Sankara Nethralaya USA Activities

Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet'n Greet with MESU Adopt-A-Village Sponsors



Tribute to Padma Bhushan Dr S S Badrinath

TV5 Digital: https://youtu.be/QvAW2UCj5f8

Sakshi TV: https://youtu.be/8PfHGR3U8dY

Tone News: https://youtu.be/IqdIE_8mFYY

Telugu NRI Radio: https://youtu.be/pfQRGz8_CL4

Mana TV: https://youtu.be/NBHRgt5GWus

US 1 Television, Inc: https://youtu.be/V2sBle8Eil4

Kiw World: https://kiwworld.com/home/play-video/



Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet'n Greet Philanthropists

TV5 Digital: https://youtu.be/CyiPKKalWnY

Sakshi TV: https://youtu.be/1TUG1Z21glI

Telugu NRI Radio: https://youtu.be/vm20kRBuYBI

Mana tv: https://youtu.be/d_tQlM7YCEI

Tone News: https://youtu.be/b2b8WBaZtsU

Sankara Nethralaya: https://youtu.be/SC2GbXIrEKA



Sankara Nethralaya USA, Kuchipudi Dance Drama

Sankara Nethralaya: https://youtu.be/-MSpIwqofoY

To read the article on Great Andhra.com, please click here:-
https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/news/sankara-nethralaya-usa-concert-raised-715000-133869

To read the article on NRI2NRI.com, please click here:-
https://nri2nri.com/sankara-nethralaya-usa-concert-in-atlanta-raised-715000-dollars/



Sankara Nethralaya USA, Advisory Board



Sankara Nethralaya USA, Carnatic Music Concert, Kuchipudi Dance Drama Anandaleela

US 1 Television, Inc: https://youtu.be/af42lpt8pks

Me World ET: https://meworldet.com/home/play-video/758

Telugu NRI Radio:https://youtu.be/4fdSTBg2gIM

Mana tv:https://youtu.be/fx_fjsgd5aE

Tone News:https://youtu.be/76fUbqt84as

TV5 Digital:https://youtu.be/KLDP9BziBME

Sakshi TV Commercials:https://youtu.be/uf1TK3N-cPk



Renowned Carnatic vocalist T. M. Krishna performs at charity concert for
Sankara Nethralaya Eye Hospital expansion

To read the article on NRI Pulse, please click here:-
https://nripulse.com/carnatic-vocalist-t-m-krishna-performs-charity-concert-for-sankara-nethralaya/



Sankara Nethralaya USA - Detroit, MI 5K Walk

To read the article on Great Andhra.com, please click here:-
https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/special-articles/sankara-nethralaya-usa-detroit-mi-5k-walk-132500



Samabhavana Foundation Organizes Event In Wisconsin For Sankara Nethralaya

To read the article on Great Andhra.com, please click here:-
https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/news/sankara-nethralaya-usa-kickoff-chapter-in-wi-132358

To read the article on Teluguvox, please click here:-
https://www.teluguvox.com/nri-news/5239-samabhavana-foundation-organizes-event-in-wisconsin-for-sankara-nethralaya.html



Sankara Nethralaya USA in Phoenix AZ raised 30K

To read the article on Great Andhra.com, please click here:-
https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/news/sankara-nethralaya-usa-in-phoenix-az-raised-30k-132316

To read the article on NRI2NRI, please click here:-
https://nri2nri.com/sankara-nethralaya-in-chandler-arizona-raised-30k-towards-mesu/

To read the article on Telugutimes.net, please click here:-
https://www.telugutimes.net/article/sankara-nethralaya-usa-in-phoenix-az-raised-30k

To read the article on Teluguvox, please click here:-
https://www.teluguvox.com/nri-news/5228-sankara-nethralaya-usa-event-in-phoenix-az-raises-usd-30,000.html



SN Atlanta visual treat, Kuchipudi Extravaganza

To read the article on Great Andhra.com, please click here:-
https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/news/sn-atlanta-visual-treat-kuchipudi-extravaganza-131998

To read the article on NRIPulse.com, please click here:-
https://nripulse.com/sankara-nethralaya-usa-kuchipudi-concert-is-a-tribute-to-love-loss-and-vision-restoration/



Sankara Nethralaya USA founder SV Acharya turned 80

To read the article on Great Andhra.com, please click here:-
https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/news/snusa-founder-sv-acharya-turned-80-131421



Sankara Nethralaya USA Conducts Meeet and Greet with Sri. Ananth Sriram (Lyricist)

ABR TV: https://youtu.be/gU7heZivXCw

US 1 Television, Inc: https://youtu.be/BbU5_qX9DqA

Sakshi TV Commercials: https://youtu.be/986TqGJr-Yo

Telugu NRI Radio:https://youtu.be/fZp_Y7Iwozg

Mana tv:https://youtu.be/NK9a-JMoU5k

Tone News:https://youtu.be/CziPiYGWn7U



Sankara Nethralaya USA Sponsors 2024 (MESU-Adopt a Village)





NATA Awards 2023: Community Service - Sri Bala Reddy Indurti

North American Telugu Association: https://youtu.be/-2Ma11jCIjg



Sankara Nethralaya USA kicks off mid-year campaign with musical concert in Houston

To read the article on nripulse.com, please click here:-
https://nripulse.com/sankara-nethralaya-usa-kicks-off-mid-year-campaign-with-musical-concert-in-houston/



Meet ‘n Greet with padma Bhushan awardee Dr. Varaprasad Reddy in Atlanta on May 6th

TV5 USA: https://youtu.be/RGNvnxTaD-8

Sakshi TV Commercials: https://youtu.be/YM_R4KHFn1w

TV9 USA: https://youtu.be/1E3SvE6wRb0

Mana tv: https://youtu.be/on2d7vI48Jc

Tone News: https://youtu.be/Klr-rpZ7YcM

Telugu NRI Radio: https://youtu.be/ly0FQfIIg48

Me World Entertainment: https://meworldet.com/home/play-video/748?name=Sankara_Nethralaya_Usa_Meet_%27n_Greet

To read the article on Great Andhra.com, please click here:-
https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/news/dr-varaprasad-reddy-sn-brand-ambassador-129220

To read the article on nripulse.com, please click here:-
https://nripulse.com/dr-varaprasad-reddy-named-brand-ambassador-of-sankara-nethralaya/



Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet ‘n Greet with padma Bhushan awardee Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy
Part 2

Mana TV:https://youtu.be/foiSDRHvQUQ

Tone News:https://youtu.be/n88_ncGr7V0

TV5 USA:https://youtu.be/lMQ7qXXTum0

Sakshi TV:https://youtu.be/wIsnrzmZqIg

ME World Australian TV channel:https://meworldet.com/home/play-video/728



Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet ‘n Greet with padma Bhushan awardee Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy
Part 1

Mana TV:https://youtu.be/n3_o_iuLwpg

Tone News:https://youtu.be/0OzRGboBfEQ

Telugu NRI Radio:https://youtu.be/FjUf0ZJAH1g

Sakshi TV:https://youtu.be/6QzFxttNBdw

US 1 Television, Inc:https://youtu.be/-jE8wzFptl8

TV5 News:https://youtu.be/PqYdoqqj4Cc

ME World Australian TV channel:https://meworldet.com/home/play-video/722



Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet 'n Greet with Padma Bhushan awardee Dr.K.I.Varaprasad Reddy
Part 2

Mana TV:https://youtu.be/oOjVvmLl2vc

Tone News:https://youtu.be/lpfmQWHl2Kw

US 1 Television, Inc:https://youtu.be/6ccCFgbfyl8

Sakshi TV:https://youtu.be/VNDbWdvT7CI

Telugu NRI Radio:https://youtu.be/U8y5yA89SNw

ME World Australian TV channel: https://meworldet.com/home/play-video/719



Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet 'n Greet with Padma Bhushan awardee Dr.K.I.Varaprasad Reddy
Part 1

Tone News:https://youtu.be/RUkB-SZ1SIA

US 1 Television, Inc:https://youtu.be/H2nwuawvnXU

Telugu NRI Radio:https://youtu.be/V5aa1hwK7kg

Mana TV:https://youtu.be/NREcnXqbHpM

TV5 USA:https://youtu.be/RomWhwXTJpY

Sakshi TV:https://youtu.be/8X9X-X-aI0g

ME World Australian TV channel: https://meworldet.com/home/play-video/717



Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet 'n Greet with Internationally Recognized Scientist - Inventor Dr. Malireddy S.Reddy

Tone News:https://youtu.be/VWow5kiTP6Y

TVASIA TELUGU:https://youtu.be/2tc8bA-5Lxg

ManaTV:https://youtu.be/3A6DzwkL5QI

TV5 USA:https://youtu.be/8pwPG-fTys0

Telugu NRI Radio:https://youtu.be/D1ErOLNOYdE

Sakshi TV:https://youtu.be/EcIDdXtCBpg

ME World Australian TV channel:https://www.meworldet.com/home/play-video/713?name=SANKARA_NETHRALAYA_USA



Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet 'n Greet with Renowned Scholar DR. Jag Sheth

Tone News:https://youtu.be/dM6adNdUJc8

TVASIA TELUGU: https://youtu.be/SbMMpqcLlU8

TV5 USA: https://youtu.be/BbduGKXLb7Q



Maha Sivaratri Special Virtual Devotional Concert

Padma Bhushan awardee Dr. S.S. Badrinath founded Sankara Nethralaya in 1978 with the inspiration from the speech by Pontiff of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt. Sole objective of this organization is to provide world class eye care to the poor at free of cost and at affordable price to others.

Sankara Nethralaya (SN) is a not-for-profit charity organization providing ophthalmic (eye) care throughout India. For the last 4 decades, SN has treated Millions of patients. SN also organizes eye camps, school screenings and has eye banks.

One of the unique services is Mobile Eye Surgical Unit (MESU), only one of its kind approved by Government of India. These are operation theatres on wheels. MESU consists of two buses serving as operation theatre, go out to remote villages, screen around 1,000 patients and perform cataract surgeries on 150 to 200 patients over a two-week period and return to main campus after post-operative care.

Sankara Nethralaya USA (SN USA), fund-raising arm in the USA was established in 1988 with the sole objective of raising funds for SN to provide free services to indigent patients. SN USA is managed by thirty-five honorary trustees spread across fourteen chapters in the USA and has been raising over a Million dollars for the past several years.

On the occasion of Maha Shivarathri, SN USA organized a program of devotional songs on Lord Sankara in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada by singers from USA, Australia and Singapore. It was telecasted by the following major channels:

ManaTV: https://youtu.be/f5aAjhhNtes

TVASIA TELUGU: https://youtu.be/xjB10ksB9R4

Singapore Telugu TV: https://youtu.be/sE0zxvkdTz4

Tone News: https://youtu.be/wlw367fnvmo

ME World Australian TV channel: https://meworldet.com/home/play-video/705

Sakshi TV: https://youtu.be/YuzjsEDqF-M

TV5 USA: https://youtu.be/LSu6k_3MSNc

Thanks are due to the following singers across the globe. Without their support we could not have raised significant amounts for this virtual concert.
- Sri Sai Kasibhatla (Los Angeles, CA)
- Smt.Sandhya Eswara (Melbourne, Australia)
- Smt.Edavalli Seshu Kumari from Swara Laya Arts along with her students Abhinav Kantipudi and Aadarsh Agni on behalf of Samskrutika Kalasaradhi, Singapore
- Smt.Geetha Bhat (Rockville, MD)
- Smt.Shanti Medicherla & Smt.Neelima Gaddamanugu (Atlanta, GA)
- Sri.Srikanth Lanka & Smt.Sreshta (Dallas, TX)
- Sri.Babu Vinayagam & Smt.Sumitra Sampath(Herndon, VA)
- Vidwan Sri Sabari Girish (Los Angeles, CA)
- Sri.Bhaskar Udaya Ganti, (Washington D.C.)
- Sri.Srinivas Durgam(Atlanta, GA)

President of Medical Research Foundation, Dr. Girish Rao thanked the efforts of Sankara Nethralaya USA and the service of NRIs.

President Sri.Bala Reddy Indurti, President Emeritus Sri.SV Acharya planned, coordinated, and well executed this program and made it a grand success. Following Trustees and office bearers of Sankara Nethralaya USA appealed to donate generously to restore the vision of poor patients.

Sri.Moorthy Rekapalli, Vice President; Sri.Krishna Raj Bhat, Secretary; Sri.Shyam Appali, Joint Secretary; Dr.Raj Modi, Trustee; Sri.Sowmiya Narayanan, Trustee; Sri.Srini Reddy Vangimalla, Trustee; Sri.Upendra Rachupally, Trustee.

During the show, appeals by following Brand Ambassadors of Sankara Nethralaya was telecasted.

Bharat Ratna awardee Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Bharat Ratna awardee Smt M.S.Subbu Lakshmi; Padma Vibhushan awardee Sri.Nani Palkhivala; Padma Vibhushan awardee Ratan Tata; Padma Vibhushan awardee Amitab Bachchan; Padma Vibhushan awardee Rajnikanth; Former CEO of Pepsico, Padma Bhushan awardee Indra Nooyi; Padma Shri awardee Sourav Ganguly; Scientific Advisor to Raksha mantri Dr.G.Satheesh Reddy; and Famous actor Madhavan.

On this auspicious occasion, Sankara Nethralaya USA welcomes new Board of Trustees: Dr. Kishore Chivukula, Auburn AL; Sri. T. Sridhar Reddy, Philadelphia PA; Sri. Raju Pusapati, Salt Lake City UT; Sri. Hari Raini, Chicago IL; Dr. Jayasimha Sunku, Colorado Springs CO; Sri. Suresh Vemulamada, Atlanta GA; Sri. Sridhar Julapally Atlanta GA; Sri. Vinod Parna, Seattle WA; Sri. Ramkumar Yadavalli, Freemont CA.

Sri. Ramesh Reddy Valluru from Washington DC is sponsoring MESU camp through Adopt-A-Village program. This camp will be organized in his village, Nendalur of Annamayya district from August 24th to September 3rd 2023. Smt. Ruby Nahar has contributed $15,000 and this generous donation will restore the vision to 230 indigent blind patients in India.

Thanks are due to all Board of Trustees, Volunteers, Philanthropists, and supporters who are working selflessly to restore vision to indigent patients.

Thanks are due to media partners manaTV, TV5 (Sridhar Chillara), TVAsia (Srinivas Ganagoni), Sakshi TV, US1 (Simhabaludu), TeluguOne (Subbu Kosuri), KIW WORLD TV (Srihari Kommineni) for promoting Sankara Nethralaya virtual streaming concert on different timings to give the flexibility to all viewers in different time zones.

SN USA, our fund-raising arm in the USA was given the highest rating of four stars by prestigious rating organization, Charity Navigator. Please extend your support for this noble cause of restoring the vision to indigent patients by generously contributing at https://www.sankaranethralayausa.org

To read the article on TeluguVox.com, please click here:-
https://teluguvox.com/nri-news/1855-sankara-nethralaya-usa-maha-shivarathri-virtual-devotional-concert.html

To read the article on Great Andhra.com, please click here:-
https://www.greatandhra.com/articles/news/sankara-nethralaya-usa-maha-sivaratri-special-127686

To read the article on nripulse.com, please click here:-
https://nripulse.com/sankara-nethralaya-usa-hosts-virtual-devotional-concert-on-maha-shivaratri/