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5000 GIRLS BENEFIT FROM “A Comparative Clinical

WSD CAMPAIGN Survey of The Prevalence of
Refractive Error among Senior
Secondary School Children’s in
Urban and Rural Communities,
District Etawah”.

Gaurav Dubey completed his
PhD degree from the National
Institute of Medical Sciences
Jaipur under the supervision of
Dr (Prof) Swati Tomar (Professor
Ophthalmology) and Dr Kamal
Pant Associate Professor & Head
from Uttar Pradesh University of
Medical Sciences (UPUMS).
An India Vision Institute (IVI) screening campaign, in association
with Hoya Lens India, Indian Optometry Association (IOA), All India Gaurav Dubey, has a rich
Optical Federation (AIOF) and Delhi Council for Child Welfare experience of more than 14 years
(DCCW), is benefiting 5,000 girl children in Delhi and NCR. in the field of Optometry and
has made active contributions
At an event held at Trilokpuri near Mayur Vihar in Delhi, girl in various academic activities
children detected with uncorrected refractive errors received free eye like research programs, eye
glasses from India Vision Institute. The spectacles were distributed by campaigns, academic projects
Serge Zins, Vice-President, Asia Pacific, Hoya Vision Care, and others and national level conferences
present. Those with other ocular conditions were referred to hospitals across India. He has also earned
for further treatment. the MOH Oman Optometry

Those present at the event included Sanjeev Madan, General License and has had his work
Secretary, All India Optical Federation (AIOF), Shri Darshan Lal featured in several national and
Madan of BonTon Opticals, Dr Rajeev Prasad, General Secretary, international journals. Presently,
Indian Optometric Association (IOA), Ramachandran P, Independent he is also a review board member
Eyewear Consultant, IVI’s CEO Vinod Daniel, DCCW’s Sanjay Mishra, of several international journals.
Phanindra Babu, CEO, Vision2020 India, and senior representatives In addition, he is also the
from Hoya, including Sanjay Tiwari, Managing Director of Hoya India.
recipient of several felicitations
Vinod Daniel said, “I am delighted that several underprivileged for creating awareness in the
girls in Delhi will now be able to see better and complete their field of Optometry.
education thanks to this campaign to commemorate World Sight Vice Chancellor of UPUMS
Day (WSD) which is celebrated world-wide on October 13.” Saifai and other faculty members,
“Children perform several visual tasks in a day. Good vision is as also the TIO team extend
important not only to study but also in their overall development, their warm congratulations to
including while they are at play both in school and at home,” added Mr Dubey for the completion of
Mr Daniel. his PhD Degree.
Serge Zins said, “I am happy for Hoya to be associated with IVI in
this important initiative and hope that it would enhance children’s
lives. We wish IVI every success in their work to prevent avoidable
blindness in India.”
GAURAV DUBEY COMPLETES

HIS PHD IN OPTOMETRY

Gaurav Dubey, currently a faculty member in the Department of
Optometry at the Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai,
Etawah, has recently completed his PhD in Optometry on the topic

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