Dr Shobana Srinivas completed her MD Microbiology from Madras Medical College and then served as Assistant Professor in the Microbiology department at Kilpauk Medical college. She was active in teaching at AIDS courses in Tamil Nadu and other states. In 2006, when Darshan Eye Care was started, she quit her position in Service to help take over the Administrative functions at Darshan. She was instrumental in streaming the nonOphthalmic services at Darshan and started both the Darshan Training Academy which she heads, and the Darshan Charitable Foundation, in which she is a Board Member. She is also in-charge of the NABH certification process and maintains the HR and other systems at the Darshan entities, allowing Dr Srinivas K Rae to concentrate on Ophthalmic care and Surgeries.