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OPTOGRAPHY:
ONLINE EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCE FOR OPTOMETRISTS
G C MONDAL MD ZAKARIA MIDYA AYAN KUMAR BERA
onceptualised for optometrists and who is part of it invests their valuable time
students, optography.org offers much and talent free of cost.
Cfor the fraternity both in terms of its
wide range of subjects and the opportunities It all started through an intra-college
to both learn and share. The friendly eye- study group, then an inter-college
care hub has been designed to raise eye-care optometry study group. It soon became
awareness, and help students, readers and an academic WhatsApp group and finally
ECPs. a website. There is also an ‘Optometry in
Bengali’ wing for the benefit of those who
Optography.org covers clinical optometry, will to study in the language.
comprehensive optometry, entrepreneurship,
eye nutrition, low vision optometry research, Optography.org was established in
paediatric optometry, and much more. December 2015 in Kolkata by a professor
In addition to the technical and scientific and two of his enthusiastic students. Senior
content, there are blogs on various subjects optometrist Gobinda Chandra Mondal, the
and quizzes as well. founder and advisor, and young optometrists
and co-founders Md. Zakaria Midya and Ayan
The independent, apolitical and non-profit Kumar Bera (who serve as the CEO and CTO
educational resource is based on a standard respectively) share a mission to educate,
mission for better vision care worldwide inform and inspire all things related to the
through engaging efficient optometry eye and eye care.
educators, practitioners, students and readers
to convert their optometry passion into better Mr Mondal has over 47 years of experience
eyesight for all. It’s a voluntary job, so everyone in the field, including teaching. He was
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