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Yogeshwari Bansal (I-Care, Noida) and
Ravikant Sharma (clinical director at Suvidha
Eye Services). The speakers from SCEH
included Soniya Shrivastava, Abhilekh Aneja,
Surender Dixit, Preeti Sharma, Saptarshi
Mukherjee and Mukesh Kumar.
The talks covered a range of topics
including optometry in organisations, tele-
optometry, the judgment and rise of the
machine, binocular vision and vision therapy,
optometry rehabilitation in cortical visual
impairment (CVI) children, the impact of
eye exercises on intraocular pressure (IOP)
in a healthy subject, the advancements in
low visual aids: newer technologies, tailoring
design in keratoconus, ocular prosthesis and
optometrists managing eye banks.
The hands-on workshops on contact
lens, low vision, vision therapy, glaucoma
diagnostics, cornea diagnostics and eye
banks by faculty members from SCEH,
coordinated by Shweta Chitranshi, were
also greatly appreciated for their interactive
format and practical learnings.
HANDS ON WORKSHOP IN DIFFERENT SPECIALTY AREAS The event concluded with a vote of thanks
by Soniya Shrivastava and appreciation
address by Prem Kumar Singh, the head of the from the participants for the fine learning
Optometry Department. Mr Singh extended experience. It was a well organised
a warm welcome to Dr Umang Mathur – programme thanks to the team of Saptarshi
executive director, SCEH, Subodh Khanduri Mukherjee, Brajesh Kumar, Munesh Chandra
– vice-president of the IOA, Dr Rajeev Prasad – Bharti, Preeti Sharma, and all the optometry
general secretary, IOA, and to all the delegates. fellows and interns of the host institute.
He also expressed his appreciation to
SCEH for organising the educational
programme. Subodh Dixit, president
of the IOA, inaugurated the event
along with other dignitaries from
various organisations.
Key speakers and panellists
included Sephide Heydar Zadeh
(clinical research coordinator at Stein
Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles),
Ajeet Bharadwaj (managing director,
Optique), Rupam Sinha (professional
affairs manager, Vision Care), Sonia
Sharma (director, DRISHTI The
Vision Care, Faridabad), Shalini Jain
(Shamyak Eye Care, Vasundhara),
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