Dr. Kaushik Murali

President, Medical Administration, Quality And Education, Sankara Eye Foundation, India

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Dr. Kaushik Murali is the President Medical Administration, Quality And Education at Sankara Eye Foundation India (Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Medical Trust) responsible for the delivery of medical care and educational programmes across the 10 hospitals in the organisation . A graduate from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore,he completed his training at Sankara Eye Centre Coimbatore for his post-graduation under the National Board of Examinations. He trained at Medical Research Foundation, Chennai in Paediatric Ophthalmology & completed a general management course from INSEAD, France and programme on Non Profit Management at the Harvard Business School. Dr Kaushik has numerous publications and presentation on Quality, Childhood Blindness, Community Eye Health, Autism & Vision and Practise Management. Beyond the medical world, he is part of the South Regional Chair of CII- Young Indians & Member of the COVID Taskforce of Confederation of Indian Industry (South India) .He also represented India at the G20 Young Entrepreneur Alliance Conference 2018 at Buenos Aries, Argentina and was the Chairperaon representing India at the Inaugural India Israel Young Leader Forum in 2019.

  1. Blog 14 May 2020 4 min read

    Its back to ABC, as we ReBOOT post COVID-19

    SARS-COV-2 an organism invisible to the eye has brought the world to a standstill. The crisis has surely put the spotlight on Health Care Workers who have across the world demonstrated high levels of commitment and saved millions, putting their own lives at risk. The global pandemic has impacted every ophthalmologist across our country and none of us expect to return to life as normal as we knew it. After a couple of decades specializing in eye care, we have been forced to relook at the A, B, and C. A: Accept Reality & Change Your Approach COVID -19 is a crisis. What this implies is that this is non-routine, important, and time-dependent. Stephen Covey had articulated, any situation could be divided into 2 areas. There are things that worry, bother, and frustrate you. We cannot do much but could learn from this area of concern. The second is a realm we have an influence and can definitely act. It is important to be conscious of this, in the context of COVID-19 and how we react. This is