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'''Satish Amarnath''' is a Medical Microbiologist associated with Manipal Hospitals. He works as the Coordinator for distance education in Allied and Sciences, Quality Management Representative for Manipal for the ISO certification, Advisor in Microbiology and Chairman of the Manipal Infection Control Committee.<ref name=eyeway1>[http://www.eyeway.org/?q=satish-amarnath Satish Amarnath]. EYEWAY.org (17 July 2012). Retrieved 2014-11-09</ref> He is acclaimed for his passion for his work despite having zero vision.<ref name=eyeway1 /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Amarnath was brought up in [[Bangalore]].<ref name=bm1>[https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/columns/you/Seeing-the-world-with-sightless-eyes-and-a-plucky-heart/articleshow/45073419.cms Seeing the world with sightless eyes and a plucky heart] ''Bangalore Mirror'' - Columns - You (7 November 2014). Retrieved 2014-11-09</ref> He is married to Jyotsna and the couple have a daughter and a son.<br />
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=== Acid attack and vision loss ===<br />
On 5 September 1998, two unidentified people threw [[sulfuric acid]] on his face as he stepped out of a tailor shop.<ref name=eyeway1 /> The incident burnt his face and blinded him for life. Eight [[reconstructive surgery|reconstructive surgeries]] were performed on his face.<ref name=bm1 /> Despite the harrowing experience, he was back to work on the 40th day of the incident.<ref name=eyeway1 /><br />
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== Professional life ==<br />
After finishing his ICSE exams, Amarnath enrolled for B.Sc. in Botany and Zoology St Joseph's College.<ref name=bm1 /> After that he studied MBBS from Karnataka Medical College where he met his future wife Jyotsna.<ref name=bm1 /> Amarnath went on to do his MD in Microbiology in 1983. Then he joined [[JIPMER]] as a resident doctor and later became an associate professor. He returned to Bangalore in 1996 to join [[Manipal hospitals]] as a Consultant Microbiologist.<ref name=bm1 /><br />
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== Achievements ==<br />
Amarnath headed the digitization of medical and patient records in JIPMER.<ref name=bm1 /> He published 12 scientific papers while he was in JIPMER. After the loss of vision, Amarnath helped Manipal Hospitals in implementing ISO 9001-2000 for quality procedures. He wrote two books and published several papers after his vision loss.<ref name=bm1 /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of blind people]]<br />
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