P. Namperumalsamy

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Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy (died 24 July 2025) was an Indian ophthalmologist who specialised in diabetic retinopathy. He was also a retina-vitreous expert. Namperumalsamy was the chairman Emeritus of Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. [1] He is known for bringing assembly-line efficiency to eye surgery. In 2010, TIME magazine named Namperumalsamy one of the 100 most influential people in the world. [2]

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Under the chairmanship of Namperumalsamy, Aravind Eye Hospital, received the 2010 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, which is awarded annually to an organization that does extraordinary work to alleviate human suffering. [1] [3]

Namperumalsamy died on 24 July 2025, at the age of 85. [4]

Career

A postgraduate fellow of the University of Illinois, Chicago, Namperumalsamy started India's first Low-Vision Aid Centre at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai in 1971. He was the chairman of Aravind Eye Hospital.

Namperumalsamy, an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, [5] was a recipient of Padma Shri Award from the Government of India. [6] He also served as the co-investigator on a research project "Clinical and Laboratory Studies on Eales Disease" in collaboration with the National Eye Institute, in Washington, D.C., United States, the Indian Council of Medical Research and Madurai Kamaraj University. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Aravind Eye Care Wins World's Largest Humanitarian Prize". indiawest.com. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "P. Namperumalsamy – The 2010 TIME 100". Time . 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Indian eye care group wins top world aid prize". Reuters. 8 March 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Namperumalsamy, Aravind Eye Hospital chairman, passes away in Madurai". The Hindu. 24 July 2025. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "List of Fellows – NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Padma Shri Awardees". india.gov.in. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM". Aravind Eye Care System. Retrieved 1 May 2010.


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