Timeline

Sivakartika
Management Executive

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from Anna University, Chennai and has worked as a Monitoring Executive for LAICO’s consultancy services for 2 years until 2014. She has rejoined in the Training Division since 2017. Her primary role includes streamlining, standardizing and enhancing the division’s activities. She is also actively involved in social responsibility and cultural related activities in the organization.

Manickaselvi
Co-ordinator

Manickaselvi joined LAICO in the year 2001 as an Office assistant and is currently working as Co-ordinator, LAICO office. She holds a diploma in Electronics & Communication along with a Bachelors in Computer Applications. She is known for her diligence and scrutiny in using the resources provided optimally.

Chitra Devi

Program associate

Chitra Devi joined Aravind Eye care System in the year 2014 as Patient feedback coordinator.  She holds a Master’s in Business Administration.  Presently she is a Program associate in Consultancy division at LAICO.  Her key responsibilities include organising Vision Building Workshops and coordinating various consultancy activities at LAICO.

Ln NAK Gopalakrishnaraja

Grant Administrator

After completing his graduation from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, Ln. Raja joined family business. He was elected unanimously as District Governor, Lions District 324-B3 during 1991-92. He was appointed as Grant Administrator – LAICO and for several manpower development programmes and a project for creating awareness on Diabetic Retinopathy.  Associated with German Lions as a Honorary Representative for establishing 15 new eye hospitals throughout India.  He was bestowed with “FRIEND TO HUMANITY”, the highest award given by Lions Clubs International Foundation, the service arm of Lions Clubs International.  He is the Founder President of Madurai Spinners Association. He is also the Chairman of Madurai Spinners Association Trust which runs a textile testing laboratory under Public Private Partnership with Textiles Committee of India.

Thulasiraj R D

Executive Director

Thulsi began his career as Systems Manager in Berger Paints (India) Ltd., Calcutta in June 1973. One of the founding members of Aravind Eye Care System, he became the Administrator of Aravind Eye Hospital in 1981 and later on, the Executive Director of LAICO. He is the founder President of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight-India. Thulsi holds his bachelor from Madras Christian College and PGDM (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management. He is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA.

Srilakshmi

Program Associate

Joined in 2009, she is a Program Associate at LAICO. She holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Madurai Kamaraj University. Her major responsibility at LAICO is coordinating visitors and study groups. She does also coordinating few management courses at LAICO.

Sajitha S

Program Associate

She joined as Admin-intern in the year 2012 and became Administrative Assistant in 2013. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in commerce and is currently pursuing Master’s in Business Administration from Madurai Kamaraj University. She is coordinating few management courses, instruments maintenance course and several custom designed courses at LAICO.

N. Thenmozhi

Program Associate

Thenmozhi joined LAICO as an Admin-intern in the year 2007. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Madurai Kamaraj University. She has been co-coordinating the operations research activities until 2011.Presently she is a Program Associate, coordinating planning and logistics of various workshops and consultations.

Udayakumar

Faculty

Udayakumar obtained his Master’s degree in Social Work from Madurai Kamaraj University. He joined LAICO in August 2015 as a faculty associate in the Training Division. Currently he is focusing on the various training activities of LAICO.

Syed Ali

Faculty

Syed joined LAICO’s consultancy division as faculty in 2014. His current profile includes offering mentoring services to eye hospitals and promotion of LAICO Collaborative series. He is also part of the Central Operations team.

Yesunesan

Faculty

He joined LAICO’s Consultancy Division in 2014 after working with HelpAge India as a Programme Officer, where he managed operations related to service delivery to old age population. As a Faculty in this division he is  involved in running collaborative series for eye hospitals,  offering capacity building programmes and managing eye care projects.

Mohammed Gowth

Senior Faculty

Mohammed Gowth joined Aravind in 2004 as a Management Intern and underwent comprehensive management fellowship. Later, he served as the Manager of Community Outreach Services. He anchored the project to scale up vision centre activities. In 2011, he joined LAICO as a Faculty. His main focus currently is ensuring universal coverage in eye care through vision centres.

Sanil Joseph

Senior Faculty

Sanil joined Aravind in 2005 as faculty associate focusing initially on training activities and later on consultancy and research. Currently, he anchors the Health Services Research initiatives at Aravind. His current research focuses on use of telemedicine in the screening of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and impact of Vision Centres in achieving universal coverage. He is also involved in designing and conducting various training programmes, teaching in training courses, and mentoring eye hospitals in India and abroad. Mr. Sanil holds an MSc in public Health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Masters in Hospital Administration (MHA) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.

Suresh Kumar

Senior Faculty

Suresh started his career at Aravind as a Management intern in June 2004 after completing PGDHM from Madurai Kamaraj University. He later became Manager- Patient Care at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. Currently, he is a Senior Faculty in the Consultancy Division. Mr. Suresh holds a Master’s in Sociology from D.A.V.P.G College, Dehradun.

Sasipriya K M

Senior Faculty

Sashi heads the consulting services for developing sustainable eye hospitals in the not-for-profit sector. During her tenure at Aravind, Sashi was involved in various projects including tele-ophthalmology, paediatric eye care, human resource development, and primary eye care services. For Sashi, volunteering on a not-for-profit board like Seva Canada is a natural extension of her beliefs in giving back to the community. In her leisure time, Sashi likes to study history, dabble in photography and go for treks. She is planning to scale Ladakh in the future.

Vijaya Kumar

Senior Faculty

Vijay obtained his Master’s degree in social work and M. Phil in the same discipline from Madurai Kamaraj University. He joined Aravind as  Social worker for Vitamin-A Project in 1987. In 1991, he became a project coordinator at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. He had coordinated and implemented various research studies/projects like Madurai Intraocular Lens Study-MIOLS, Community Based Rehabilitation Project, Indian Visual Function and Quality of life questionnaire Development study IND-VFQ and Diabetic retinopathy projects. Currently he is in charge of the Projects division.

R Meenakshi Sundaram

Senior Manager (Clinical Services)

RMS began his career with Aravind Eye Care System (AECS) in 1983 as Administrative Assistant in the Community Outreach department. At present, he is the Senior Manager, taking care of the extensive eye care outreach network across the Aravind Hospitals. He developed various components of Aravind Outreach in terms of planning, training, execution and evaluation of outreach programmes. Currently his areas of focus include standardization of outreach practices across AECS, outreach training programmes and teaching in various training courses at LAICO, leading consultancy for capacity building projects in India and abroad. He holds a Masters in Hospital Management (MHM) from Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu.

Dhivya Ramasamy

Senior Faculty

Dhivya joined LAICO in 2009 as part of the new division for Advocacy and Patient Empowerment. She anchors the management training programmes at LAICO. An MBA graduate, she has previous experience as the manager of the spectacle division at Aravind Eye Hospital. Her interests include refractive error services, patient engagement and training design.