Dr. S S BADRINATH & CHANDRIKA TANDON

 I  discovered two great personalities through reports in two newspapers. 

The first was Chandrika Tandon, the sister of Indra Nui, former CEO, Pepsico.

The Second was Dr.S S Badrinath, founder of Sankara Nethralaya.

First on the latter

There is an ophthalmic surgeon at Chaitanaya, Kesavadasapuram. He is the son of a former deputy registrar at Kerala University who had joined at first as an assistant. This doctor once told us that  after finishing his MBBS at Trivandrum he did his PG at Sankara. What he said was a PG student does more than 2000 surgeries at Sankara whereas in Kerala the PG student does less than 6 surgeries. What he said was that  the exposure had made him the most sought after surgeon at his hospital. He provides succour to an unimaginable number of patients. Look at what Dr Badrinath has accomplished on his return to India forsaking the riches and comforts abroad.

Sankara, today, is the finest in Eye care at the lowest cost. The outcome speaks for itself.

The former

Look at what Chandrika has done and is doing. She's giving it back to the society. 

She has fully funded the setting up of the MCC Boyd Tandon School of Business at Chennai. 

She is grateful to MCC for her transformation to what she is today.

If Dr Badrinath had chosen to remain in USA there wouldn't have been Sankara and the millions who see today.

If Chandrika hadn't chosen to give back, what she has done wouldn't have happened.