Sankara Nethralaya Contact Number, Address, Email

The Sankara Nethralaya is an Eye Hospital located in Chennai shared its contact number for appointment, complete address, email ID, phone & branches. The date 6th August in the year 1978 is very memorable for the people of Chennai. It was on this day of Vinayakar Chathurthi the hospital named ‘’Sankara Nethralaya’’ was first started and it is a non-profit institution for eye care. It is worthy to mention that the term ‘’Sankara’’ refers to Adi Sankaracharya and ‘’Nethralaya’’ refers to ‘’The Temple of the Eye’’. The founder cum chairman is Dr SS. Badrinath. It is superb that this hospital serves close to 1200 patients in a day and its 1000 employees provide superb support for this organization in helping many poor people in curing many eye ailments.

Sankara Nethralaya

The annual revenue of this hospital is close to $ 100 million and apart from Chennai it is also present in places like Hebbal in Bangalore, Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh and Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu plus also in Kolkata. From 1979 onwards Sri CU Shah Eye Bank began functioning in this Sankara Nethralaya.

In the year 2002 this Sankara Nethralaya Hospitals became cynosure of many eyes when it was recognized as ‘’The Best Eye Hospital in India’’ by the famous Outlook magazine. People from countries like USA, UK Bangladesh come to this eye care hospital for their treatments. Appointment could be fixed by contacting Mrs Latha Suresh for cataract operations.

Sankara Nethralaya Branch Number and Address

PlaceHospital NameAddressContact Number
NungambakkamSankara NethralayaLocated at – No. 18
Area – College Road
Place – Nungambakkam
City – Chennai
State – Tamil Nadu
044-28271616
AlandurSankara NethralayaLocated at –  8, GST Road
Area – St.Thomas Mount
Landmark – Railway Station Road
Place – Alandur
City – Chennai
State – Tamil Nadu
Pin code – 600016
044-22344474
MandaveliNavasuja Sankara NethralayaHospital at – S No. 73
Located at – Venkatakrishna Road
Place – Mandaveli
Area – Raja Annamalai Puram
City – Chennai
State – Tamil Nadu
Pin code – 600028
044-24610118

How to take Appointment in Sankara Nethralaya



It is also possible to fix appointment by using mail address [email protected]. It must be noted that this hospital treats patients in cataracts, glaucoma, corneal issues, neuro-ophthalmology, retina, uvea etc. The presence of Optometry department is providing superb help to many patients in providing suitable contact lens.