Sankara Nethralaya USA Meet & Greet with Brand Ambassador Prasad Reddy Katamreddy
On February 15th 2025, Sankara Nethralaya USA (SN USA) organized a Meet & Greet program in Atlanta to recognize and honor Sri. Prasada Reddy Katamreddy for his generous contribution of $500,000 to establish a new Mobile Eye Surgical Unit (MESU) and for sponsoring 11 Adopt-A-Village programs. MESU is a hospital on wheels and will cover an area of 500 kilometers radius. Each MESU consists of two buses. These buses go to remote villages and do surgeries in the field itself. One bus is used as a preparatory unit and the other bus is used as an operating theater. Big applause and appreciation from the entire audience when Bala Indurti announced a mega donation $500,000.00 (USD Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) from Prasada Reddy garu and Sobha Reddy garu.
Sankara Nethralaya USA announced Sri. Prasada Reddy Katamreddy as a Brand Ambassador of SN USA and felicitated him for his kind act. Felicitation was done with sacred mantras from priest Srinivas Sharma from Hindu Temple of Atlanta seeking the blessings of God.
Success of the event was made possible by the active participation of Atlanta renowned classical singers and young talented students who graced the stage with their dance performances. Each singer sang 
two classical songs on Lord Shiva. The event hall was filled with devotion. Everyone applauded the singers for their songs. Singers who created Lord Shiva vibes are Phani Dokka, Ram Durvasula, Srinivas Durgam, Sandeep Kowtha, Durga Gora, Srivalli Sridhar, Shilpa Uppuluri, Usha Mocherla, and Janardhan Pannela. This will help SN USA to reach many satellite chapters through virtual programs.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the academies, Gurus, and students who contributed to making this event a grand success. The evening was a celebration of not only art but also the spirit of community and giving, with every singer and volunteer playing a vital role in raising funds for those who need it most.
Throughout the evening, everyone expressed their heartfelt appreciation for the vision of Bala Reddy Indurti, President of SN USA. In his leadership, significant funds and awareness were raised for the noble cause of restoring vision of poor patients. Bala’s tireless efforts in leading from the front and motivating others to join this mission were appreciated by many. SN USA Treasurer Moorthy Rekapalli worked tirelessly with Bala Indurti to make this event successful.
Unconditional support was received from Trustees Srini Vangimalla, Meher Chand Lanka, Raj Aila, Sridhar Julapally, Neelima 
Gaddamanugu, Dr. Madhuri Namuduri, Sports Committee Chair Ramesh Chaparala, establish MESU committee Chair Dr. Kishore Reddy Rasamallu, Atlanta Chapter Vice President Rajesh Tadikamalla and Chapter Leads Giridhar Kotagiri, Committee members Suresh Vemulamada, Sridhar Julapally, Padmaja Kelam, and Youth Committee members Amsh Gaddamanugu, Charithra Julapally to make this event a grand success. Food and venue arrangements were handled by Meher Chand Lanka and Neelima Gaddamanugu. Dr. Reddy Urimindi (NRU) Board of Trustee from Dallas TX attended the event and invited the Atlanta community for the SN event he is planning to organize in Dallas TX on June 28th 2025.
Due to prior commitments, Honorable Consulate General of India Ramesh Babu Lakshmanan could not attend the program. But, he made time to meet SN USA Brand Ambassador Prasada Reddy Katamreddy and SN USA President Bala Reddy Indurti in his office on Monday, February 17th 2025 and conveyed thanks for the huge donation that will help thousands of people in India.
Two MESU teams have been operating for the last 15 years. One based in Chennai serving since 2011. 2nd MESU has been based in Jharkhand since 2016 with the help of Tata Trust. Recently, 
Sankara Nethralaya started a 3rd MESU based in Hyderabad, serving since 2024. With the Hyderabad based unit, Sankara Nethralaya has successfully organized 18 Adopt-A-Village eye camps in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states restoring the vision of thousands of patients. Each camp runs for 10 days. 4th unit will be starting in Puttaparthi in March 2025 to serve areas in Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. Each unit serves the area within a 500 km radius from its base location. These units will cover roughly 1/3rd of Indian rural villages.
SN USA Founder & President Emeritus SV Acharya, and Board of Advisors, Board of Trustees, and Chapter Vice Presidents conveyed their best wishes for the event.
SN USA President Bala Indurti explained about the upcoming MESU projects, how much area they cover and how the Trustees and Volunteers are working tirelessly towards eradicating preventable blindness from India by doing fundraising events in different cities. Huge applause was received from the audience for the efforts of SN USA towards restoring the vision for poor patients. Special thanks to SN USA 
Atlanta team - Moorthy Rekapalli, Neelima Gaddamanugu, Meher Lanka, Srini Reddy Vangimalla, Upendra Rachupally, Dr. Madhuri Namuduri, Rajasekhar Aila, Suresh Vemulamada, Sridhar Rao Julapally, Rajesh Tadikamalla, Ramesh Chaparala, and Dr. Kishore Reddy Rasamallu - who put countless hours into making this program a grand success.
SN USA Team felicitated Atlanta singers Phani Dokka (Film Director), Ram Durvasula, Srinivas Durgam, Sandeep Kowtha, Durga Gora, Srivalli Sridhar, Shilpa Uppuluri (MC), Usha Mocherla, and Shanti Medicherla for their continued support for presenting classical light music songs to virtual TV programs. SN USA felicitated Srinivas Durgam for excellent DJ and Venkat Kuttua for his Video and Photography.
The entire program will be telecasted in two parts in mainstream TV Channels on Sundays - (Part1) February 23rd and (Part2) March 2nd of 2025.
SN USA Treasurer Moorthy Rekapalli explained the service of Sankara Nethralaya to the nation by restoring the vision of about 20 Lakh patients since its inception in 1978. Two points he highlighted - every 3rd blind person is an Indian, whereas India's total population is around 1/6th of global population & 65% of blindness in India is curable (cataracts & refractive errors). He appealed to the audience to contribute 
generously to eradicate preventable blindness from India. $65 can sponsor a cataract surgery and help a poor patient. He gave a vote of thanks to one and all who contributed to make this event a grand success. Thanks are due to EVP Shyam Appali, and Secretary Vamsi Eruvaram, Theagarajan, Deena Dayalan for taking care of all the logistics.
Following prominent community leaders and MESU Adopt-A-Village sponsors attended the event and shared their experiences about Sankara Nethralaya eye camps: Dr. Veena Bhat, JC Shaker Reddy, Dr. Paul Lopez, Murli Reddy, Bindu Vemyreddy, Winchel Jaffers, Antony Thaliath, Ravi Ponangi, Bob Erramilli, Kris Gadde, Narayana Rekapalli, Vishy Dasari, Swarnim Ramkrishnan, Ravi Kandimalla, Balaram Reddy, Viju Chiluveru, Kodanda Devarapalli, Tiru Chillapalli, Jagadeesh Cheemarla, Adi Chinnatimma, Krishna Evuru, Raj Vuchatu, Srikanth Gongalareddy, Krishna Evuru, Sasikala Penumarthi, Ravi Penumarthi, Jassotha Balasubramanyam, Prabhakar Reddy Eragam, Krishna Reddy Konduru, Kiran Kandula, Jayachandra Reddy, Manjula Malla Reddy, Bhaktavatsal Reddy, Subbarao Vudathu and Saraswathi.
Photo Gallery: https://sankaranethralayausa.org/snusa-meet-n-greet-with-brand-ambassador-prasad-reddy-katamreddy/index.html
Please contribute generously at SankaraNethralayaUSA.org or SankaraNethralaya.org (to contribute in India) to restore the vision of underserved patients.
—Giri Kotagiri and Moorthy Rekapalli
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