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OPTO-I-MEET-2022
IN DELHI
OPTO-I-MEET-2022 was organised by the UP
Optometry Association (UPOA) in collaboration
with the Department of Paramedical Sciences,
School of Nursing Sciences and Allied Health, Jamia
ADDRESS BY CONFERENCE Hamdard University on 22 and 23 September 2022.
CHAIRPERSON MANJU CHHUGANI The conference, arranged under the aegis of the
Indian Optometry Federation (IOF) and the Indian
Optometric Association (IOA), was held at the Jamia
Hamdard Convention Centre in New Delhi.
The event was inaugurated by Dr Rajneesh Sahai,
director, National Organ and Tissue Transplant
Organization, who was the chief guest. He was joined
by Prof (Dr) Vishnu Swarup Gupta, head-department
of ophthalmology, Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary
Hospital (HAHCH); and Dr Kuldeep Raizada. Dr (Maj
Gen) TS Ahluwalia, head of ophthalmology, the
National Institute of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, was
SPEECH BY HONORABLE VICE the guest of honour. Prof (Dr) Manju Chhugani, dean,
CHANCELLOR OF JAMIA HAMDARD School of Nursing Sciences and Allied Health (SNSAH),
delivered the welcome address. She was followed by
Dr Gaurav Dubey, the event’s organising secretary,
who presented the theme of the conference, ‘Love
your Eyes’, in a lucid manner.
The conference was very well attended with about
400 delegates from across India and participants
from 20 universities. It was packed with 18 concurrent
sessions that offered incisive and insightful discussions
on various topics, presentations of well-researched
scholarly works, five workshops, poster presentations
and valedictory sessions. The participants got the
opportunity to interact with academicians, scholars
NITIKA KUMARI HOSTING THE
INAUGURAL SESSION and experts from all over the country.
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