SEF Performs Eye Surgeries

Residing in Poughkeepsie, New York, Ram Kancherla is a managing partner of the Hudson Valley Cancer Center, where he runs the oncology private practice and oversees the financial and administrative aspects. In his free time, Ram Kancherla also supports several charities, including the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie and the Sankara Eye Foundation.

Formed as a nonprofit to help eradicate blindness in India, the Sankara Eye Foundation has a program called Vision 2030 which aims to perform one million eye surgeries annually through 2030, thanks to its partner hospitals in India and the USA. It has at least twelve chapters in the United States, while SEF, India, acts as the service arm for the funds raised in North America.

As of 2019, SEF, India has performed more than two million free eye surgeries for those in need. Along with funds received from its generous donors, its Sankara Eye Foundation, India sector can stay in operation due to its unique self-sufficiency model in which 80 percent of its patients get their eye treatment completely free, and 20 percent of its patients pay for their treatment over time.