Venkataramanan Ramasethu

Honored to have delivered the theme introduction speech at the Bengal Optometry Conference (BOC) 2025 today at Rabindra Tirtha, New Town, Kolkata on the inspiring theme: "OPTOMETRY BEYOND 2025: INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION" A future driven by innovation in technology and care, leadership that inspires change, and collaboration that transcends boundaries. Together, let’s redefine the future of eye care and create a global impact with local relevance. The journey beyond 2025 begins now — the best is yet to come! Venkataramanan Ramasethu 23rd February 2025 #BOC2025 #OptometryBeyond2025 #InnovationLeadershipCollaboration #OptometryFuture #VisionCare #OptometryLeadership #BengalOptometryConference #EyeCareFuture

With the senior faculty team members from The Neotia University, Kolkata, at the Bengal Optometry Conference (BOC) 2025, held at Rabindra Tirtha, New Town, Kolkata, on 23rd February 2025. Venkataramanan Ramasethu

Strengthening Global Partnerships in Optometry: Visit of the University of Western Australia and Equal Health to Sankara Nethralaya Kolkata and SNESO Kolkata on 23rd February 2025 It was a pleasure to host the distinguished teams from the University of Western Australia (UWA)—ranked among the top 100 universities globally and celebrated for its significant contributions to Optometry and Vision Science—at Sankara Nethralaya Kolkata and the Sankara Nethralaya Elite School of Optometry Kolkata today. Headquartered in Perth, UWA is internationally acclaimed for its excellence in education, groundbreaking research, and impactful collaborations. Heartfelt thanks to Dr. Anuradha Narayanan, Principal, ESO Chennai and Kolkata, and the Sankara Nethralaya management for their steadfast support. We eagerly look forward to forging meaningful collaborations in community...

🌍✨ Celebrating International Mother Language Day – 21st February ✨🌍 🗣️ Languages are the bridges that connect our cultural roots, shaping our identities and preserving our rich heritage. Let’s celebrate linguistic diversity 🌈, multilingualism 📚, and the beauty of our mother tongues ❤️ that foster understanding 🤝, tolerance 🌿, and unity 🌟 across the world. This day holds deep significance, commemorating the 1952 movement for the recognition of the Bengali language. 🇮🇳 🌿 Let’s continue to cherish and protect our languages, the true essence of our collective heritage. 🌺 Venkataramanan Ramasethu 21st February 2025

Celebrating the divine wisdom of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa on his birth anniversary 18th February. May his teachings of unity and love guide us all. "I have practised all religions - Hinduism, Islam, Christianity - and I have also followed the paths of the different Hindu sects. I have found that it is the same God toward whom all are directing their steps, though along different paths. You must try all beliefs and traverse all the different ways once. Wherever I look, I see men quarrelling in the name of religion - Hindus, Mohammedans, Brahmos, Vaishnavas, and the rest. But they never reflect that He who is called Krishna is also called Siva, and bears the name of the Primal Energy, Jesus, and Allah as well - the same Rama with a thousand names. A lake has several Ghats. At one, the Hindus take water in pitchers and call it ' Jal ' ; at another the Mussalmans take water in leather bags and call it ' pani '. At a third the Christians call it ' wate...