Sankara Eye Foundation India

Founded in 1977, Sankara Eye Foundation India is a non-governmental organisation based in Coimbatore, India working on health, education, children & youth.

Sankara Eye Foundation India is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1977 by Dr R V Ramani and Dr Radha Ramani. It began as a primary health care centre in Coimbatore and now runs a network of super speciality eye hospitals across several Indian states, offering free care to economically weaker patients and paid care to others under a cross-subsidised 80:20 model. Its work includes cataract and other eye surgery, rural eye camps and vision centres, cornea retrieval and eye banking, and ophthalmology and optometry training through Sankara Academy of Vision. The organisation also runs donation and sponsorship campaigns to fund free eye care.