CSR & PARTNERSHIPS

Partner With Susrut to Create Sight. Create Opportunity. Create Impact.

Your CSR Investment Can Help Someone See a Better Future.

Millions of people continue to face barriers to accessing quality eye care because of cost, geography, lack of awareness and limited access to specialised services.

Susrut works to bridge that gap. Through its hospitals, community outreach programmes, Vision Centre network, training initiatives and specialist eye-care services, Susrut connects community-level access with specialist clinical care.

TOGETHER, WE CAN WORK TOWARDS A SIMPLE GOAL:

No person should be denied quality eye care because they cannot afford it or cannot reach it.

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Community Impact Bringing eye care closer

Social Impact Creating measurable change

Sustainable Impact Strengthening communities

Explore how your organisation can partner with Susrut to expand eye-care access, strengthen communities and create measurable social impact.

WHY PARTNER WITH SUSRUT?

Why Partner With Susrut? From CSR Funding to Measurable Health Outcomes

A successful CSR programme should go beyond expenditure. It should create measurable, sustainable and reportable impact. Susrut brings together:

EXPERTISE

Healthcare Expertise

A specialised eye-care institution with ophthalmologists, optometrists, nurses and trained healthcare professionals.

COMMUNITY

Community Reach

A network of Vision Centres and outreach initiatives designed to take eye care closer to underserved communities.

SPECIALIST CARE

Specialist Care

Patients identified through community programmes can be connected to specialist and surgical services.

CAPACITY BUILDING

Training & Capacity Building

Susrut's medical education ecosystem develops ophthalmologists, optometrists and allied eye-care professionals.

TECHNOLOGY

Technology

Technology-enabled screening, diagnostics and clinical care can help extend the reach and efficiency of eye-care delivery.

IMPACT

Impact Measurement

CSR programmes can be structured around defined outputs, outcomes and beneficiary-level indicators.

OUR CSR PHILOSOPHY

Our CSR Philosophy Reach. Diagnose. Treat. Empower.

We believe that sustainable healthcare impact requires more than conducting medical camps.

Our model is built around a continuum:

REACH

Reach

Take healthcare closer to underserved communities.

SCREEN

Screen

Identify people at risk and those who need treatment.

DIAGNOSE

Diagnose

Provide appropriate clinical evaluation.

TREAT

Treat

Connect patients to affordable and appropriate treatment.

FOLLOW UP

Follow Up

Support continuity of care.

EMPOWER

Empower

Create opportunities through training, skills and community-based healthcare.

CSR IMPACT AREAS

Our CSR Impact Areas Choose the Cause That Aligns With Your CSR Priorities

Eye Care for Underserved Communities

Bringing Quality Eye Care Closer to Those Who Need It Most

Support programmes that provide eye screening, awareness, referrals and treatment for communities that face financial or geographical barriers to care.

Potential CSR interventions

Community eye-screening camps
Vision screening
Cataract identification
Diabetic eye screening
Glaucoma awareness and screening
Refractive error correction
Referral of patients requiring specialist treatment
Subsidised / supported surgeries for eligible beneficiaries
Follow-up and continuity of care

Impact indicators

People screened Patients diagnosed Patients referred Cataract surgeries supported Spectacles provided Diabetic-retinopathy screenings completed Patients receiving specialist care

CSR IMPACT AREA

Vision CenterTaking Eye Care to the Community

From One Hospital to a Network of Community Access Points

One of Susrut's strongest CSR propositions is its Vision Centre network.
Instead of expecting every patient to travel to a tertiary hospital, the Vision Centre model takes primary eye-care access closer to communities.

Susrut's current network includes Vision Centres across West Bengal, with its public-facing directory listing centres in multiple districts.

ACCESS

A Screening Point

REFERRAL

A Referral Point

CONTINUITY

A Follow-Up Point

AWARENESS

A Community Awareness Centre

SUSTAINABILITY

A Sustainable Local Healthcare Enterprise

CSR IMPACT AREA

Women Empowerment Through Eye Care

Healthcare Can Create Livelihoods Too

Susrut's Vision Centre model creates an opportunity to connect healthcare access with local entrepreneurship.
A particularly powerful component is the participation of women in the Vision Centre network.

CSR support can help create:

DEVELOPMENT

Training

SKILLS

Professional Skills

MANAGEMENT

Vision Centre Management

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Local Entrepreneurship

LIVELIHOOD

Income Generation

COMMUNITY

Community Healthcare Access

This creates a model where a CSR investment can simultaneously address:

Health Employment Women Empowerment Local Entrepreneurship

Empower a woman. Strengthen a community. Improve access to eye care.

CSR IMPACT AREA

Skill Development & Healthcare Entrepreneurship

Create Careers While Creating Healthcare Access

Susrut's training ecosystem extends across ophthalmology, optometry, ophthalmic care and allied healthcare. Its Medilearn platform provides programmes across areas including ophthalmology fellowships, cataract and retina training, optometry and ophthalmic paramedical education.

Ophthalmic assistant training

Vision assistant training

Optometry education

Healthcare technician training

Community eye-care workforce development

Scholarships for deserving candidates

Training-linked livelihood programmes

THE IMPACT

Train one person → create one livelihood → strengthen healthcare delivery → serve thousands of patients over time.

CSR IMPACT AREA

Preventing Avoidable Blindness Find Eye Disease Before It Becomes Vision Loss

CSR funding can support systematic screening and early intervention for conditions that can cause preventable or avoidable vision loss.

Cataract screening

Diabetic retinopathy screening

Glaucoma screening

Pediatric vision screening

Refractive-error detection

Community awareness

Eye-health education

A simple CSR impact pathway:

01 Screening

02 Early Detection

03 Referral

04 Treatment

05 Vision Saved

CSR IMPACT AREA

Diabetes & Eye Health Protecting Vision in Communities Living With Diabetes

Diabetes can have serious consequences for eye health, particularly when diabetic retinopathy is not detected and managed in time.

Susrut can develop CSR-supported programmes combining:

AWARENESS

Diabetes Awareness

SCREENING

Diabetes Screening / Referral

EYE SCREENING

Diabetic Eye Screening

EVALUATION

Retina Evaluation

TREATMENT

Treatment / Referral

CONTINUITY

Follow-up

CSR IMPACT AREA

Children's Eye Health Give Every Child the Chance to See Clearly

Children with uncorrected refractive errors or other eye conditions may experience difficulties in education and everyday life.

School eye screening

Vision assessment

Refractive-error detection

Spectacle distribution

Referral for specialist assessment

Pediatric ophthalmology services

Awareness among parents and teachers

Clear vision can change the way a child learns, plays and dreams.

CSR IMPACT AREA

Technology-Enabled Eye Care Bringing the Future of Healthcare to the Community

Susrut's emerging model includes technology-enabled approaches to extending eye care. Its recent communication describes a future-facing ecosystem involving robotic surgery, AI-supported scanning, community camps and even home-based care, alongside the goal of expanding its eye-care model geographically.

Digital eye screening

AI-assisted screening initiatives

Tele-ophthalmology

Digital patient records

Technology-enabled Vision Centres

Remote specialist consultations

Data-driven community screening

Technology infrastructure

We use technology to take specialist eye care where specialists cannot always be physically present.

CSR IMPACT AREA

Eye Donation & Corneal Blindness Awareness Give the Gift of Sight

CSR partnerships can also support public awareness around eye donation and corneal blindness.

Eye-donation awareness campaigns

Community mobilisation

Educational programmes

Awareness materials

Volunteer engagement

Eye-donation pledge campaigns

When your eyes can no longer see, they can still help someone else see.

CSR IMPACT AREA

Supporting Affordable Eye Surgery Turn CSR Support Into a Surgical Intervention

For beneficiaries identified through community screening, financial barriers can prevent timely treatment.

CSR funding can help bridge this gap through carefully designed programmes supporting eligible beneficiaries requiring procedures such as:

Cataract surgery

Retinal treatment

Glaucoma treatment

Pediatric ophthalmic procedures

Corneal procedures

Oculoplastic / reconstructive procedures

CSR IMPACT MODEL

A CSR Investment With a Multiplier Effect

One Investment. Multiple Layers of Impact.

01 CSR Partner

02 Funds a Vision Centre

03 Supports Training

04 Creates Local Employment

05 Expands Community Screening

06 Identifies Patients With Eye Disease

07 Connects Patients to Specialist Care

08 Supports Treatment

09 Creates Measurable Health Outcomes

The same investment therefore has the potential to generate impact across:

Health

Employment

Women Empowerment

Skill Development

Entrepreneurship

Community Development

CSR INVESTMENT AREAS

Where Your CSR Investment Can Work West Bengal Today. Eastern India Tomorrow.

Susrut's community-oriented model gives CSR partners the ability to support programmes at different geographical levels.

COMMUNITY

District / Community

Eye camps and awareness programmes.

LOCAL ACCESS

Vision Centre

Long-term primary eye-care access.

SPECIALIST CARE

Hospital

Specialist consultation and treatment.

CAPACITY

Training Centre

Skill development and workforce creation.

TECHNOLOGY

Digital / Technology

Technology-enabled screening and remote access.

This creates a community-to-centre-to-hospital continuum of care.

WHAT MAKES SUSRUT DIFFERENT?

What Makes Susrut Different? An End-to-End Eye-Care Ecosystem

Many CSR programmes stop at screening. Susrut can potentially take the beneficiary journey further:

COMMUNITY

Find people who need care.

VISION CENTRE

Screen and assess.

SPECIALIST

Connect patients to appropriate expertise.

HOSPITAL

Provide treatment where required.

FOLLOW-UP

Continue the patient's care journey.

DATA

Measure the impact.

That makes the programme more than a camp.

It becomes a healthcare pathway.

MEASURABLE IMPACT

Measurable Impact

We Believe Every CSR Programme Should Be Accountable

CSR partners can receive periodic reporting against agreed programme indicators.

ACCESS

Number of communities reached Number of camps conducted Number of Vision Centres supported

SCREENING

Number of people screened Number of children screened Number of diabetic patients screened

DIAGNOSIS

Number of suspected cases Number of confirmed cases Number of referrals

TREATMENT

Surgeries supported Treatments completed Spectacles distributed

CAPACITY BUILDING

People trained Women trained Healthcare workers supported New livelihood opportunities created

COMMUNITY IMPACT

Repeat/follow-up beneficiaries Geographic coverage Patient outcomes Beneficiary stories

IMPACT REPORTING

From CSR Funding to Impact Reporting

Transparent. Measurable. Accountable.

A proposed reporting framework can include:

Baseline

Programme Activities

Beneficiaries Reached

Clinical Outcomes

Social Outcomes

Stories of Change

Final Impact Report

This allows CSR partners to communicate not simply how much they invested, but what changed because of the investment.

PARTNER WITH US

Partner With Us Build a CSR Programme Around Your Company's Priorities

Every organisation has different CSR objectives. Susrut can work with CSR partners to develop programmes aligned with their priority areas and geographic focus.

We can collaborate on:

DESIGN