care training courses, which include:
DNB (Diplomate of National Board) in Ophthalmology
Fellowship in General Ophthalmology and Subspecialties
M.Sc. Optometry, B.Sc. Optometry, Fellowship in Optometry, Internship in Optometry
Diploma in Vision Care Technician (VCT)
SEH Bangalore offers services in the following areas:
Glaucoma
Lasik & Laser Vision Corrections
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Uvea Service
Autism (Milestone Clinic)
SEH Bangalore is an NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers) accredited hospital.
WHO WE ARE
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
One million free eye surgeries annually by 2030
Learn more about SEF’s Vision 2030 and How You Can Help.
Vision 2030COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU
Operating on a self-sustainability model, each Sankara Eye Foundation hospital in India provides a full range of eye care services. A typical Sankara Eye Hospital is a 225-bed state-of-the art facility with 200 beds for patients receiving free service and 25 beds for paid patients.
Sankara Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, a 500-bed state-of-the art specialty eye hospital, is the headquarters of Sankara Eye Foundation, India. It was established as the Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Medical Trust in 1977, by ophthalmologists Dr. R.V. Ramani and Dr. Radha Ramani, with the mission of eliminating preventable blindness in India.
In the past four decades, the Sankara Eye Foundation has grown from a single hospital at Coimbatore to a group of our hospitals and our partner hospitals spread across multiple states, each providing excellent eye care to people across towns and villages of India.
Sankara Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, has so far screened 2,045,044 patients, conducted 11,248 eye camps and performed 788,990 free eye surgeries.
The facility offers the following specialty eye care services:
Glaucoma
Lasik & Laser Vision Corrections
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
UVEA Services
Sankara Eye Hospital Coimbatore is a Pre-NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers) accredited hospital.
WHO WE ARE
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
One million free eye surgeries annually by 2030
Learn more about SEF’s Vision 2030 and How You Can Help.
Vision 2030HYDERABAD, TELANGANA
INAUGURATED 2023
The hospital was inaugurated on April 7, 2023 in the presence of
Honorable Minister Sri K T Rama Rao
Minister of MA & UD, IT & C, Industries and Commerce
Government of Telangana
Watch Inauguration Webcast
Location:
In the technology city of Hyderabad, located in Narsingi
Project Size:
A state-of-the-art 225 bed Community Eye Care Hospital l is designed to deliver the best eye treatment for issues related to cornea, retina, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy to both the rural and urban population in and around Hyderabad.
Partners In Service:
One of the Partners In Service "Standav Corp" initiated a campaign to raise funds for hospital construction and to build awareness about the cause in the corporate sector.
WHO WE ARE
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
One million free eye surgeries annually by 2030
Learn more about SEF’s Vision 2030 and How You Can Help.
Vision 2030WHO WE ARE
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
One million free eye surgeries annually by 2030
Learn more about SEF’s Vision 2030 and How You Can Help.
Vision 2030WHO WE ARE
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
Sankara Eye Foundation, India Hospitals
One million free eye surgeries annually by 2030
Learn more about SEF’s Vision 2030 and How You Can Help.
Vision 2030KRISHNANKOIL, TAMIL NADU
INAUGURATED 2004
Operating on a self-sustainability model, each Sankara Eye Foundation hospital in India provides a full range of eye care services. A typical Sankara Eye Hospital is a 225-bed state-of-the art facility with 200 beds for patients receiving free service and 25 beds for paid patients.
As of November 2019:
Sankara Eye Hospital at Krishnankoil, also known as the Sankara Rural Eye Hospital, was founded in 2004, and currently provides a full range of primary and subspecialty services for cataract, cornea, glaucoma, pediatric ophthalmology, oculoplastics, and emergency eye care.
Built over 6.1 acres of land, the hospital is currently a 225-bed capacity facility. SEH Krishnancoil also serves the tribal population that inhabits the Nilgiris mountain range. The hospital is located near the temple town of Srivilliputhur, around 70 kilometers south of Madurai, and is the only 24/7 Emergency Service for eye care in the region.
The hospital campus was donated by Dr. Vivekananda Raja and family and is currently receiving support from philanthropists such as Mr. Dasi Bhudrani, Sight Savers International, and the National Programme for Control of Blindness.
SEH Krishnancoil is a Pre-NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers) accredited hospital.
LUDHIANA, PUNJAB
INAUGURATED 2012
Operating on a self-sustainability model, each Sankara Eye Foundation hospital in India provides a full range of eye care services. A typical Sankara Eye Hospital is a 225-bed state-of-the art facility with 200 beds for patients receiving free service and 25 beds for paid patients.
As of November 2019:
Sankara Eye Hospital, Ludhiana, is a super-specialty eye care facility established in 2012. Spanning across 55,000 sq. ft. on a two-acre complex, the 100-bed hospital provides consultation and treatment across all subspecialties in ophthalmology.
SEH Ludhiana was inaugurated in the presence of the Sankaracharya of Kanchi, Jayendra Saraswati. It provides critical eye care to 22 districts of Punjab, serving the rural underprivileged in the remote areas of Punjab.
To date, SEH Ludhiana has conducted 1,579 camps, screened 398,678 patients and performed 61,896 surgeries.
SEH Ludhiana offers the following speciality eye-care services:
Glaucoma
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
UVEA Services
PANVEL, MAHARASHTRA
INAUGURATED JUNE 2021
Operating on a self-sustainability model, each Sankara Eye Foundation hospital in India provides a full range of eye care services. A typical Sankara Eye Hospital is a 225-bed state-of-the art facility with 200 beds for patients receiving free service and 25 beds for paid patients.
RJ Sankara Eye Hospital, Panvel, is the 12th eye hospital of Sankara Eye Foundation, India. The Jhunjhunwala Foundation donated the building on which the present hospital, with its 225 bed facility, is built.
This hospital is designed to deliver the best in class eye treatment for issues related to cornea, retina, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy to both the rural and urban population in and around Panvel, Maharashtra.
Till date, the hospital has conducted 95 eye camps, screened 9,911 patients and performed 2,949 surgeries.
The hospital offers speciality services in the following areas:
SEH Ludhiana offers the following speciality eye-care services:
SHIMOGA, KARNATAKA
INAUGURATED 2008
Operating on a self-sustainability model, each Sankara Eye Foundation hospital in India provides a full range of eye care services. A typical Sankara Eye Hospital is a 225-bed state-of-the art facility with 200 beds for patients receiving free service and 25 beds for paid patients.
As of November 2019:
Sankara Eye Hospital Shimoga, Karnataka, was inaugurated in 2008. It is the only super-specialty eye care center in the region that provides the full spectrum of ophthalmic services under one roof.
The hospital has to date conducted 2,817 eye camps, screened 557,940 patients and performed 218,344 eye surgeries. Outreach programs by the hospital cover the districts of Shimoga, Davangere, Chitradurga, Haveri, Hassan, Chikmagalur, in Karnataka, as well as the northern areas of Bellary and Raichur.
SEH Shimoga offers services in the following areas:
Trauma
Glaucoma
Lasik & Laser Vision Corrections
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
UVEA Services
