L V Prasad Eye Institute

Activity Report
2022-2023

Patient First

Excellence

Togetherness

Equity
Integrity
 The five foundational values of LVPEI – Patient First, Excellence,
Equity, Integrity, and Togetherness – aim to reconcile excellence
with equity. These values are the strong pillars upholding the firm
beliefs and caring practices of the institute, the guiding principles
for all employees to work towards LVPEI’s vision – to create excellent
and equitable eye care systems that reach all those in need. Our
organizational values inspire and motivate us to strive for excellence
Copyright © 2023 / All rights reserved while working together, “so that all may see”.
Impact 36.89 million

People reached
1987 - March 2023
50% plus services provided free of cost, regardless of complexity

13.37
21.41 million
Reached through
million Community
Outpatients initiatives
2.11
million
Surgeries

5.31
129,568 million
Corneas Children
harvested reached

61,608 13,042
Villages
Personnel reached
trained

77,203 0.21
Corneas million
utilized Rehabilitated

4514
Publications

65 1
PhDs Patent
awarded Granted
EYE CARE NETWORK RAJGANGPUR KENDUJHAR

275 Centres
BALASORE

ODISHA
As on March 2023 BHUBANESWAR

ADILABAD BERHAMPUR

RAYAGADA

MUDHOLE

SIRCILLA

SIDDIPET
PALONCHA
VISAKHAPATNAM
KOTHUR TELANGANA
HYDERABAD
VIJAYAWADA
THOODUKURTHY
KAPILESWARAPURAM

DHULIPALLA AKIVIDU

GUDAVALLI
MARKAPURAM KARAMCHEDU

BALLARI
KANDUKURU
ANDHRA
PRADESH
NELLORE
KARNATAKA
MADANAPALLE

1
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
Serves 50 million+ population

TERTIARY EYE CARE CENTRES

Tertiary center

SECO
N D A R Y

3
C E N
T E R

Serves 5 million+ population

V I S
SECONDARY EYE CARE CENTRES
Serves 500,000- 1 million population
ION
C E N
T E R

26
4 Urban City Centres

VISION CENTRES Centre-based primary eye care

Serves 50,000 population
66 Technologically Advanced Vision Centres

245
VISION GUARDIANS Community-based primary eye care
Serves 5000 population

Additionally, LVPEI, in partnership

with the Government of Liberia,
has established and manages
the Liberia Eye Centre, in Monrovia,
the capital city of Liberia.
 Impact of LVPEI Eye Health Pyramid

Varun, a 7-month-old born with glacuoma, had his vision saved by an early
and accurate diagnosis. Access to primary and secondary levels of care, quick
referrals, and timely treatment through the LVPEI pyramid model of eye care
delivery saved Varun’s sight.

When Varun was 3 months old, his mother noticed that his left eye had
suddenly turned blue. Terrified, his parents brought him to LVPEI’s Vision
Centre (Primary Eye Care Centre)
in their village in Nagarkurnool
in Telangana. Suspecting it to
be Glaucoma (where due to
an increase in eye pressure
the colour of the eye changes
to blue), the Vision Technician
immediately connected with the
ophthalmologist at the nearest
rural secondary eye care centre,
seeking a teleconsultation. A
detailed eye examination was
scheduled for Varun at the
secondary centre on the same
day. He was diagnosed with
Megalocornea (a rare corneal
disorder) in both eyes and
Glaucoma in the left eye. Through
the priority referral system, he
was referred to the Centre of
Excellence in Hyderabad, where
specialists in Childhood Glaucoma
successfully performed Glaucoma
surgery. He will continue to need
follow-up care, and it will be provided through teleconsultation and physical
visits (when required) to LVPEI’s secondary centre, saving the family time and
money on frequent travel.

Any delay in treatment could have resulted in lifelong vision loss for Varun. With
his vision restored, it is heartening to see him exploring and learning new things
every day.

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 Functional Arms

Patient Eye Vision

Care Banking Rehabilitation

Education Capacity Rural and Research

Building Community
Eye Health

Technology Product Advocacy,

Innovation Development Policy and
Planning
Table of Contents

08 32
Foreword Research

10 34
Rankings Product & Technology Innovation

12 36
Awards and Honours Capacity Building

16 38
Year at a Glance Advocacy, Policy and Planning

17 40
New Beginnings The Way Forward

20 42
Patient Care Founders, Patrons and Donors

24 53
Rehabilitation In loving memory of Dr Paul Dubord

26 54
Rural and Community Eye Health Boards of Management

28
Eye Banking

30
Education
 Foreword
The world has continued to grapple with the pandemic in the year
2022, though 2023 so far offers some relief – India, and most parts of
the world, did not have any major wave that overwhelmed our health
systems. However, as the global community is cautiously recovering
and returning to normalcy, progress is hindered by the persistence
of geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, widening social-
divide and extreme weather conditions. The most profound impact
of the pandemic has been on the healthcare sector. It has exposed
and exacerbated the existing gaps in healthcare accessibility and
affordability, disproportionately affecting marginalized communities
and vulnerable populations.
But this challenging landscape has also seeded innovation and new
approaches to solving health inequity. In this context, I bring to you a report of the progress and achievements
at LVPEI for the year 2022-23.
Addressing the problem of health inequity has been central to our strategies at LVPEI from even before the
pandemic. Our pursuit of equity led to the development of a networked eyecare delivery model – the LVPEI
pyramid. Based on a robust public health epidemiological study, the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study, the
pyramidal model facilitated our efforts to take eye care into remote rural areas, and closer to the doorstep
of many underserved communities. Through this model, we cover the entire spectrum of health: health
promotion, managing the most complex eye diseases, and rehabilitation of those with irreversible vision loss.
Notably, this model has played a crucial role in reducing the prevalence of blindness by 25% in the Nirmal
District of Telangana where the first secondary centre was established almost 26 years ago.
We accelerated our efforts to leverage innovative approaches to connect underserved populations to our
network. Our specialist eye care teams made periodic visits to secondary centres, bringing specialty care
closer to the communities. Additionally, the introduction of mobile vans equipped with advanced diagnostic
equipment enabled us to perform highly specialized and modern sight-restoring procedures at the secondary
eye care centres.
We are focussed on upgrading to technology enabled vision centres and we now have electronic health
records for all patients, including those examined in community screening programs. This integration,
coupled with telehealth, has facilitated high-quality access to these communities, eliminating the need for
travel while seeking comprehensive care. Furthermore, initiatives like real-time tele-screening of pre-term
babies for retinopathy of prematurity introduced by our colleague Dr Tapas Ranjan Padhi and ‘HomeCare’,
which provides specialty screening for people with mobility issues at their homes, have further revolutionized
the way we deliver healthcare. In this report you will read about several such innovations introduced across
our system. It includes stories of seven-month-old Varun and a retired schoolteacher, Anulekha, who have
benefited from such innovations. Their experiences with LVPEI’s network and our sight-saving impact
underscores our unique value to health care service delivery.
To address emerging challenges in eyecare, we have established Institutes of Excellence within our
organization. These serve as global resource centres, formulating strategies encompassing clinical care
protocols, research, innovation, education, capacity building, product development, and advocacy. Adding
to our existing institutes that have made significant progress, this past year we inaugurated the Anant

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Bajaj Retina Institute and the Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute, exemplifying our dedication to stay at the
forefront of advancement of eyecare.
I am particularly proud of our LVPEI Eye Bank network, which had played a crucial role even during the
COVID-19 pandemic. While most eye banks were forced to cease operations, our eye bank team modified
protocols to suit the need of the hour, ensuring uninterrupted supply of precious corneal tissue. In the year
2022-23 the LVPEI eye bank network was honoured with the inaugural National Award of the Global Alliance
of Eye Bank Associations. Our efforts to address cornea shortage led to a ground-breaking achievement: the
development of the first 3D-printed cornea in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. It is research like this that has won us a top-10
ranking in the SCImago global rankings for ‘ophthalmology’ research.
The Institute of Vision Rehabilitation (IVR) adopted smart vision devices powered by artificial intelligence that
empower individuals with vision impairment to read, navigate, and recognize objects and people. Furthermore,
Dr Beula Christy, the head of IVR, has joined the Perkins School for the Blind’s International Early Leadership
Program to learn about the latest developments in the field and build new partnerships to enhance our vision
rehabilitation efforts.
At the Standard Chartered-LVPEI Academy for Eye Care Education, we train all cadres of eye care personnel,
many of whom come from local communities and disadvantaged families. This year several new programs and
strategies were implemented to enhance the learning experience of our trainees. The Master of Technology
program in Ophthalmic Engineering, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad,
aims to develop qualified ophthalmic engineers who can tackle pressing challenges in eye care and develop
technology solutions. We have partnerships with several premier universities such as Yale, Stanford and
Rochester, to bring innovative education programs that will help us create the next generation of eye care
leaders equipped to tackle all emerging challenges. In fact, we have also started a program on intellectual
property (IP) protection and technology transfer to empower innovation.
Five years ago, LVPEI partnered with the government of Liberia and established an ophthalmology training
and tertiary eyecare facility in the JFK medical centre in Monrovia. This collaboration has resulted in the
emergence of four home-grown ophthalmologists in Liberia, three of whom are women. LVPEI is also setting
up vision centres to increase access to primary care services in the country.
In the future, we are going to build Institutes of Excellence to work on myopia, elderly care, inherited eye
diseases that are increasing in prevalence, eye and brain research, and use of healthcare data in enhancing
quality of care.
As you browse through this report, I do hope we can impress upon you the full range of innovation that is
helping us deliver equitable eye care to the millions of people who seek our services. The impetus for all this
activity, as always, are our foundational values that place the patient at the centre of our effort. All this is made
possible by the generosity and goodwill of our patients, donors, and collaborators, and my sincere gratitude
to all of them. I also take a moment to remember the late Dr Paul Dubord who was a pillar of support for
the cornea and eye banking services at LVPEI. We pledge to honour his legacy by unwaveringly pursuing our
mission: ‘So that all may see.’
We look forward to a promising year of working in collaboration and positively impacting many more lives.

Dr Prashant Garg, Executive Chair

Rankings

EI Ranked
LVP
Investments in basic and clinical research have
been a fundamental priority for LVPEI from
its very early years. In over 3.5 decades, the
institute has built a strong bench of scientists
and clinician-scientists who work towards
understanding the key causes of ocular disease
(eye health), both at the level of the individual
and the community. This research is undertaken
Among the Top Global both within the network and in collaboration
with our national and international partners.
Eye Research Institutions
In the SCImago Institutions Rankings 2023, LVPEI
by the SCImago Ranking Agency is ranked eighth in the world (ranked second in
Asia) in the Ophthalmology (health) category
for its research output, making it the only eye
health institution from India to be listed among
the top ten global eye research institutions. It
is the youngest, standalone eye institute in
the world to make it to the top 10, sharing the
honour with organizations and universities that
date back to over 200 years!

The ranking is a testament to LVPEI’s long-

standing commitment to advance research in
the area of vision sciences and improving patient
outcomes. We celebrate this recognition with
our patients, donors, partners and supporters
from across the world who have been
instrumental in the success of our organization.

The SCImago ranking agency evaluates

institutions worldwide based on their research
output, including research publications,
The First for an innovation (patents and patent citations) and
the societal impact of research output (the
Indian Eye Institute social media conversations around published
research). The composite values are calculated
Major Milestone for Indian Eye by looking at data from a variety of research
and Medical Research and web analytic datasets.

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Eleven LVPEI Scientists Featured in the World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists

Dr Gullapalli N Rao Prof Balasubramanian Dr Savitri Sharma Prof Jill Keeffe Dr Shivaji Sisinthy Dr Prashant Garg

Dr Mohammad Javed Ali Dr Swathi Kaliki Dr Rohit Khanna Dr Taraprasad Das Dr Sayan Basu

A study by Stanford University ranked eleven research scientists and clinicians from LVPEI among
the world’s top 2% scientists in Ophthalmology based on their citations to date and the most recent
citations as published in 2021.

The ranking was based on a composite score that looks at the number of citations and other indexing
scores each scientist’s papers have achieved over their professional lifetime, and in that specific year.

Dr Gullapalli N Rao and Dr Taraprasad Das are Dr Shivaji Sisinthy has been ranked 7th among
featured in the ‘Asia-Pacific Eye 100: 100 Most the top Indian scientists in Microbiology by
Influential Ophthalmologists 2022’ announced ‘Research.com’, a prominent platform for
by the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. scientists.

Ranked
LVPEI campuses in Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, and
among the
Vijayawada continue to be ranked among the Best Eye Hospitals in India
Best Hospitals
by The Week and the Times of India health surveys.
in India

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Awards and Honours
Dr Prashant Garg has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academia
Ophthalmologica Internationalis - the fifth from India to receive this honour. The
Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis is a university-centred international
organization committed to excellence in education, research, and culturally -
appropriate medical services to preserve and restore the vision of people of the
world. Its membership is limited to 100 active members, and they represent the
most eminent academicians in ophthalmology in the world, each holding a chair of
this prestigious body.

Institute Awards

• LVPEI has been recognized for its outstanding in India awards by The Economic Times and The
efforts in addressing corneal blindness and Financial Express, both nationally and regionally
promoting eye donation across India. The Global (South and East).
Alliance of Eye Bank Associations awarded LVPEI
• The journey of developing and implementing
with their inaugural National Award for the
LVPEI’s eyeSmart EMR (Electronic Medical
institute’s well-established Eye Bank Network
Record system) has been published as a case
and the impact on the country.
study by Harvard Business School.
• The Rotary Avoidable Blindness Foundation
• The LVPEI Liberia Eye Centre has been awarded
recognized LVPEI as one of the four Legendary
the Best Executed Project by the Lions Club
Community Ophthalmology Institutions in India.
International Foundation among the various
• LVPEI received the Best Ophthalmology Hospital projects supported by LCIF in West Africa.

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 Individual Awards
LVPEI’s clinicians, scientists, optometrists, and researchers made significant contributions to various national
and international fora, conferences, symposia, and society meetings throughout the year. They were elected
to the editorial boards and committees of several reputed research publications, journals and scientific bodies.
They were also invited to deliver prominent orations and keynote lectures, participate as master class faculty
and panellists, and present papers, posters, and videos - fostering knowledge sharing and collaboration.

It was a rich haul of awards and recognitions for the LVPEI team at the annual meetings of the Asia-Pacific
Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society Congress, Association for Research
in Vision and Ophthalmology, All India Ophthalmological Society, Indian Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, The
Glaucoma Society of India, Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmic Society and Odisha State Ophthalmological Society.
Additionally, three of our optometrists were honoured with awards in the photography contest organized by
the American Academy of Optometry.

Major recognitions
• Prof Balasubramanian Dorairajan: (a) Lifetime Ophthalmological Society.
Achievement Award by the Federation of Asian
• Dr PremNandhini Satgunam: Received the
Biotech Associations (b) Honoured at the India
prestigious Carl Camras Translational Research
Science Festival organized by The Foundation for
Award for her innovation, the pediatric perimeter,
Advancing Science and Technology - India.
from the Association for Research in Vision and
• Dr Gullapalli N Rao: (a) Statesmanship Award Ophthalmology (ARVO).
by the International Joint Commission on Allied
• Dr Subhabrata Chakrabarti: Bestowed with the
Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (b) YSR
highest honour of “Gold Fellow” of ARVO (the first
Lifetime Achievement Award by Andhra Pradesh
from India) for his achievements and services on
state government.
various fronts of eye and vision research.
• Dr S Shivaji: Award of Honour by the Society
• Anthony Vipin Das: Honoured by the UK
for Reproductive Biology and Comparative
government as one of 75 Incredible Young Indian
Endocrinology.
Achievers Reshaping the World (UK Achievers
• Dr Anil Kumar Mandal: ‘Adenwalla Award’ - Honors for Cheveners).
lifetime achievement award presented by the All
• Dr Tapas Ranjan Padhi: Received Gold Medal at the
India Ophthalmological Society.
annual convention of the National Neonatology
• Dr Sujata Das: Fellow All India Collegium Forum for his presentation on the ‘Real-time ROP
of Ophthalmology Award by the All India Model.’

Editorial Positions and Appointments

International
• Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Dr Tarjani Vivek Dave: Associate Member -
Dr Taraprasad Das: Re-elected as the Vice Leadership Development Standing Committee
President

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 • American Academy of Ophthalmology • International Society for Low Vision Research
Dr Swathi Kaliki: Member - Basic and Clinical and Rehabilitation
Science Course Committee Dr Vijaya Kumari Gothwal: President

• Association for Research in Vision and • Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group
Ophthalmology Dr Bhupesh Bagga: Board Member
Dr Joveeta Joseph: Member - Global Mentorship
• Orbit Journal
Program 2022
Dr Milind Naik: Editorial Board Member
Dr Inderjeet Kaur: Member - Diversity Initiatives
Committee • PLOS ONE Journal
Dr PremNandhini Satgunam: Academic Editor
• BMC Ophthalmology
Dr Joveeta Joseph: Editorial Board Member • Retinoblastoma Policy Brief for WHO Global
(section: Inflammation) Initiative for Childhood Cancer
Dr Swathi Kaliki: Member
• Frontiers in Medicine for the section on
Ophthalmology • Seminars in Ophthalmology
Dr Vivek Singh: Associate Editor Dr Vivek Dave: Editorial Board Member
• International Society of Ocular Trauma • Stem Cells Translational Medicine
Dr Vivek Dave: Board Member Dr Indumathi Mariappan: Editorial Board Member

National
• Eye Bank Association of India • Indian Society of Medical Mycologists
Dr Sujata Das: Honourable General Secretary Dr Joveeta Joseph: Executive Council Member
(Central Zone)
• Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Dr Tarjani Vivek Dave: Section Editor - Ophthalmic • National Academy of Sciences
Plastic Surgery Dr Vivek Singh: Member

• Indian Neuro-Ophthalmology Society • Telangana Academy of Sciences

Dr Virender Sachdeva: Executive Member Dr Sanhita Roy: Associate Fellow

• Indian Society of Human Genetics • Telangana Ophthalmological Society

Dr Inderjeet Kaur: Secretary Dr Subhadra Jalali: Member, Scientific Committee
Dr Akash Belenje: Member, Editorial Board

Honours Awarded to LVPEI Research Fellows & Scholars

LVPEI Research Fellows and Scholars have received numerous accolades, including 15 competitive travel and
research grants awarded by prestigious clinical and scientific organizations like the Indian Council of Medical
Research and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s Developing Country Eye Researcher
Fellowship. Three students were awarded Lady Tata Junior Research and Innovation in Science Pursuit for
Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Fellowships, while two others have received a Young Scientist Award and a
gold medal with citation from the Indian Society of Human Genetics and the Indian Association of Medical
Microbiologists, respectively. Eight of our research fellows have earned PhDs from reputable institutions
such as Manipal Academy of Higher Education, University of Hyderabad, and Kalinga Institute of Industrial
Technology (Deemed to be University).

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Above all the recognitions and awards, what truly matters is the positive impact
that our work is making to the lives of millions of people, helping them live a
better quality of life, and their smiles and blessings!

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 Year at a Glance
2022 - 2023

396,402
2,178,903 181,666 17,243 Reached through
Outpatients Surgeries Rehabilitated Community
outreach

106,856 19 10,403 7326

Reached through Hospitals supported
Capacity Corneas Corneas
Teleophth-
building harvested utilized
almology

4849 415 20 9
Technology Incubating
Trained Publications
in clinic start ups
New Beginnings
LVPEI scaled up its services and established new state-of-the-art facilities, embracing
technological advancements, innovations, and various community-based initiatives
focusing on Universal Eye Health Coverage.

Institutes of Excellence
Two new Institutes of Excellence & Global Resource Centres, the Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute,
supported by the Shantilal Shanghvi Foundation, and the Anant Bajaj Retina Eye Institute, supported
by the Bajaj Group, are key strategic developments in 2022. The institutes aim to control, all major forms
of blindness and visual impairment caused by corneal or retinal disease in the world. In addition to offering
advanced eye care services, the institutes focus on research and knowledge sharing.

Former Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Sri N V Ramana inaugurated the Shantilal Shanghavi Cornea Institute along with
National Science Chair - Government of India Prof Partha Pratim Majumder, Director of Shantilal Shanghvi Foundation
Sri Dilip Shanghvi and the LVPEI team.

The former Hon’ble Vice President of India, Sri M Venkaiah Naidu, virtually inaugurated the Anant Bajaj Retina Institute,
joined by the Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Electricals Limited, Sri Shekar Bajaj and family, Badminton legend
Sri Pullela Gopichand, and the LVPEI team.

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Speciality Services and Programs
Tertiary Eye Care Centres

The ICICI Elderly Eye Care Centre at the Mithu Tulsi Chanrai campus, Bhubaneswar, courtesy the
ICICI Bank, focuses on advanced eye care for the elderly.
The Infor Myopia Centre at the Kode Venkatadri Chowdary campus, supported by Infor (India) Pvt Ltd,
is a dedicated facility for managing and controlling myopia progression.
The Binocular Vision and Orthoptics Clinic at the Vijayawada campus, a first-of-its-kind facility in Andhra
Pradesh, caters to binocular vision disorders in children and young adults, caused by the increase in use
of digital devices.
The Hariram Motumal Nasta & Renu Hariram Nasta Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Centre at the
Kallam Anji Reddy campus in Hyderabad, supported by Ms Risha Kilaru and Dr Gangadhar Prasad
Kilaru from California (named after Mrs Risha Kilaru’s parents), focuses on strengthening and scaling up
the ophthalmic plastic services at LVPEI.
Initiated in Bhubaneswar, The Urban Slum Eye Screening Program, supported by Infosys Foundation,
focuses on making primary eye care services accessible to the slum communities, and the HomeCare
Program focuses on providing speciality care to those vulnerable populations who cannot reach our
centres, especially the elderly and individuals with disability.

The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, Sri Naveen Patnaik, launched Urban Slum Eye Screening and HomeCare.
As part of LVPEI’s ‘Go Green’ initiatives, electric scooters with 0% CO2 emissions are utilized.

Satellite Urban Tertiary Centre

The Shirin, Etian & Tara Brown Eye Centre offers
advanced tertiary eye care services to the communities
on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The major support
for the centre has come from a philanthropic couple,
Ms Soona and the late Mr Edward Brown, hailing
from the south of France and New Zealand. The satellite
tertiary urban centre has also received support from
Veni Rao Foundation, Shodhana Laboratories, HES
Infra Pvt Ltd, Maanaveeya Development & Finance Pvt
The Hon’ble Minister for Finance, Medical, Health & Fam-
Ltd, and Parasakti Cement, all from Hyderabad, and
ily Welfare, Telangana, Sri T Harish Rao, inaugurated the
Sri T Padmanabhan from Coimbatore.
Shirin, Etian & Tara Brown Eye Centre.

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Rural and Community Outreach
Secondary and Primary Eye Care Centres
Two rural secondary eye care centres in Andhra Pradesh have been upgraded with advanced ophthalmic
facilities and infrastructure. The improved facilities will significantly increase the centres’ capacity.

V C Parekh Charitable Trust (Charitable trust of Hyderabad-based Parekh Textiles Pvt Ltd) supported
the upgradation of the Madanapalle centre. In recognition of their support, the centre has been re-named
V C Parekh Eye Centre.
NIFF Infrastructure Limited supported the upgrade of the Edward & Soona Brown Eye Centre in
Dhulipalla. Their generous support is being utilized for the acquisition of state-of-the-art ophthalmic
equipment for the operation theatre and outpatient clinics at the centre.
13 new Vision Centres (Primary Eye Care
Centres) were inaugurated and 2 vision centres
upgraded to technology-enabled Futuristic
Vision Centres. LVPEI gratefully thanks Wen
Giving Foundation, Mission for Vision, Standard
Chartered Bank and Lavelle Fund for the Blind
Inc. for their support.

A vision technician examines a patient’s eye

at a technology-enabled Vision Centre.

Community Outreach

To ensure access to high-quality primary eye care for all, several community-based inclusive eye health
projects were initiated, prominent among them: ‘Sight for All’ supported by CBM International and
‘Reaching out with Innovative Services for Eye care’ supported by Siemens Healthineers India
in Telangana, and ‘Drushti: A door-to-door eye screening project’ supported by Dalmia Cement in
Odisha.
Pashyantu, mobile advanced eye diagnostic unit, supported by the Planjery Foundation, was
launched in Telangana. The LVPEI Pashyantu van periodically visits the secondary centres in the state,
making advanced eye diagnostic services accessible and affordable for the people in the communities
there, right at their doorstep.
For the first time in the country, Tele-screening
has been introduced in Odisha for screening
preterm babies in real time for ROP (Retinopathy of
Prematurity, a vision-threatening eye disease) as part
of the rural ROP eye care project supported by the
Cognizant Foundation.

Dr Tapas Ranjan Padhi remotely evaluated 92 preterm

babies in the Sundergarh district of Odisha by tele-screening
in just over six hours.

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Patient Care
Highlights
Enhanced speciality care for a range of eye children and infants, and managing patients with
problems, especially related to cornea, retina, mucormycosis.
oculoplasty, geriatric (elderly eye care), myopia To improve patient convenience and reduce
(near-sightedness) and binocular vision and waiting times, a tracking system is being
orthoptics (treating defects in eye movement). implemented, with priority given to elderly
To cater to more patients, the outpatient clinics patients, children, and those with special
and operation theatres in tertiary campuses at needs.
Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam The HomeCare Service has been scaled-up and
have been upgraded. is now available to patients within 25 km radius
of the tertiary and advanced tertiary campuses in
Novel and path-breaking surgical techniques
Bhubaneswar, Vijayawada and Hyderabad.
were introduced for treating congenital (by
birth) corneal diseases and glaucoma in young

Way Forward
HomeCare service will be strengthened both in terms of coverage and services rendered. Expansion
of coverage will take HomeCare to the doorstep of rural communities, thus taking eyecare to the
last mile. New services in urban HomeCare will include concierge service (pre-book Homecare for
the entire year) and vision rehabilitation.

Strengthen and scale-up the elderly eye care and myopia management services across the network.

Continue to focus on improving the overall patient experience.

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 46% Female 14% Children
2,756,726
People reached 33% Elderly *

Nearly 50% services provided free of cost, regardless of complexity of care

Advanced Tertiary and Rural and Commmunity

Tertiary Centres Outreach

Outpatients Surgeries Secondary Centres

563,412 55,218
Kallam Anji
423,479 Reddy Campus 64,934 Outpatients Surgeries
Hyderabad
Vision Centres Community Initiatives
Mithu Tulsi
168,734
Chanrai Campus
22,120 641,613 396,402
Bhubaneswar Outpatients People reached

GMR
Varalakshmi
146,937 Campus 17,543 Teleophthalmology
Visakhapatnam

Kode 106,856 People reached

Venkatadri
135,772 Chowdary Campus 15,980
Vijayawada
HomeCare
Additionally, 98,956 outpatients were examined and 5576
191 People reached
surgeries were performed at the four Urban City Centres
(3 centres in Hyderabad and one in Bhubaneswar) Of whom, 78% were elderly patients and patients with
special needs

Children’s Eye Care Elderly Eye Care

253,082 20,226 521,093 80,954

Outpatients Surgeries Outpatients Surgeries
Examined Performed

118,422 People reached 1190

Community Eye Health Initiatives Received Low Vision and
Rehabilitation Services
*Patients above 60 years
Surgical innovation
Selective Endotheliectomy for Peters Anomaly
(SEPA) is a novel surgical technique for
restoring vision in children born with Peters
Anomaly (corneal opacity). Conceptualized by
a team led by Dr Muralidhar Ramappa, SEPA
is a safe and effective surgical alternative to
the current treatment plan – full thickness
keratoplasty (corneal transplant) where
the outcomes in young children are highly
variable and often suboptimal in the long
term; graft failure rates have been reported
to be 50%-100% in ten years. In the 34 eyes
(28 children) where SEPA was performed
over ten years, corneal opacity significantly
regressed in 85% cases, leading to significant
improvement in vision.

The technique has been developed in collaboration with University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago,
and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh & University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA. Dr
Ramappa was honoured with the Best of Show Award for this technique by the American Academy of
Ophthalmology.

100 and counting

Through the Elderly Home Screening

Project launched in April 2022 in the
Hyderabad region, 100 Centres for
the aged have been covered till date.
The focus is on conducting eye health
assessment and providing primary
eye care services, including spectacles
at no cost to the vulnerable elderly
population staying in these centres, to
improve their quality of life, promote
good health and well-being, and
ultimately contribute to healthy aging
in the country.
As part of this initiative, more than
2830 senior citizens and 760 caregivers
underwent eye screening. Of these,
640 elderly individuals and 280 caregivers were given spectacles, while over 1400 elderly patients were
referred for further management of their eye problems to a tertiary centre or city centre in Hyderabad.

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HomeCare – reaching those who cannot reach us

Mrs Anulekha Debnath worked as a teacher for 35 years before a stroke in 2019 left her fully paralysed and
bedridden. When the pandemic was at its peak, she developed cataract in her right eye. But considering
her delicate health situation, her family was sceptical of taking her to the hospital. Recently, when her son
visited LVPEI’s Bhubaneswar campus for his eye check-up, he was told about LVPEI’s HomeCare service and
immediately booked an appointment for his mother to have an eye examination without moving her out
of their house. An optometrist visited their home and performed the detailed eye examination, followed
by a teleconsultation with an ophthalmologist. The doctor advised cataract surgery. With all the necessary
tests performed at her home, Mrs Debnath had to visit the hospital only once for her eye surgery. This fast-
tracked the time she spent in the hospital, reducing the multiple visits her family would otherwise have to
make.

It was an overwhelming moment for the LVPEI team when she and
her family conveyed their heartfelt thanks for making it possible for
her to see again. Caring for a bedridden patient is not easy, and
we salute her loving family for providing the best possible care
to Mrs Debnath despite all the challenges they faced in these
uncertain times of the pandemic. We are also grateful for having
made a difference in their lives. This is what the HomeCare
service truly stands for – reaching those who cannot reach us!

The follow-up care is being provided to Mrs Debnath through

teleconsultation.

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Rehabilitation
Institute for Vision Rehabilitation

Highlights
An Assistive Technology Exhibition showcasing
various assistive products, including smart vision
devices, audiobooks, and smartphone assistive
applications, was organized on the 11th Global
Accessibility Awareness Day. The event had 150
visitors who were offered an accessible tour of the
infrastructure, using the assistive technology app
‘Spacefelt’.

The Smart Vision Device is an innovative artificial

intelligence-based wearable device that helps
persons with vision impairment to read, navigate,
and recognize objects and people. Commemorating
World Braille Day, 26 devices were distributed
Artwork titled ‘Inclusion’: A beautiful - canvas imprint of
to students with vision impairment, at an event colourful handprints of people pledging their support for
organized in collaboration with and the support inclusion of persons with disability in the mainstream.
of Vasantha-Krupa Palakurthi Vision-Aid Resource
Centre. Facilitated resource extension to Continued
Vision screening programs for children with Rehabilitation Education (CRE) programs at
special needs were successfully organized at: The two institutions, UMANG, Jaipur, and Dibrugarh
Institute of Health Science (IHS) in Bhubaneswar. University in Assam, which hosted a CRE program
81 children and ten IHS staff members benefitted for mainstream schoolteachers of 60 districts.
from the screening drive. Children who needed The program was organized by the National
further eye examination and vision therapy were Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Visual
referred to the Special Needs Vision Clinic at LVPEI’s Disabilities, Dehradun.
Mithu Tulsi Chanrai campus.
Dr Beula Christy was selected for the
UMANG – Resource Centre for Persons with Perkins School for the Blind’s International
Special Needs, Jaipur. Rehabilitation specialists at Early Leadership Program (ELP) in Boston,
LVPEI, Hyderabad, were invited to conduct vision Massachusetts, USA.
assessment for children with multiple disabilities.

Way Forward
Expanding our Vocational Training Unit in Tholkatta village, located in Rangareddy District. This
initiative will better serve persons with special needs, creating new opportunities for skill-building
and employment, empowering individuals to reach their full potential.
Developing a state-of-the-art Mobility and Sensory Park designed to cater to the needs of the elderly
and children with special needs, promoting inclusivity, at our Hyderabad campus.
Establishing a Centre for Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) that offers assessment and intervention
for those living with this condition.

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 People reached

17,243 2871 1746

Low vision and Early Support
rehabilitation intervention services*
care

87,981
Print pages 2406 41
recorded on Economic
Helpline
digital audio rehabilitation**

*Providing medical certificates and railway concession forms so that persons with vision impairment
can apply for and avail the benefits provided by Government of India
** Job placement & self-employment

Independent and inspiring

Mahesh’s vision impairment was
diagnosed in 2020 as atypical retinitis
pigmentosa. Naturally, vision loss
shattered his dreams of completing his
education and pursuing a career to earn
a decent living. Gradual vision loss left
him feeling depressed and unsure of how
to progress in life. New life came his way
as a referral from his ophthalmologist
to the Institute for Vision Rehabilitation.
With psychological support and assistive
software, Mahesh learned to operate
computers and mobile phones, using
audiobooks to pursue his education.
Despite the challenges, he studied via
distance education and soon graduated.
What’s more, to his endless surprise,
he developed a passion for stitching, using adaptations on electronic sewing machines! Through sheer
determination, Mahesh undertook a two-month training in stitching jute products, quickly mastering the skill.
Today, he earns his livelihood stitching jute products, happily contributing INR 14,000 to his family every
month. Mahesh also gives training in tailoring to other persons with vision impairment. His confidence and
success in sewing inspire many who walk into LVPEI’s vocational unit!
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Rural and Community Eye Health
Gullapalli Pratibha Rao Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care

Highlights
Efforts to enhance services at secondary centres The first Simple Limbal Epithelial
continue: V C Parekh Eye Centre and Edward and Transplantation and Corneal Transplant
Soona Brown Eye Centre in Andhra Pradesh were surgeries were successfully performed at
upgraded with support from V C Parekh Charitable Naraindas & Morbai Budhrani Eye Centre in
Trust and NIFF Infrastructure Limited respectively. A Balasore, Odisha, and Seshanna Chennawar
new block is under construction at Bhosle Gopal Rao Eye Centre in Adilabad, Telangana, respectively.
Patil Eye Centre in Telangana. The Pashyantu mobile Additionally, two secondary centres have started
eye diagnostic unit was launched to cover the rural providing intravitreal injections. The number of
areas in Telangana State. secondary centres offering advanced surgical
eye care has now grown to six.
With the addition of 13 new Vision Centres, our
Primary Eye Care Network has expanded to 245 Focused efforts have strengthened the referral
centres, serving over 10 million people. Additionally, system at LVPEI’s primary eye care centres.
two existing vision centres were upgraded to The prompt diagnosis of three children with
technology-enabled Futuristic Vision Centres Retinoblastoma (eye cancer), and two children
having advanced ophthalmic diagnostic equipment with Congenital Cataracts and Glaucoma, and
to diagnose sight-threatening conditions. They their quick referral for advanced treatment is
also provide care through tele-ophthalmology that evidence of LVPEI’s well-connected network of
helps patients receive advanced eye care near their
centres.
doorstep.
Public health studies funded by USAID, Lions
Clubs International Foundation and Gland
Pharma investigated the eye health and well-
being of vulnerable groups such as children,
the elderly, people with disabilities, and certain
occupational communities. These studies
Image
screened approximately 2,00,000 children,
including 3500 children with disabilities, as
well as over 3500 elderly and 3000 workers in
cloth weaving, garment making, and jewellery
making communities.

Way Forward
Continue generating evidence of eye care’s impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to
drive policies that integrate primary eye care with primary health care, thus ensuring holistic care.
Adopt technology to further strengthen rural eye care, by creating seamless connections between
primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
Expand reach to marginalized groups such as the elderly, children, tribals, and occupational workers,
to provide for their eye care needs.

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 Reaching the unreached
Providing eye care to a vulnerable tribal community

The Dongaria community is a vulnerable tribal group

living in the Eastern Ghats region of South Odisha.
Their settlements are scattered across hilltops and
valleys, making them isolated and disconnected from
mainstream civilization. They face a high level of
poverty and poor health status due to inaccessible
healthcare services. Upholding LVPEI’s vision to make
eye care accessible and affordable for all, to even
those in the most remote rural areas, Triabal Odisha
Eye Disease Study (TOES) was initiated in this region in
July 2021 with the aim of screening the Dongaria community for eye problems and providing them
with necessary care. In Phase-1 conducted during, 2021-2022, over 9990 people were screened,
1500 spectacles were distributed, and 140 cataract surgeries were performed. To access the impact
of the care provided and to cover the population that could not be reached in the first phase, the
phase-2 of the study commenced in January 2023. It was truly gratifying to witness the impact of
the project when Kumuradi Wadaka, one of the beneficiaries shared her experience saying, “After
I got operated for cataract in my right eye, my vision improved significantly, and I was able to do my
daily work more efficiently. We cannot afford such expensive treatment, but because of your team
we are able to receive such high-quality care at no cost. God bless you all, and from now on I will
motivate others also from my village to avail your services”.
TOES is being implemented in collaboration with the Government of Odisha and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Tele-screening for ROP - revolutionizing healthcare access

In a ground-breaking tele-screening
program organized for preterm
babies to detect Retinopathy of
Prematurity (ROP) in Sundargarh
district of Odisha, technology proved
to be a game-changer. A team led by
Dr Tapas Ranjan Padhi from LVPEI’s
Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus in
Bhubaneswar, tele-screened 92 pre-
term babies in just over six hours. Of
those screened, three babies were
identified as needing treatment,
which was freely facilitated at LVPEI’s Bhubaneswar campus in a partnership with the Cognizant
Foundation. The project aims to screen and treat ROP in premature neonates from rural districts
of Odisha. From January to July 2022, a total of 582 babies were screened and 98 babies (181 eyes)
were treated for ROP with laser, injection, or surgery. The advantages of this telecare model for
ROP are manifold, with immense potential for scalability of the project.

Note: Refer page 21 for impact data

Eye Banking
Highlights
The LVPEI Eye Bank Network achieved many
significant milestones, namely crossing the
125,000 cornea harvesting (cornea collection)
and 75,000 cornea distribution mark. In addition,
since inception, the Ramayamma International
Eye Bank (RIEB), Hyderabad, harvested over
100,000 corneas, and Drushti Daan Eye Bank Eye Bank Personnel preparing pre-prepared corneal
(DDEB), Bhubaneswar, harvested 11,000 corneas. tissue for DMEK surgery.

During DDEB’s 20th anniversary celebrations, a The network developed Pre-prepared DMEK
commemorative book ‘Drushti Daan: Success Scroll which are utilized by our surgeons for
Story of An Eye Bank’ was released by the DMEK, a partial thickness corneal transplant
surgery. These tissues can be standardized
honourable Governor of Odisha, Prof. Ganeshi
and quality-controlled, and have proven to be
Lal. Also, an MoU was signed between the
more efficient and safe, with improved surgical
DDEB and District Headquarters Hospital,
outcomes. Last year, 30 such tissues were
Kendrapara, making eight districts in Odisha part produced.
of the cornea harvesting network.
Dr Sujata Das, Head of the LVPEI Eye Bank
Network, has been elected the Honorary
General Secretary of Eye Bank Association
of India, and Mr Hariharan Kalyansundaram,
Network Associate Director, has been elected as
Zonal Representative for the southern region.
An eye bank was established at a government
institute in Varanasi: the Regional Institute of
Ophthalmology, Institute of Medical Sciences,
Banaras Hindu University. A collaborative
initiative between The Hans Foundation, TATA
The Hon’ble Governor of Odisha, Prof Ganeshi Lal releasing Trusts, and LVPEI, it aims to achieve zero waiting
the commemorative book, joined by Dr Prashant Garg and for corneal transplant surgeries in the region, at
Dr Sujata Das from LVPEI, and other esteemed guests. the heart of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous
state.

Way Forward
Establish more cornea harvesting centres across the LVPEI Eye Bank Network with support
received from Sri M H Dalmia, OCL India Ltd.
Provide training and technical support to national and international eye banks in need, to meet
the growing demand for donor corneas.
Strengthen research and development for cornea preservation, eye banking techniques and
distribution methods.

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 10,403 Corneas harvested

6572 1148 1798 885

Ramayamma Mohsin Drushti Daan TKEB
International Eye Bank, Eye Bank, Vijayawada
Eye Bank, Visakhapatnam Bhubaneswar
Hyderabad

Corneas distributed within

7326 Corneas utilized 3592 LVPEI Network

Corneas distributed to Corneas used for training

3734 surgeons outside network 2307 and research

MK Medium and Amniotic Membrane processed in-house

Supplied to eye banks and surgeons within and outside India

Vials of McCarey-Kaufman (MK) Medium, a cost-effective solution used for

25,661 storage and preservation of donor corneas

2899 Vials of Amniotic Membrane (AM), for ocular surface reconstructive

surgery

Thanks to the generosity of our cornea

donor families and partner eye donation
centres, 496 donor corneas were harvested
through the following partner centres:
Khammam Eye Bank, Khammam; Lions
Eye Hospital, Bodhan; Smt. R.R. Lions Eye
Hospital, Nidadavole; Sai Jyoti Netradaan
Foundation, Adoni; Gowthami Eye Institute,
Rajahmundry; Sudarsani Eye Hospital,
Guntur; Lions Club of Suryapet Eye Hospital,
Suryapet; Lions Club of Ramagundam,
Ramagundam; Swapna Nursing Home,
Guntakal; and, Sadasaya Foundation,
Godavarikhani.

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Education
Standard Chartered – LVPEI Academy for Eye Care Education

Highlights
Given our combined expertise in ophthalmic
care and engineering, we launched the blended
Master of Technology (MTech) program in
Ophthalmic Engineering in collaboration with
the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
It aims to bridge the gap between clinicians and
medical practitioners and intends to create a pool
of qualified ophthalmic engineers who could take
Prof B S Murthy, Director, IIT Hyderabad and Dr Prashant
up the pressing challenges in eye care and develop Garg, Executive Chair, LVPEI signed the MoU for MTech in
technology products. Ophthalmic Engineering.

In its second year, the HelpMeSee supported

simulator-based Manual Small Incision Online Ophthalmology Courses designed
Cataract Surgery (MSICS) program saw a 97% following ‘real-time’ and ‘self-paced’ learning
growth with 189 trainees successfully completing principles were taken by over 1200 participants.
it. This innovative approach to providing no- Additionally, the Digital Education YouTube
risk tutoring on simulators is proving to be an channel, a rich source of informative and engaging
effective solution for bridging the gap between eye care educational content, has gained over
demand for cataract-related blindness treatment 10,000 subscribers.
and the shortage of skilled ophthalmologists. Consuming Knowledge Consciously is designed
to train first-generation clinical tutors on active
learning strategies. Through 21 uniquely designed
videos, group activities and role plays, it focuses
on the philosophy of active learning and different
active learning strategies.
The in-house developed e-flip book, Learn How
You Can Be An Excellent Vision Technician,
has clinical concepts presented in one-minute-
learning-capsules and is greatly helping the vision
Trainee Ophthalmologists performing Manual Small Incision technicians in their day-to-day practice.
Cataract Surgery on simulator.

Way Forward
Equity, Inclusivity and Diversity in Education will drive all our education initiatives.

Active learning processes will be introduced to develop problem-solving skills and cultivate a growth
mindset in our trainees

Enhancing simulation-based cataract training by introducing an advanced surgical program on

Phacoemulsification, and expanding a team of trainers.

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 1108
Trainees Reached Allied 2645 1096
Eye Health Ophthalmology Optometry
4849 & others

Continuing Professional Continuing Medical

121 Development programs 55 Education programs

150 Guest faculty from leading global institutions participated

No-risk simulator training program to tackle cataract blindness in India

I never imagined that simulator-based

cataract surgical training would dispel my
worries and boost my confidence in such a
short span. Since attending the program,
I’ve performed surgeries with minimal
complications and improved my tissue
handling skills. Even my senior consultants
are more confident in my abilities now,
says Dr Vaibhav Vishal.

Dr Vishal Vaibhav is one of 285 trainee

ophthalmologists benefiting from LVPEI’s
no-risk simulator training program since
2021. HelpMeSee, an NGO working towards
reducing cataract blindness, gifted 2
simulators to train practising as well as newly
qualified ophthalmologists from across the
country. With the software-based simulator Ms Shefali Pandey, simulator instructor at LVPEI, presents
providing prompts for complications, Dr Vishal Vaibhav with a completion certificate. She is a key enabler
doctors can practice without fear of harming of the simulator training program’s success.
patients due to inexperience, ensuring truly
risk-free training.
Ongoing research conducted by LVPEI’s senior ophthalmologists and surgical trainers shows that combining
simulation-based and wet lab training over a week positively impacts eye specialists’ surgical learning curves
preparing for live surgeries.

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Research
Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre

Highlights
The 28th annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) –
India featured three distinguished oration lectures by Prof Mark Petrash, Executive Vice President, ARVO;
Dr K Thangaraj, Director of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad; and Dr Mahesh P
Shanmugam, Chair, Sankara Eye Hospitals, Bangalore. Overall, the presentations encompassed the vast scope
of eye research conducted across the country, showcasing the depth and breadth of knowledge in the field.

The 15th annual Champalimaud Symposium had LVPEI and CognitiveCare entered into a
Prof Joshua R Sanes from Harvard University deliver collaboration to prevent vision loss in infants and
the Champalimaud Oration on the role of cell types young children by identifying early signs of eye
and gene expression in the mouse and human conditions. This synergistic partnership combines
retina. The keynote lectures were delivered by Dr LVPEI’s clinical expertise with CognitiveCare’s
Vinay K Nandicoori, Director, CSIR-Centre for Cellular advanced computational sciences for detecting
and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, and Prof David A Myopia, Retinopathy of Prematurity, and other eye
DiLoreto, Director, Flaum Eye Institute, University of health disorders, mitigating adverse outcomes.
Rochester Medical Center. The event also showcased LVPEI, in collaboration with the University of
highlights from LVPEI’s translational research. Sheffield and the University of Bradford, has
Plans are underway to develop cutting-edge designed a smart contact lens that can quickly
peptides to combat corneal infections resistant to and non-invasively test for eye infections, including
existing antifungal treatments. Dr Sanhita Roy has microbial keratitis. Eye infections are one of
secured an international grant from Velux Stiftung, the leading causes of blindness in developing
Switzerland, for designing antimicrobial peptides countries, and current diagnosis methods are
to treat ocular fungal infections. The research will invasive, time-consuming, and expensive. The
be conducted in collaboration with Bose Institute, smart contact lens is a novel innovation with the
Kolkata; University of Lubeck, Germany; and Technical potential to prevent fungal eye infections and
University of Munich, Germany. related deaths.

Way Forward
Exploring new research avenues in public health, elderly eye care, and technology and innovation in
collaboration with national and international research organizations.
Empowering young researchers and the future generation of clinician-scientists by providing them
with an enabling environment, infrastructure, and opportunities.
Encouraging new ideas that are problem-centric and patient-driven, and conducting productive
research of high quality, with integrity, inclusivity, and togetherness.

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 18 102
Extramural
415 grants million INR 8
Publications 12 Basic Funding PhDs
6 Clinical

A made-in-India product by an Indian clinician-scientist team that could offer an

affordable solution to corneal blindness
The First 3D-Printed Human Cornea in India developed by LVPEI, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and
Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad

The year was marked by ground-breaking translational research

into eye care. An Indian clinician-scientist team from LVPEI, Indian
Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), and the Centre for
Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, developed
the first 3D-printed human cornea in the country. This game-
changing innovation offers affordable solutions to treat diseases
like corneal scarring (where the cornea becomes opaque) or
Keratoconus (where the cornea gradually becomes thin with
time). The made-in-India 3D-printed human cornea is optically and
physically suitable for transplantation. The bio-ink used to make
this 3D-printed cornea can be sight-saving for army personnel
directly at the location of injury by helping to seal corneal
perforation and preventing infection during war-related injuries,
or in a remote geographic area where there is no tertiary eye care
facility. Developed indigenously through government and philanthropic funding, this completely natural
product, devoid of synthetic components and animal residues, is safe for patients and holds immense
clinical significance as a potential solution to cornea shortages. Further, clinical testing and development
will pave the way for its use in patients.

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Product & Technology Innovation
Highlights
The LVPEI Incubator, the first-of-its-kind in the For the convenience of patients, self-check-
country (funded under the BioNEST program of in kiosks have been installed at all the tertiary
the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance campuses, where every day, on average, 600
Council (BIRAC), Government of India) is now patients are availing this service named Cerebro
providing incubation support to nine start-ups self check-in.
working in eye care. LVPEI initiated a start-up
The production of scleral lenses (speciality
challenge in January 2023, to recognise the best
lenses) manufactured at the LVPEI BostonSight
startups globally in eye care Innovation. In addition
Lens Manufacturing Lab saw a 25% increase this
to cash prizes, the top three winning teams will
year, crossing the 12,000 mark since its inception
benefit from free incubation and mentoring
in 2017. These lenses are supplied to a network of
support from LVPEI.
107 practitioners across India, Bangladesh, Hong
Pediatric Perimeter (developed to test visual Kong, Malaysia and Ghana.
fields in babies) earlier registered as a patent by
the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
now has also been granted a patent from the
Indian Patent and Trademark Office.

Increased use of products refabricated in-house

has further brought down dependency on
imported products and tools needed for efficient
functioning of equipment in the outpatient clinics
and eye banking facility.

Way Forward
To bridge the gaps in technology solutions for eye care and create a strong ecosystem for
innovation by collaborating with industry experts and investors.

Collaborate with partners for marketing indigenously developed products, with a focus on
commercial sustainability and social impact.

Deploying technological products that are under validation in LVPEI clinics.

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 9 5
Incubating Products
Start ups Exported
4
Technology 20 7
under Technology Partnerships
Validation in Clinic

These indigenously developed devices are proving to be a game-changer!

OM (Order of Magnitude): Introduced in the

clinics in 2018, OM is a portable, virtual reality-
based visual field analyzer and is highly effective
in detecting common causes of blindness, such as
Glaucoma. Within the LVPEI network, over 100,000
people have been screened using OM. The device
has proved to be a game-changer, especially at the
LVPEI managed Liberia Eye Centre in Monrovia,
West Africa, where traditional visual field-testing
machines often become dysfunctional due to
irregular electricity and power surges. In such
resource-limited settings, OM has emerged as a
reliable and cost-effective alternative to equipment
used for visual field testing in clinics and community outreach programs. OM is now being marketed to
external organizations, starting with its deployment at a chain of hospitals in Indonesia.

MyLyt and PARC (Peripheral Ancillary Refractive

Component): Myopia is one of the leading causes of
vision impairment in children, and it is estimated that
by 2050, nearly 50% of the world population will be
myopic. With adequate exposure to sunlight, myopia
can be prevented in children. ‘MyLyt’ illuminance
tracker, developed in-house at LVPEI, can be a game-
changer in the management of Myopia. This chest-
mounted clip can accurately measure light-exposure. It
is also inexpensive compared to similar products. MyLyt
has been clinically validated and is showing promising
results in capturing exposure to ambient light. The
PARC device is also meant for myopia management. It
aids effective assessment of peripheral refractive errors
in the clinic and has the potential to set a new standard
for the myopia clinical protocol.

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Capacity Building
Highlights
Conducted quarterly reviews of 14 partner hospitals for SEVA Foundation’s Global Sight Initiative.
These reviews included assessment of performance, financial sustainability, operational issues, and giving
appropriate recommendations.

14 33,780 1,97,735 54,447

Partner Spectacles
Surgeries Outpatients
Hospitals dispensed

The number of patients examined at the partner hospitals has grown by 21% from the previous year.

‘Super Vision Program’ strengthens primary The ‘Educational Hubs’ facilitated by LVPEI
eye care in remote areas with SEVA Foundation‘s organized over 19 training programs, benefiting
support. Eight partner hospitals with 76 Vision over 2200 eye care professionals, with support
Centres are enrolled in this program. Support from Standard Chartered Bank. Additionally, over
is provided through a collaborative approach, 15 faculty development programs were conducted
organizing workshops to identify challenges and as part of this initiative. ‘Educational Hubs’ are
develop solutions. Action plans were created for eye care hospitals that have been identified and
generating patient volumes, maintaining quality, upgraded as regional resource centres, for eye
and achieving sustainability. care personnel at all levels.

Supported Mumbai’s Shantilal Shanghvi Initiated the Integrated People Centred Eye
Foundation to build a not-for-profit ‘Shantilal Care (IPEC) program in Sri Lanka in collaboration
Shanghvi Eye Institute’ that aims to provide high with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health, the World
quality comprehensive eye care to all individuals, Health Organization (WHO), and the International
regardless of their ability to pay. LVPEI has assisted Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). Dr Rohit
the group with infrastructure design, equipment C Khanna, Network Director, Public Health, LVPEI,
installation, staff training and development, and has been appointed as the technical lead for the
technology acquisition. initiative.

Way Forward
To continue expanding and strengthening the primary eye care network of our partner hospitals
with innovative community eye care programs.
To further strengthen our capacity-building efforts, particularly among marginalized populations
in India’s North Eastern States, as well as at the global level.
Explore new collaboration opportunities for spreading equitable and affordable eyecare measures
wide and far.

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The Liberia Eye Centre

The LVPEI-managed Liberia Eye Centre has been providing comprehensive eye care services to the local
population at the John F Kennedy Memorial Medical Centre in Monrovia, West Africa. As we celebrated the
centre’s fifth anniversary in July 2022, LVPEI stands committed to continue our mission of promoting eye
health and preventing avoidable blindness in the sub-region.

With the second batch of residents graduating been initiated. Specialists from LVPEI, India,
from the ophthalmology residency program periodically visit the centre to provide speciality
launched and managed in collaboration with care to patients.
LVPEI, Liberia now has four home-grown
ophthalmologists, three of whom are women.
Additionally, various training programs were Impact
organized to build capacity for other allied eye
health personnel. 16,170 1458
Outpatients Surgeries
To increase the reach and accessibility of primary 46% non-paying
38% non-paying
eye care, a second vision centre was inaugurated
with support from OneSight-Essilor-Luxotica
Foundation at Eternal Love Winning Africa, the 16,663
missionary hospital located at the outskirts of Community
Monrovia. initiatives*
The facilities at the centre have been scaled up
with the addition of four examination rooms and *people (including children) were screened through
one operating room, and vision rehabilitation community outreach initiatives
services for the blind and visually impaired have

Caroline’s story beautifully illustrates how the Liberia Eye Centre, in collaboration with local partners and
health workers, is ensuring availability of quality eye care for the underserved communities in Liberia
13-year-old Caroline hails from a remote rural area in Liberia. She
has diabetes, and unavailability of insulin treatment in her county
led to uncontrolled blood sugar levels, resulting in cataracts in both
eyes. She was living the life of a blind person last year. After hearing
from the local ophthalmic nurse about the LVPEI Liberia Eye Centre
in Monrovia, Caroline and her mother set out from Zwedru, their
hometown, on the three-day journey to the hospital. Following a
detailed evaluation, Caroline was admitted into the hospital. First, the
paediatrician stabilized her sugar levels by administering insulin. The
ophthalmologist then operated on both her eyes (after an interval of
two days); the cataract removal surgeries were performed free of cost
for her. The happiness on her face on seeing her mother again was
such a great joy to witness! The ophthalmic nurse in her hometown
regularly monitors her eye health status and keeps the doctors at the
centre informed of her progress. Caroline has resumed school and is
aspiring to become a doctor to serve her county.
Advocacy, Policy & Planning
Highlights
A meeting on integrated people-centred eye care was held in Hyderabad in collaboration with the World
Health Organization (WHO). Health Ministers from the South-East Asia Region and experts from different
sectors attended the meeting. Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director, inaugurated the
meeting, and keynote addresses were given by Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Founder-Chair of LVPEI, and Prof
Matthew Burton, Director of the International Centre for Eye Health at the London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine.

LVPEI hosted ‘2030 in Sight - Implementing The 2nd Indian Health Outcomes, Public Health
Integrated People-centred Eye Care in and Economics Research Centre (IHOPE)
South-East Asia’, a regional meeting of the Conference organized at LVPEI’s Hyderabad
International Agency for the Prevention of campus featured keynote talks, panel discussions,
Blindness. Leading eye health organizations, and presentations on public health, big data, health
including WHO, discussed integrating eye health economics, and policy. Mr Gareth Wynn Owen,
with the Sustainable Development Goals. An British Deputy High Commissioner to Telangana &
action plan was developed to make eye care Andhra Pradesh, was the guest of honour.
services accessible by 2030 to 1 billion people
living with sight loss. LVPEI crossed a major milestone in preventing
avoidable blindness in newborn babies by
The 3rd Indian Myopia Awareness and Research
managing 100,000 preterm babies with
Conference (IMARC) was a dynamic showcase
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) through
of cutting-edge translational research, engaging
preventive, curative and rehabilitative care. A
clinical discussions, and ground-breaking Myopia
one-of-its-kind LVPEI Atlas of Retinopathy of
findings. It was attended by 185 delegates from 25
Prematurity was launched to mark this milestone.
Indian states and 5 countries.

Way Forward
We will continue to advocate for Universal Eye Care with a focus on integrating eye care into primary
health care.
To strengthen our advocacy efforts at all levels, State, National and International, to ensure last
mile eye care.
Educating communities and raising awareness about good eye health practices and picking up
critical eye conditions in a timely manner will remain our priorities.

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Various awareness programs

Reaching the last mile

Initiated the Telangana Government’s ‘Kanti Velugu’
mass eye screening program with the aim of
screening 15 million people using LVPEI’s innovative
‘Basic Eye Screening Test (BEST)’ protocol. Most
suitable for community eye screening, the BEST
protocol is low-cost, quick and serves as a triage for
referrals to higher care levels.
The Way Forward
In 2022, the LVPEI network serviced over 2 million people at 275 centres—nearly 500,000 more than last
year. What do such large numbers achieved by a pyramidal network of eye centres mean to people in need?
Varun’s story (see page 5) may give us an idea. Varun’s left eye had turned big and blue, and he was rushed
to the LVPEI vision centre in Nagarkurnool, Telangana. A teleconsult confirmed congenital glaucoma and
megalocornea. He was operated at the Kallam Anji Reddy campus in Hyderabad, and soon, Varun had a new
life ahead of him. Varun shows us the true worth of LVPEI’s scale: a network that is sensitive enough to pick
his congenital condition rapidly and treat him.

At this scale, we see a large variety of eye conditions, from rare eye diseases to common conditions (like
myopia). Over the years, we have been best placed to track, treat, and train for eye care in all its complexity.
So, what is the way forward? We have a new strategy: Institutes of Excellence.

Institutes of Excellence

Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute

Anant Bajaj Retina Institute
Child Sight Institute
Brien Holden Eye Research Centre
Standard Chartered-LVPEI
Academy for Eye Care Education Gullapalli Pratibha Rao Centre for
Advancement of Rural Eye Care
Operation Eyesight Universal
Institute for Eye Cancer Institute for Vision Rehabilitation
The Glaucoma Institute Institute for Elderly Eye Care
Institute for Ocular Regeneration

At LVPEI, we began to develop Institutes of Excellence (IoE) as global resource centres for several areas of
eye health. These institutes work towards impacting all the key causes and forms of vision impairment and
blindness. They leverage LVPEI’s functional arms to enhance capacity for their specific areas of focus. Over
time, they will build deep, productive links within India and across the world. We now have IoEs for community
eye health, paediatric vision, research, education, and vision rehabilitation along with Cornea, Retina, Eye
cancer, Elderly Care, and Ocular regeneration. Together with our existing investments in teleophthalmology
and product technologies, these Institutes of Excellence will bring significant enhancements to our patient
care capacity.

Functional integration
A number of secondary centres in rural locations have begun to offer corneal transplant services. Some have
also begun to offer intravitreal injections for common retinal conditions. In Liberia too, the centre there offers
preventive laser for retinal detachments, with regular expert visits from India. A number of patients have
benefitted from topical chemotherapy for eye surface tumors at our secondary centres. Most could not afford
travel to a tertiary centre and would have been lost to care otherwise. These are examples of the various
institutes of excellence driving high-quality, tertiary-level care deep into the LVPEI pyramid. The patient

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volumes each of these institutes handle show why this is important. The Anant Bajaj Retina Institute serviced
over 200,000 outpatient visits and nearly 30,000 surgeries in 2022. The Shantilal Shangvi Cornea Institute too
saw nearly 350,000 outpatient visits. At that scale, the way forward becomes obvious: to bring services closer
to people so that they don’t have to travel far for critical eye care services. The IoE approach enhances LVPEI’s
capacity to be able to deliver these complex procedures.

National and global resource centres

This scale also means that each of these institutes are well-placed to build capacities with partners and
networks in India and around the world. The Standard Chartered – LVPEI Academy for Eye Care Education has
embarked on many collaborations this year. In February 2023, the academy hosted a large delegation from
the Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester, and discussed several collaborations. A key idea is to see if
we can develop a ‘global’ ophthalmology fellowship together. What would international electives look like?
How can doctors benefit from the opportunities at Flaum and LVPEI? Each year, an estimated 400,000 children
are diagnosed with cancer around the world—with a 15-45% survival rate. In 2022, LVPEI’s OEU Institute
for Eye Cancer became a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Initiative for Childhood
Cancer. Together, members of this initiative will work towards improving the survival rate to 60% by 2030.
The Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) practice has built a nation-wide network of clinical resource and care
for babies treated for ROP. The Myopia Clinic at the Child Sight Institute is working on technologies to tackle
myopia, a condition projected to affect 50% of the world’s population by 2050.

Universal health coverage

IoEs are LVPEI’s response to a changing and dynamic world. Many years ago, a High-Level Expert Group
recommended a framework for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) where everyone has equitable access to
‘affordable, accountable and appropriate health services of assured quality.’ The WHO’s World report on
Vision also speaks of UHC on similar lines. These health services would cover the gamut of health behaviors:
promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative. The last operative word, rehabilitation, is central to LVPEI’s
unique model of comprehensive eye care. The Institute for Vision Rehabilitation at LVPEI delivers this critical
and integral health service. This report notes this IoE’s plans for the future: multisensory parks, vocational units
and more. The primary IoE that promotes UHC with LVPEI’s values is the Gullapalli Pratibha Rao – International
Centre for the Advancement of Eye Care (GPR-ICARE). In the past couple of years, this IoE has been working
with the governments of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha to promote universal screening. Ultimately,
the LVPEI pyramidal model must be able to deliver universal eye health coverage in these three states—that
is, everyone who seeks eye care in these states will have access to it.

All these initiatives towards UHC are supply-side interventions. Demand-side changes, including changes to
perceptions on eye care, health-seeking behaviors, even demand-side financing, are all important interventions
to improve eye health service uptake. These are ‘demand-side’ because they work directly with the people,
instead of health agencies and the government. Demand-side interventions are a key future strategic
direction for GPR-ICARE. Another key priority for the future is to generate evidence, both epidemiological and
operational, for implementing UHC in every context.

What drives these choices and innovations? LVPEI insists on comprehensive eye care. We ensure eye care is
available where it is needed the most. We offer a continuity of care: from screening to surgery, from hamlet
to Hyderabad. We are committed to quality and our care will be compassionate and empathetic. These are
values that we believe are worth emulating, and we hope to help organisations in India and around the world
develop them too.

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Founders, Patrons and Donors
At LVPEI, our relentless pursuit is to ensure that those in need of eye care services receive
the highest standard of care, irrespective of the complexity. Over the years, we have been
fortunate to receive support from numerous individuals and organizations who have
believed in our vision. We are deeply grateful for their trust and unwavering support.

Founding Organizations

Hyderabad Eye Institute, India Indo American Eye Care Society, USA Major Founding Donors
Founding Trustees Founding Trustees

A Ramesh Prasad Brijen Gupta L V Prasad, India

Gullapalli N Rao, Chair Gullapalli N Rao A Ramesh Prasad, India
K P Prasad Y M Jay G Pratibha Rao, India
K Rama Rao H V Janardhan
Narla Tata Rao Manuel del Cerro
V Ramalingaswami Jeff Harris

Founders

We extend our sincere gratitude to all our Founders with a special acknowledgement to Gland Pharma Limited,
Sai Life Sciences Limited, and Granules India Limited. The support has helped the institute strengthen and
scale up its services and provide quality eye care services to underserved communities.

Gland Pharma Limited

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020, Gland-Fosun Foundation, the corporate social
responsibility arm of Gland Pharma Limited, provided LVPEI with essential PPE (personal protective
equipment) kits for vision technicians managing the vision centres (primary eye care centres). This support
allowed LVPEI to continue providing eye care services to the communities in the rural areas while ensuring
the safety of staff and patients. The partnership was further strengthened with the creation of the ‘Gland
Pharma Centre for Elderly Eye Care’ at the Kallam Anji Reddy campus in Hyderabad. The centre offers
comprehensive vision care for the elderly. A project has also been initiated to screen senior citizens and
caregivers living in elderly homes in Hyderabad, for their eye problems. Till date, over 280,000 elderly
patients have received care through these services.

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 Sai Life Sciences Limited
With the aim of bringing quality eye care service closer to the doorstep of communities, a city centre was
established in Alwal in Hyderabad with support from Sai Life Sciences Limited. Named as ‘Sai Life Sciences
Eye Centre’, it is LVPEI’s third city centre in Hyderabad and offers advanced secondary level eye care
services, including outpatient care, diagnostics, and surgical care. Weekly, on average over 1000 outpatients
are examined, and 30 surgeries are performed at the centre. In the four years since its inception, the
centre has served over 41,500 patients. Sai Life Sciences Limited has also significantly contributed towards
improving accessibility of care for rural communities by extending support to upgrade the facilities at the
Vision Centre (primary eye care centre) in Yanamalakuduru in Vijayawada, and the secondary eye care
centre in Akividu in Andhra Pradesh.

Granules India Limited

With support from Granules India Limited, the ‘Dr Chigurupati Nageswara Rao Centre for Ophthalmic
Pharmacology’ will be established at LVPEI’s Kallam Anji Reddy Campus in Hyderabad. The focus will be
on expanding the research in Ophthalmic Pharmacology that explores many aspects of drug discovery,
development, and preclinical drug safety. The centre will integrate knowledge from multiple scientific
disciplines, including chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and physiology, providing a significant
positive impact, especially on eye health. The scientific knowledge gained through pharmacologic studies
will help devise better treatment plans for the patients and ensure optimal visual recovery.

LVPEI gratefully acknowledges all our Founders

Brien Holden Vision Institute, Bajaj Electricals Ltd., India G Mallikarjun Rao/ G M R
Australia Warby Parker, USA Varalakshmi Foundation, India
Operation Eyesight Universal, Hetero Foundation, India Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., India
Canada Dilip Shantilal Shanghvi, India
Naraindas Morbai Budhrani Trust,
Standard Chartered Bank, India India Kokil & S K Pathak, Dubai
Kallam Anji Reddy, India Gland-Fosun Foundation, India Savitri Waney Charitable Trust, UK
Sightsavers International, UK The Indian Society of the Church Miriam Hyman Memorial Trust, UK
Lavelle Fund for the Blind, Inc, USA of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day N T P C Foundation, India
Sudhakar Ravi & Sreekanth Ravi, Saints, India
B H P Billiton, Australia
USA DBT Grant - Wellcome Trust - India
Alliance, India Lions Clubs International
Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM), Foundation, USA
Germany Kishore K Kothapalli, India
Jyoti & Vikram M Thapar, Karam
Champalimaud Foundation, Tej Kohli Foundation, UK Chand Thapar & sons, India
Portugal Tej Kohli, UK Krupakar P Thadikonda, USA
Swathi & Rajeev Nannapaneni, India D N Budhrani/ Naraindas Morbai Mission for Vision, India
Kode Satyanarayana & Family, India Budhrani Trust, India
B V R Mohan Reddy / Cyient Ltd.,
V C Janardan Rao/ Veljan Hydrair Pvt Jagdish M Chanrai, India India
Ltd/ Veljan Denison Ltd, India Ashok Devineni/ Nava Bharat B R Barwale & R B Barwale, India
Latter-day Saint Charities, USA Ventures, India
Bijay Mandhani, India
Soona and Edward Brown, France Nimmagadda Prasad Foundation,
India Family of Meera & L B Deshpande,
Paul Dubord / Eyesight India
International, Canada M H Dalmia/ OCL India Ltd., India
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation,
V Nannapaneni Choudhary/ NATCO Seva Foundation, USA India
Pharma Ltd., India Satish Yeachareddy/Y Ramanamma & Jasti V Rattaiah, USA
Shantilal Shanghvi Foundation, India Mahabaleswarappa & Sons, India
Carl Zeiss, Germany
Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd., India Padma & Subba Rao Makineni, USA

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Risha & Gangadhar Prasad Kilaru, USA O Naresh Kumar, India Venkat Jasti/Suven Trust,India
Archana & Sashidhar Prasad Kilaru, Orbis International, USA Dr Paul Thadikonda, Thadikonda
USA P R K Prasad, USA Research Foundation, Inc, USA
Anuradha & Goparaju Varaprasada Rewati & Madan Maha, UK Shakti & Dorairajan Balasubramanian,
Rao, India India
Saradapurna & Sriram Sonty, USA
K Varaprasad Reddy, India Savitri Sharma & Taraprasad Das,
SightLife, USA India
Ravi Reddy, USA
Microsoft, India Vijaya L Ramam, India
Lakshmi Narayanan, Sri Nataraja
Trust, India Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Padmaja & G Chandra Sekhar, India
India
Shri Govindram Seksaria Foundation, Indo American Eye Care Society, USA
India Smita & Sanjay Deshpande, USA
Granules India Ltd., India
Poornima & Ramam Atmakuri, India Swarna Bharat Trust, India
Cognizant Foundation, India
HIL Ltd., India Combat Blindness Foundation, USA
Combat Blindness International, USA
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., India

Patrons
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our patrons, with a special acknowledgement to Infor India Pvt Ltd and
V C Parekh Charitable Trust.

Myopia is a serious public health concern of the 21st century. The first dedicated myopia facility in the
country was established at the Kallam Anji Reddy campus in 2020 with support from Infor India Pvt Ltd. The
company further extended support for establishing a similar facility at the Kode Venkatadri Chowdary campus
in Vijayawada in 2022. Named as ‘Infor Myopia Centre’, the two facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art
technology to provide holistic and evidence-based anti-myopia treatment to prevent the onset of myopia and
reduce its progression in children and young adults.

LVPEI’s rural secondary eye care centre in Madanapalle, Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh, has been
upgraded with support received from the V C Parekh Charitable Trust (Charitable trust of the Hyderabad-based
Parekh Textiles Pvt Ltd). The upgraded facilities include state-of-the-art ophthalmic equipment for examining
and diagnosing the complete range of eye diseases, advanced surgical facility, low vision rehabilitation service,
and support services such as Opticals’ laboratory, cafeteria, and accommodation facilities for trainees and
doctors. Re-named as ‘V C Parekh Eye Centre’, the upgraded centre will annually serve 20% more patients.

LVPEI gratefully acknowledges all our Patrons

Adnan Mahmood, India Biotechnology Industry Research Ganga Trust, India
Ahmed Abdulla Alhameli, UAE Assistance Council, India Gemini Edibles & Fats India Pvt. Ltd.,
Alcon, USA Bob Ohlson, Canada India
Allergan India Pvt. Ltd., India C Sudha & Nageswara Rao, India GMR Airports Ltd., India
Allergan, USA Canadian International Development GMR Holdings Pvt Ltd, India
Agency, Canada Guna & Somasekhara Rao
Amrit Sujan, India
Charities Aid Foundation, India Mukkamala, USA
AT&T Global Business Services India
Pvt. Ltd., India Chemtech Acids & Chemical Pvt. HES Infra Pvt. Ltd., India
Ltd., India I T C Ltd., India
B D Sureka (Hartex Rubber Pvt Ltd.),
India Christoffel Blindenmission, India ICICI Bank Ltd., India
Bachhraj & Company Pvt. Ltd., India Cyient Foundation, India Indian Council of Medical Research
Bachhraj Factories Pvt. Ltd., India D Rama Naidu, India (ICMR), India
BHEL- GE Gas Turbine Services Pvt. Department of Science & Technology Infor (India) Pvt Ltd., India
Ltd., India (DST), India Infosys Foundation, India
Biocon Foundation, India Estate of Late Dr Usha Kumar, India Integrative Sciences LLC - USAID
G2 Corporate Services Ltd., India CBP, USA

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International Federation of Eye Banks, Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd., India Sai Life Sciences Ltd., India
USA NTPC Ltd., India Sanford and Susan Greenberg
Intraocular Care Pvt. Ltd., India OMC Ltd., India Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Japan
J K Papers Ltd., India OneSight, USA Science & Engineering Research
Jamnalal Sons Pvt. Ltd., India OneSight Foundation, USA Board (SERB), India
Javerben K Thakker, India Open Society Institute, USA Seshanna Chennawar, India
K Chandramouli Reddy, India Operation Eyesight Universal (India), Shankar Narayana Planjery, India
K I Varaprasad Reddy, India India Shekhar Bajaj Charitable Trust, India
K L N Prasad Trust, India Optometry Giving Sight, Australia Shodhana Laboratories Ltd., India
Kallam Satish Reddy, India Optum Global Solutions (India) Pvt. State Bank of India, India
Kamalanayan Bajaj Charitable Trust, Ltd., India Sudha Ghatrazu, India
India Oracle, India Sudhir Ravi, USA
Kavita Kalatur & Ravikumar Kolli, USA Oracle Financial Services Software Sun Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd., India
Kodali Varaprasad, India Limited, India
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,
Kohli Ventures, UK Pharmacia, Sweden India
L D Jhaveri, Japan Prasad Media Corporation Pvt. Ltd., Sundeep Peechu, USA
India
Laurus Labs Ltd., India T R Prasad, India
Prasad Potluri, India
London School of Hygiene & Tropical The E J Brown Trust, New Zealand
Medicine, UK Prasad Productions (P) Ltd, India
The Hans Foundation, India
Maanaveeya Development & Finance Preeti & Ashok Kundalia / Radiant
Corporation Pvt Ltd., India Titan Company Ltd., India
Pvt. Ltd., India
Queen’s University of Belfast, UK United States Agency for International
Madhu & Mahesh Thakker (Kantilal & Development, USA
Javerben Thakker & Family), India Rahulkumar Bajaj Charitable Trust,
India University of Hamburg, Germany
Madhur Bajaj Charitable Trust, India
Rai Saheb Pannalal Hiralal Lahoti University of Sheffield, UK
Maheswari Brothers, India
Charitable Trust, India Uttara Devi & B V Rao, India
MBG Commodities Pvt Ltd., India
Rajashree & Vikram Prasad, India V C Parekh Charitable Trust, India
Merck Foundation, USA
Rajkumar Seksaria / Shri Kudilal V S T Industries, India
MGM Minerals Ltd., India Govindram Seksaria Foundation, India Vaani Kodali, USA
Micro Labs Ltd., India Ramakrishna Bajaj Charitable Trust, Veena Devi Singhania Trust, India
Mission for Vision Foundation Ltd., India
Singapore Vellanki V Rao, India
Ramesh Kancharla, India Veni Rao Foundation, India
Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad, Ramoji Foundation, India
India World Diabetic Foundation, Denmark
Rao Remala, USA Y S R Foundation, India
Narayan Rao Patil, India
RHI Magnesita India Ltd., India
Nava Bharat Energy India Ltd., India
Rural India Supporting Trust, USA
Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys Ltd., India

Supporters
A P J Abdul Kalam, India AT&T Communication Services India Celon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., India
Abid Ali Khan, India Private Ltd., India Chittoda Investment & Trading Pvt.
Adi Godrej, India AT&T Global Network Services India Ltd., India
Pvt. Ltd., India Columbus Global Services India Pvt.
Alcon Laboratories (India) Pvt. Ltd.,
India Automotive Manufacturers Ltd., India Ltd., India
Alka Chowdhry & Pradeep Chowdhry, Basharat Ali / Tameer Consulting Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd., India
India Associates, India Dalmia Group Holdings, India
Andhra Bank, India Bhoopati Shikshan Pratisthan, India Denison Hydraulics India Ltd., India
Anju & Mahender K Patodia, India Bio Medix Optotechnik & Devices Pvt. Dilip B Desai, India
Ltd., India
APTOnline Ltd., India Excel Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., India
Brighten Optix Corporation, China
Arjun Kumar Trust, USA Eye Sight International, Canada
Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt. Ltd.,
Arka Media Works Pvt. Ltd., India India EYElliance, USA

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Fowler Westrup (India) Ltd., India National Association for The Blind, Shirish R Barwale, India
Fred Hollows Foundation, Australia India Shiwlal Chandrakala Devi Sarda
G Lakshmi Rajeswari, India NCC Ltd., India Charitable Trust, India
Gebauer Medizintechnik GMBH, Newcastle University, UK Shree Govindram Seksaria Charity
Germany NIIF Infrastructure Finance Ltd., India Trust, India
Ghanta Maruthi, India Novartis, India Siemens Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. (SHPL),
India
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., India One Sight Foundation, USA
Sir Ratan Tata Trust, India
GMR Infrastructure Ltd., India Ornate India Project - Moorfields Eye
Hospital, UK Sree Padmavathi Venkateswara
Grandhi Enterprises Private Ltd., India Foundation, India
GTN Engineering India Ltd., India P L Raju Constructions Ltd., India
Sridevi Challa, India
Gutta Bhanumathi, India Pacific Management Pvt. Ltd., India
Suhasini Ravipati, India
Hartex Rubber Pvt. Ltd., India Padma Lochan Mohanty, India
Sunflower Trust, India
HEG Ltd., India Parasakti Cement Industries Ltd.,
India Sunil Kumar Singh, India
Indian City Properties Ltd., India Sunita & Praveen K Gottipalli, USA
Parexel International Clinical Research
Infotech Enterprises Charitable Trust, Pvt. Ltd., India Sunitha Vemulapalli, India
India
Parijat Trust, India Suresh Challa, India
International Eye Foundation, USA
Parin Vakharia, in memory of late Synchrony International Services Pvt.
Jasmina Trust, India Olive Swoboda, India Ltd., India
Johnson & Johnson, India Persistent Foundation, India Syneos Health UK Ltd., UK
K Aruna & K Bhanumurti, India Prasad Film Laboratories, India T P Mohanty, India
K Uma Rama Rao, India Prolifics Corporation Pvt. Ltd., India Tantia Group of Companies, India
K V J Subba Raju, India Public Health Foundation of India, Tantia Medical Services Pvt. Ltd., India
Kamala M Cochran & Douglas India Tanya Arvind Dubash, India
Cochran, India Queens University of Belfast, UK Tata Steel Foundation, India
Kode Satya Gnana Prasunamba, India R P Mody / Hindusthan Engineering & Tech Mahindra Foundation, India
Konduri Nanda Kumar, India Industries Ltd., India
The Online Giving Foundation, India
Koteswara Rao S S R, India R Raghu Rayala, India
Thembey & Mhatre, India
Krishna & Vinod K Neotia, India Rabi Shankar Mishra, India
Tim Delhi Airport Advertising P. Ltd.,
Krishna Rao Kodali, India & USA Raghu Mody / Hindustan Composites India
Krothapalli Ravindranath, India LTD., India
Tista Trust, India
Labindia Instruments Pvt. Ltd., India Ramsahaimal Sahuwala & Sons
Charitable Trust, India Trigeo Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India
Lalitesh Katragadda, India U K Online Giving Foundation, UK
Lavelle Foundation, USA Ravindranath General Medical
Associates Pvt. Ltd., India University of New South Wales,
Lotus Trust, India Australia
Rayban Sun Optics India Pvt. Ltd.,
Lotus Wireless Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India Usha Kumar, India
India ValueMomentum Software Services
Rose Trust, India
Madanlal Harbahajanka, India Pvt. Ltd., India
Rotary Club International Foundation
Madhu & Sunil Saigal, India Vatsala & Vijay Sri Ram, India (Summit
Rotary Club of Hamburg, Germany
Madhu Kilaru & K P Prasad, India Furnitures, India)
Rotary Club of Hyderabad, India
Mahakalp Arogya Pratisthan, India Veer Chemie & Aromatics Pvt. Ltd.,
Rudra Appala Raju, India India
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. Ltd.,
India RVR Projects Pvt. Ltd., India Veljan Denison Ltd., India
Mandhani Carriers Pvt. Ltd., India S Ranganathan Charitable Venkata Suresh Babu Madallapalli,
Foundation, India India
Mani & C S Sastry, India
S S P D L Ventures Pvt. Ltd., India Vinita & Swaroop Kolluri, USA
Merck, Sharp and Dohme, USA
S Venkateswara Rao, India Vision Aid, USA
Microsoft India Pvt. Ltd., India
Sahyadri Trust, India Volta Impex Pvt Ltd., India
Mahyco Research Foundation, India
Saroja & A Narasing Rao, USA Willam Blair Kite, New Zealand
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, UK Satyam Enterprises, India World Health Organization, Malaysia
N Madhavi & N V Sastry, India Sembcorp Energy India Ltd., India Y Basavaraj, India
Nasscom Foundation, India Seva Automotive Pvt. Ltd., India Zen Quality Assurance Pvt. Ltd., India
Sheela Kanoria Foundation, India

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A Adinarayana, India Anita Jhunjhunwala, India B Surya Kumari, India
A Bhaskar, India Annapurna & Dr Durga Das Narla, Babubhai K Patel, Kenya
A Bheem Reddy Memorial Trust, India USA Bachu Narayana Sresty, India
A Janaki Ram, India Annapurna Bhaskari Foundation, Bajaj Sevashram Pvt. Ltd., India
India
A Krishna, India Bala Deshpande, India
Anne Adinarayana, India
A Mallikarjuna Rao, India Balaji Foods & Feeds Ltd., India
Ansuya, India
A Pandu Ranga Rao, India Balajii Trading Company, India
Anusha Vemuri, India
A Sashi Mohan, India Bank of India, India
Appasamy Associates Pvt. Ltd., India
A B Charitable Foundation, India Bausch + Lomb (India) Pvt. Ltd., India
Apple India Pvt. Ltd., India
A P Coated Papers (P) Ltd., India Baxter (India) Pvt. Ltd., India
Arjun Valluri, USA
A S Chowdhari Nava Bharat Bayer Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd., India
Foundation, India Arogya World, USA
Beena M Thakkar, India
A V Rama Rao, India Arun Sharma, India
Bengal Beverages Pvt. Ltd., India
A V R J Sarma, India Aruna Gorantla, India
Bhagya Lakshmi Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd.,
A2Z Infraservices Ltd., India Aruna Gottipati, India India
Aanchal Jain, India Aruna Kumari & Ram Kumari, USA Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd., India
Aarti and Siddarth Velakacherla, India Aruna Kumari & Ramamurthy Bhanumathi Ganapathiraju, India
Nagubadi, USA
Abeer Hasan Alnuaimi, UAE Bharat Biotech International Ltd.,
Arundathi Borthakur, India India
Abhay J Shah, India
Asharam Foundation, India Bharrti M Thakker, India
Abhay Rao, India
Ashish R Barwale, India Bhaskar Achanti, India
Accurate Developers Pvt. Ltd., India
Ashishlall, India Bhaskar Rao Bommakanti, India
Accurate Green Meadows
Developers, India Ashissh Thakker, India Bhaskar Roy Chaudhary, India
Acer Engineering Pvt Ltd., India Ashok Kumar Malpani, India Bhoomi Resources Pvt Ltd., India
Acuitic Consulting Engineers, India Ashoka Alpha Advisers LLP, India Bhosle Narayan Rao Patil, India
Adani Enterprises Ltd., India Ashram Foundation, India BHP Marketing Services India Pvt.
Aditya Sanghi, India Ashu Agarwal, India Ltd., India
Agrawal Minerals (Goa) Pvt. Ltd., India Ashwani Khurana, India Biju Patnaik, India
Agarwal Rubber Ltd., India Asia Cornea Foundation, Singapore BICS S A, Belgium
Agri Business Division - ITC Ltd., India Asia Engineering Co, India Bina & Dr T Gopal Rao, India
Ajay Suri, India Asian Surgical Company, India Bina Bhandari, India
Ajit Hazari, India Asiatic Oxygen Ltd., India Bindu Homes Pvt. Ltd., India
Ajit Pandurang Ranganekar, India Asit Kumar Mohanty, India Biomed Technologies, India
Akella Uday Shankar, India Assam Roofing Ltd., India Biomedix Optotechnik & Devices Pvt.
Aswini Homeo & Ayurvedic Products Ltd., India
Alkaloids Corporation, India
Pvt. Ltd., India Biotechnology Industry Research
Aleyegn Technologies LLC, USA Assistance Council (BIRAC), India
Aswini Homeo Pharmacy, India
Altruista Health Services Pvt. Ltd., BizAcuity Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India
India Ateeka Bai, India
Automotive Manufactures Pvt. Ltd., Brihaspati Vavilala
Amit Castings Pvt Ltd., India
India British Society for Antimicrobial
Amit Gupta, India Chemotherapy, UK
Avinash Pathengay, India
Amit J Dolakia, India Budhadev Mishra, India
B C Mohanty & Sons Pvt Ltd., India
Amit Saxena, India Bujhta Baba, India
B M W Ventures Ltd., India
Amitha Nallu Reddy, India Bushan Lal Jalali, India
B S Sponge (P) Ltd., India
Amulya Oils and Chemicals, India BVSSR Murthy, India
B V Chalam, India
Anand Kumar Jalakam, India C A Padma Prabhu, India
B Bharat Chandra, India
Andrea Stern & Larry Hulbert, C B R Forum, India
Australia B Kinnera Murthy, India
B Ranganayakkamat, India C H Surya Prakash, India
Anil K Thakar, India
B Soma Raju, India C P Mehta, India
Anil R Goyal, India
B Srinivasula Setty India C Lalita, India

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C Syamala Bhaskaran, India Dalmia Bharat Foundation, India Emmennar Pharma Pvt. Ltd., India
C Srinivasa Sastry, India Dandu Harish Varma, India Entod Pharmaceuticals Ltd., India
Can Kids Kids Can, India Danukuni, India Essilor India Pvt. Ltd., India
Caps Gold Pvt. Ltd., India DBT HRD Project & Management Unit, Eva & George F Hilton, USA
Caregroup Sight Solution LLP, India India Evita Fernandez, India
Carmeuse Middle East & Asia, UAE De Heer, Netherlands Executors, Estate of Late Mrs Roshan
Centum Electronics Ltd., India Deccan Cements Ltd., India M. Patel, India
Chadalawada Sudha, India Deena D Shah, India Eye Bank Association of India
Chalavadi Subba Rao, USA Deepak Fertilizers & Chemicals, India Eye Tech Care, France
Champaben & Mr Champalal Nahata, Deepak Singhi, India EyeYon Medical Ltd., Israel
India Dell International Services Pvt. Ltd., F D C, India
Chanda Agarwal, India India Firdaus Mehta, India
Chandana Brothers Multi Complex Delta Lens Pvt. Ltd., India Forward Finance Pvt. Ltd., India
Pvt. Ltd., India Department of Health Research, India Fullerton India Credit Co Ltd., India
Chintamaneni Srinivasa Rao, India Despatel Land Developers Pvt. Ltd., Future Retail Ltd., India
Chintan Mehta, India India
G A Choudary / Surya Charitable
Chirag Mittal, India Devansh P Visarshini, India Trust, India
Chirla Nivedita Reddy, India Deveneni Rajashekar, India G Chandra Sekhar, India
Chitra Kannabiran, India Devineni Bhakta Priya, India G Chandra Sekhara Rao, India
Chitturi Sujatha, India Devireddy Sarada Charitable Trust, G Jagajeevan Babu, India
India
Choice Marketing Associates, India G K Rao, India
Dhanesh Rashiklal Shah, India
Choice Marketing Company, India G Kathuria, India
Dhanji Lakhamsi Sawla, India
Christoffel-Blindenmission, India G N B Tech, USA
Dhirendranath Dwivedy, India
Cipla Ltd., India G Rama Rao, India
Digitral Pvt. Ltd., India
City University of London, UK G Saradha, India
Dinaz Hari Narain Singh, India
Cliantha Research Ltd., India G Srikrishna, India
Dinesh Choudhary Jasti, India
CoMake IT Software Ltd., G V S Reddy, MRM Aparna (Pinky)
Dintyala Udaya Kumar, India Reddy, India
Consolidated Products Corporations,
India Divi’s Laboratories Ltd., India Ganapathrai Tibrewala Trust, India
Constance & J V Aquavella, USA Doctus Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Gangabhishan Bhikulal Int Ltd., India
India
Coopervision, USA Gati Kintetsu Express Pvt Ltd., India
Dontineni Seshagiri Rao Charitable
Corneal Vision Care, India Trust, India GBR Freight Forwarders Pvt. Ltd, India
Coromandel Fertilizers Ltd., India Drushti Daan Eye Bank, India Geeta K Vemuganti, India
Covance India Pharmaceuticals Dr Chintapalli Subhakara Rao &Sri Geetha Nilkant Iyer, India
Services India Pvt. Ltd., India Achaiah Memorial Foundation, India Genohelex Care Pvt Ltd, India
Covidien Engineering Services Pvt. Dr PSIMS & RF (SAGTE), India Ghangabhishan Bhikulal, India
Ltd., India
DSM Nutritional Products India Pvt. Giridharilal Sanghi & Bajrang
CSIR Centre for Cellular & Molecular Ltd., India
Biology (CCMB), India Girvar Singh, USA
DSR Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd., India Githa Pisupati, India
CSIR Fellowship, India
DST - Inspire Faculty Award, India Give Foundation, India
D Balasubramanian, India
Dudhna Investment & Trading Pvt. Give Foundation Inc., USA
D B Pahlajani, India Ltd., India
D J Vyas, India Global Coal and Mining Pvt. Ltd., India
Duvvur Satyanarayana Rao, India Govind Oils Mills Pvt. Ltd., India
D K Somani, India E S P I Industries & Chemicals Pvt.
D N Kumar, India Grand Lodge of India, India
Ltd., India
D Kameswari Devi, India Guandhi Rajesh, India
Eastren Hatcheries (P) Ltd., India
D Phanidra, India Gunnam Sarada Devi, India
Eckert Ziegler Bebig GMBH, India
D Seetha Ramaiah, India Gunnam Subba Rao Trust, India
Emami Foundation, India
D Sita Devi, India GTN Textiles Ltd., India
Embee Corporation, India
Dr. Reddy’s Laborataries Ltd., India H M Charitable Trust, India
Emerald Chemicals, India
Daleepdhal Umaljatwani Hari Nagaralu, India
Emkaypee Insvestments Pvt. Ltd.,
Daleep Dhlumal Jatwani, India India Harish Y, India

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Harmony Foods Pvt. Ltd., India Jayanth Rasamsetti, India Kanak Projects Ltd., India
Head Digital Works Pvt. Ltd., India Jayantilal Kadakia, India Kandarpa Jaganadha Swamy, India
Head Infotech India Pvt. Ltd., India Jayaprakash N Menon, India Kantilal K Thakkar, India
Helping Hands of Rotary Trust, India Jayaram Valliyur, India Kanumuri Sowjanya, India
Hema Malini Arni, India Jayaraman Kannaiyan, India Kanuri Santhamma, India
Hirjibhai Jadavjibhai Chheda, India Jayashree Anumolu, India Kapoor Charitable Foundation, USA
Himalayan Cataract Project, USA Jayesh Vazirani, India Kastur Dhanji Sawla, India
Hindustan Calcined Metals Pvt. Ltd., Jaysinh Sakharam Konkar, India Kasturi Krishnakumar, India
India Jeevan S. Ahuja, USA Kathanji Chaturbhuj Sanatorium
Hindustan Composites Ltd., India Jiv Daya Foundation, USA Trust, India
Hi-Tech Elastomers Ltd., India Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Katherine & C S Reshmi, USA
Homas Mammen Medical, India Public Health, USA Katragadda Bhagat Singh, India
Humphrey Instruments, USA Josyula Satyavani,India Kavita Nampalli, Australia
HY Magnetics Pvt Ltd., India Josyula Somayya & Venkamma Trust, Kayji Real Estate Pvt. Ltd., India
Hyundai Motors India Engineering India Kedia Agrotech Pvt Ltd., India
Pvt. Ltd., India Josyula Venkata Bhanumurthy, India Kendle India Pvt. Ltd., India
I Base Software Solutions (India) Pvt. Joveeta Ruben, India Keshav G V Reddy, India
Ltd., India Joya Pinnamaneni, India Keshava Narayan Tilak, India
I M Thapar, India Joyalukkas Foundation, India Kader Exports Private Limited,
I V Raghu Kumar, India JSS Medical Research India Pvt Ltd., IndiaKhalifa Al Khalifa, Bahrain
IDBI Bank Ltd., India India Khan Bahadur Babukhan Foundation,
Ilios Power Pvt. Ltd., India Jyothsana Akkineni, India India
Indian Institute of Technology, India K Aravinda Krishna, India Khimji-K.D. & Sons Pvt. Ltd., India
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd., K Damodar Reddy, India Kilaru Chaitanya, USA
India K Madhukar Reddy, India Klar Sehen Pvt. Ltd., India
Indian Orthocane Surgicals Ltd., India K Pratap Reddy, India Kokil Pathak, UAE
Indian Vision Institute, India K Raghavendra Rao, India Kola Anna Reddy, India
Indira K Mehta, UAE K Rama Rao, India Kommareddy Girija Devi, India
Indo Sweden Grant, India K Sivarama Krishna, India Kommareddy Rambabu, India
Indo-US Science and Technologies, K Sudhakar Reddy, India Konda Venkata Nagaraju, India
India
K V R Choudary, India Konan, Japan
Innvocept Global Solutions, India
K Vasantha Rao, India Koshi Lalgehi, India
Inservia Innovations Pvt. Ltd., India
K Vijai Sarathy, India Krishna D Pinisetti, India
Inspirelabs Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India
K V R Power Projects, India Krishna Vikas Peddibhotla, India
Integrated Cleanroom Technologies
Pvt. Ltd., India Kader Exports Pvt. Ltd., India Krishna Yalamanchi, India
International Society for Low Vision Kakarla Subba Rao, India Krothapalli Sitakoteswari, India
Research and Rehabilitation, USA Kakarla Sushrut, India Kuchakulla Sowbhagya, India
IQVIA, India Kakatiya Cement Sugar & Industries, Kuruganti Suresh, India
IQVIA, RDS (India) Pvt. Ltd., India India Kwality Sales & Services Pvt. Ltd.,
IRM Offshore & Marine Engineers Pvt. Kala Gopalakrishnan, India India
Ltd, India Kallianji Chaturbhuj, India L Dadlani, India
J Syam Prasad Reddy, India Kalpana U Parikh, India Lady Tata Memorial Trust, India
J V Siva Rama Krishna, India Kalyan Babu Sangam, India Lalith Kumar J, India
Jagadeesh Pillarisetti, India Kalyani Tarumani, India Lalitha & Mr V Venkata
Jagadish Gullapalli, India Kamla Oleo Pvt. Ltd., India Subramanyam, India
Jagannath Damaraju, India Kamala & L N Taneja, India Lalitha, India
Jain Roadways, India Kamala Dalmia Charity Trust, India Lalithamba Panda, India
Jalagam Prasad Rao, India Kamala Ginning and Oil Industries Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd.,
Pvt. Ltd., India India
Jalagam Sri Kumari, India
Kameswari Devi Dwarapalak, India Landmark IT solutions Pvt. Ltd., India
Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, India
Kamlesh Kapur, India Latha Ravindran, India
Jayant Lunawat, India
Kammineni Agencies Pvt. Ltd., India Laxmish Acharya, India

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Lense Home, India Mendu Rammohan Rao, India Nirmal Sharma, India
Letz Change Foundation, India Merle Fernandes, India Nissar Ahmed Siddiqui, India
LNB Group Foundation, India Metrochem API Pvt. Ltd., India Niveditha, UK
Lotus Chocolate Company Ltd., India Meva Devi Ramchander Nagori Nobuo Ishida, Japan
Lotus Wireless Technologies India Pvt. Charitable Trust, India Northern Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd., India
Ltd., India MGM Foundation, India Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., India
Lucid Medical Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., MHS Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., India Novo Nordisk India Pvt. Ltd., India
India Michael Berman, USA Nucleome Informatics Pvt. Ltd., India
Lyla & Ramchandar Rao Yerneni, USA Micro Vision, India Nurbanu & Amir Hemani, India
M Rammohan Rao (HUF), India Mihiir Thakkerr, India O P Tibrewala Foundation, India
M Sakuntala, India Milmet Laboratories Pvt Ltd., India Odisha Construction Corporation
M C Agencies, India Mint Investments Ltd, India (OCC) Ltd., India
M V Surya Narayana, India Misereor, Germany Okoro Desmond Osohen, Nigeria
M V R Murthy / East Coast Mitsuaki Aoki, India One Sight India Foundation, India
Development Foundation, India
Mobility India, India Optimus Drugs Pvt. Ltd., India
M V V Raja Sekhar, India
Monideepa Chakravarti, India Optival Health Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,
Maa Kuthari Charitable Trust, India India
Monimoy Ghosh, India
Macquarie Global Services Pvt. Ltd., Ornate India Project, India
India Mphasis Ltd., India
Murali K Divi, India Orson Holdings Company Ltd., India
Madala Charitable Trust (India), India
Musunuru Srinivas, India Oruganti Vijayasree, India
Madanlal Harbhajanka, India
N Laxmi, India Oshiwara Land Dev Co Ltd., India
Madanlal Patodia Charitable Trust,
India Nalin Rhaara, India P Arjuna Rao, India
Madhu S Kapoor, India Nalini & Ratnam V Mullapudi, USA P B Charitable Foundation Trust, India
Madhuvan Iron Pvt. Ltd., India Nalini Hebbar, India P C Tejaswi, India
Madhvai Gajjala Reddy & Mohan Nalini Seksaria, India P Jaya Bharati, India
Reddy, India Naman Gupta, India P K Bakshi, India
Magma Fincorp Ltd., India Nambi Parthasarathy, India P K Business Enterprise Ltd., India
Mahaldar Hansiya, India Narahari, USA P K Kanoria, India
Mahboob Ahmed, UAE Narendra Kumar Mor, India P K Sai Prakash, India
Mahesh K Thakkar, India National Health Mission, India P M I Organization Centre Pvt Ltd.,
Malaxmi Infra Ventures (India) Pvt. India
National Litho Printers, India
Ltd., India P Narendra & P Mahendra, India
National Mineral Development
Mallikarjun Kencha, India Corporation (NMDC), India P P D Pharmaceutical Development
Manav Jalan, India India Pvt. Ltd., India
National Scheduled Castes Finance
Mani & Sudarsana Rao Akkineni, USA and Development Corporation, India P Jaya Bharathi, India
Manish S Sugandhi, India Nayudamma Foundation and Rural P Rajya Lakshmi, India
Manjula & Rajender Bansal, USA Development, India P Rama, India
Manthena Satyanarayana Raju, India Nazimul Hussain, Bangladesh P Rama Devi, India
Maruti Opticians, India Neelima Times, India P Rama Rao, India
Mary & Manmadha Rao Kasaraneni, Neera Agrawal, India P Rama Rao Naimisam, India
USA Neeti Vipul Shah, India P Venkatapathi Raju, India
Matta Vamsee Krishna, India Nicholos Lee, Singapore P Yasmeen & Saryeen, India
Meda Narasimhulu & Co, India Nikhil Dujari, India P V Chalapathi Rao, India
Meena & Brahmaji Mutyala, USA Nikhil S Gokhale & Anant Gokhale, P V K S Varma, India
Meenalochani & Mr V Raghunathan, India Pabba Shankaraiah, India
India Nikhil Shreeram Choudhari, India Padma & Prasad Guntupalli, USA
Meera & Suresh Ramamurthy, USA Nikita Mehta, India Padma & V Neelakanta Rao Dantu,
Megha Engineering and Nikunj J Shah, India India
Infrastructures Ltd., India Nilanjana Joardar, India Padma Boorgu, India
Megha Sharda, India Niraj Bajaj Charitable Trust, India Padmavathi Abbinai, India
Mehta Investment & Trading, India Nirmal Kumar Bagaria & Sunita Padmavathi Chevuri, USA
Megha Investments Pvt. Ltd., India Bagaria, India Padmini Gopalakrishnan, India

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Palle Rama Rao, India Securitisation Company Ltd, India Rangineni Kamalamma Agricultural
Pandrol Rahee Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Printers Den, India Research Foundation, India
India Priyank Choudhury, India Rao Vallabhaneni, USA
Pang Chia-Li, Singapore Providence India Insurance Broking Rashmi & Dinesh Chawla, USA
Panjala Lakshmi Devi, India Pvt. Ltd., India Ratna Babu, India
Pankaj Jain, India Pullela Sushila, India Ratna Tulasi & Dr B R Yelamanchili,
Paras Mehta, India Purushottam Lal Agarwal, India USA
Pardhasaradhi Srinivasa Viswanadha, Pusarla Trust, India Ravela Timbers, India
Singapore Pushpa Bansal, India Ravi Ravi Teja, India
Paresh Karia, India Pushpavathi Murgai, India Ravi Chenchu Poorna Chandra Rao,
Parexcel International Clinical India
Qilu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., China
Research Pvt. Ltd., India Ravi Shankararamiah, India
Quinn India Ltd., India
Parimala Srinivasan, India Ravi Shanker Bommakanti, India
Quality Chemicals, India
Partha Sarathi, Singapore Ravipati Raghava Rao, India
R Appala Raju, India
Pauruchisti R Katrak, India Rawatmull Karnani Memorial Trust,
R S Brothers Group C S R Foundation, India
Pavan Surya Prakash Ponnam, India India
Pehel Foundation, India RCI Logistics Pvt. Ltd., India
R S Brothers Retail India Pvt. Ltd.,
Pershad Sanghi, India India Reena Singh, India
Personnel Search Services Pvt Ltd., Radha & G G Vaidya, India Regional Grand Lodge of Southern
India India Charitable Trust, India
Radhabai Palnitkar Medical Education
Pervar Gangadhar, India Society, India Reliance Foundation, India
Pfizer Award Ophthalmics Carlcamras, Radharaman Hospital, India Resche Healthcare and Consulting
India Services Pvt. Ltd., India
Radiant Cables Pvt. Ltd., India
Pharm Aromatic Chemicals, India Retina Association, India
Raees Ahamed Rohile, UAE
Pinnamaneni Poly Clinic, India Retina Associates Eye Foundation,
Raghav Polymers, India India
Pinnamaneni Trivikrama Prasad, India Raghu Krishna, India Revathy Venu Gopala Chary, India
Pola Radhakrishna, India Raja Narayanan, India Richa & Lal Gehi, India
Polymer Technology Inc, USA Rajashree Pinnamaneni, India Rita & Bill Bourne, USA
Poorna Chandra Tejaswi, India Rajeev Mohan Raj Lalwani, India Rithwik Projects Pvt. Ltd., India
Prabha & Surya Prakash, India Rajendra Prasad Bhatt, USA Ritin Goyal, India
Pradeep Gupta, India Rajendra Y Angle, India Rohit Hegde, India
Pradeep Kumar Rakshi, India Rajeshwari Mohini Mandula, India Roshan M Patel, India
Pragati Art Printers, India Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Rotary Club Hamburg – ELBE,
Prafulla & Harnath Babu Koneru, USA Biotechnology, India Germany
Prakash Chandra Mohanty, India Rakesh Chandra Tripathi, India Rotary Deutschland Gemeindienst,
Prasad Acumeter Pvt. Ltd., India Ram Bilas Agarwal, India Germany
Prasad Film Productions, India Ram Swarup Agarwal, India Royal Commonwealth Society for The
Prasad Productions Ltd., India Ramadevi & Vijay Chintalapudi, India Blind (Sightsavers), India
Prasanthi Tummala, India Ramakrishna Kode, India RSB Charitable Trust, India
Prashant Bhatia, UAE Ramakrishna Poddar Smaraknidhi, Rupen Vinodbhai Soni, India
Prashant Garg, India India Rustom D Ranji, India
Praveen Kumar Shetty, UAE Ramakrishna Ramaswamy, India S Amruthavalli, India
Pravin Kumar Tandlay, India Ramakrishna Vooda, India S Balaparameswara Rao, India
Prayagh Nutri Products Pvt. Ltd., India Ramchandra Jadhav, India S Mahaveer Chand Jain
Prateek Menezes Memorial Ramesh Chand Agarwal, India S R Govinda Rajan, India
Foundation, India Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, India S R K Consultants, India
Prateep Vyas, India Ramesh Chandra V Doshi, India S R L Diagnostics, India
Pratyusha Vuppala, India Ramesh Kekunnaya, India S Srinivasan, India
Preethi T, India Ramesh Kumar Tharad, India S V Saikumar, India
Prema & H V Janardhan, USA Ramesh Mantri, India Sagar Business Pvt. Ltd., India
PremNandhini Satgunam, India Rampion Eyetech Pvt Ltd., India Sahil Goel, India
Pridhvi Asset Reconstruction & Ranasaria Poly Pack Pvt. Ltd., India Sai Chanderraju, India

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Sai Pragathi Estates & Cons. Ltd., India Shitturi Sujatha, India Sri Krishna Jewellery Mart, India
Sai Sri Printers, India Shivalik Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd., India Sri KSSV Finvest Pvt. Ltd., India
Sajid Ali, USA Shivaji Sisinthy, India Sri Rama Raju Charitable Trust, India
Salarpuria Jajodia & Co, India Shobha & Aashish Boghani, USA Sri Ramdas Motor Transport, India
Salesforce.com India Pvt. Ltd., India Shobha Boghani, India Sri Rameswar Ram Charities, India
Samkxgi Pistors & Rings Ltd., India Shobha Mocherla, India Sridevi Penmetcha, India
Samuel Jacob George, India Shoukat Ali, India Srilekha Chavvakula, India
Sandhya Foundation, India Shri Adinath Netralay, Veerayatan- Srinibiological Labs P. Ltd., India
Sandhya Reddy, USA Palitana, India Srinivas, India
Sangeeta Garg, India Shri Balaji Iron Foundry Pvt. Ltd., India Srinivasa Hatcheries (P) Ltd., India
Sangeeta Wagh, India Shri Kudilal Govindram Seksaria Srinivasa Poultry & Cattle Feeds, India
Foundation, India
Santen Inc., USA Srinivasa Rao P, India
Shri Vidya Trust, India
Santen-India Pvt. Ltd., India St Jude Medical India Pvt Ltd., India
Shrinivasan Shesha Iyengar, India
Santosh Honavar, India St Marks Hotel Pvt. Ltd., India
Shure Audio Technologies Pvt. Ltd.,
Sarada Devi Gunnam, India India Standard Industrial Engineering
Saranjit Singh Dhupia, India Company, India
Shyam Choudary, USA
Saranya & Bapineedu Gondi, USA Start Help Foundation, India
Shyam Prabhaker, USA
Sarojini Verra, India Sua Devi Poddar Foundation, India
SIEC India Pvt. Ltd., India
Sarva Kalyan Kosh, India Subhabrata Chakrabarti, India
Sight Life, USA
Sasanala Bhavani Sirisha, India Subhadra and Subhash Kaul, India
Sight Savers International, UK
Sashi & Ravinder Sharma, USA Subia Roshan Baig, India
Simran Bagga, India
Sasidhar Industries, India Subramanyam V Venkata, India
Sinduri Reddy, India
Sasya Ravuri, India Sudershan Drugs & International Ltd.,
Siris Ltd., India India
Satish, India Sirisha Senthil, India Sudha Kanumuri, India
Satya Enterprises, India Sita Rajya Lakshmi Goteti, India Sudhakar Nampalli, India
Satya Jayaraman, India Sitamma & Rattayya Vallurupalli, India Sudhir Prakash / Darshanlal Anand
Satyanarayana Prasad Kommareddy, Smt Indukuri Shakaramma (Indu Prakash & Sons Pvt. Ltd., India
India Projects Ltd.), India Sudhir R Doshi, India
Savitri & S L Kumar Sadbhavana Trust, Smt Pothinindi Kanaka Durgamma
India Suha Devi Poddar Charitable Trust,
Charitable Trust, India India
Seabird Resorts Pvt. Ltd., India Smt Sri Garikipati Dontulu Charitable Sujatha & Dr Y A Kesava Rao, USA
Secunderabad Oils Ltd., India Trust, India
Sujatha Das, India
Seed Co. Ltd., Japan Snehalatha Reddy, India
Sukla Mitra, India
Shah Devraj Nensee Trust, India Social Empowerment and Economic
Development Society (SEEDS), India Summit Furnishers, India
Shah Tejas Bhupendra, India
Sohani Charitable Trust, India Sunanda Keshav Tilak, India
Shailake Nocarb Pvt. Ltd., India
Somani Foundation, India Sunil Amarlal Hinduja, India
Shailesh Ramanlal Parikh, India
Somasheila Murthy, India Sunita Jain, India
Shalini Rao & Justice M N Rao, India
Sone Ki Chidiya Foundation, India Sunkalp Award/Grant for Young
Sham Sunder Kanoria, India Researchers, India
Shanghai Eye Hospitals, China Southern Ferro Steels Ltd., India
Supra Enterprises, India
Shanta & Rajendra Prasad Challa, Sowjanya Kilaru, USA
Surendra Basti, India
India Spectra Shares & Scrips Ltd., India
Suresh Gopalakrishnan, India
Shanta Biotech Pvt Ltd., India Spinco Biotech Pvt. Ltd., India
Suresh Ramaswamy, USA
Shantha Biotechnics Pvt. Ltd., India Sree Bharat Labs, India
Suri Radha Krishna Murthy, India
Shanti Swarup Sharma & Meera Sree Devi P, India
Sharma, India Surya Kaladhar Madhavapeddi, India
Sree Ganesha Utsava Charitable
Shantilal Jain, India Trust, India Suryakiron Venkata Emani, India
Sharadini Vyas, India Sreedevi & Suresh Challa, India Suryasnata Rath, India
Shashi Kant Mahajan, India Sreedevi Penmetcha, India Susarla Maruthi Sravya, India
Sheshi & Mr Ravinder Sharma, USA Sri Aruna Auto Service Ltd., India Sushila Harilal Shah, India
Shilendra Swarup, India Sri Hanuman Agencies, India Sushma Jayanna, India

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Sutherland Healthcare Solutions Trilok Chand Kochar, India Vijay Laxmi Inani & Jagdish Chandra
Pvt. Ltd., India Trupti Automotives, India Inani, India
SVD Finvest Ltd., India Tulsian Charitable Trust, India Vijay Laxmi Rangan, India
Swadesh Kapoor, India Tunuguntla Suryanarayana, India Vijay Sree Ram Siddamsetty, India
Swain Enterprises, India Tyle Family Ltd. Partnership, USA Vijaya Durga Beverages, India
Swarna Kumari & Dr N U Rao, India Uma Aisola, India Vijaya Kumari & Anil K Mandal, India
Syamala & C S Bhaskaran, India Uma Rao & Ram Mohan Rao (N Vijaya Nagar Bio Tech Ltd., India
Syed Basharath Ali, India Venkataswami Chetty Charitable Vijayakumar Chilakapati, USA
Syed Firasath Ali, India Trust), India Vijayakumari Nandakumar, India
Symbiosis Technologies, India Umang Mathur, India Vijayakumari Vellanki, India
Synergies Castings Ltd., India Uni Ads Ltd., India Vijaychandra N Cantol, India
T Hanumathi, India Union Bank of India, India Vimta Labs Ltd., India
T L Prasad, India Universal Cine Traders Pvt. Ltd., India Vincent Michael, USA
T Lakshmi Jhunjhunwala, India University Grants Commission, India Vineet Kumar Lalani, India
T N C Rangarajan, India University of Nottingham, UK Vinod Harilal Jhaveri, India
T Padmanabhan, India Uppuluri Chowdary, USA Vinod Lakhanpal, USA
T S R Anjaneyulu, India Usha George, India Vipul Harilal Shah, India
Talla Shiv Kumar, India Usha Gopinathan, India Virchow Laboratories Ltd., India
Tantia Concrete Products Ltd., India V Anasuya Devi, India Virender S Sangwan, India
Tantia Construction Co. Ltd., India V Rajeswri, India Vishnu Aromatics Ltd., India
Tarangini Kalicheti, India V Ranganayaki Rao, India Vision Care, India
Tariq Basheer, UAE V Saradamba, India Vision CRC Ltd., India
Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd., India V Sujatha, India Vision Rx Lab Pvt. Ltd., India
Tatambhotla Venkata Krishna Murthy, V Veerabhadrarao, India Vivekananda Health Centre, India
India V M Rathi, India Vizag Hospital & Cancer Research
Tear Lab Corporation, USA V M H Govindarao, India Centre Pvt. Ltd., India
Techwave Infotech Pvt. Ltd., India V V Krishna Rao, India Vuchi Media Pvt. Ltd., India
TEKsystems Global Service Pvt. Ltd., Vaibhav Empire Pvt Ltd., India Vuyyuri Rajeswari, India
India Vasantha Rajasekharan, India We Believe Foundation, India
The Andhra Sugars Ltd., India Vasudev Dandanayak, India Western Hatcheries, India
The Association for Research in Vision Veena B Patel, India Western Transport Agency, India
and Ophthalmology [ARVO], USA
Veer Singh, India Whishworks IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.,
The Davars & Unnavas Family, India
Australia & India Veeramachineni Sarojini, India
Vellanki Suseela Devi, India Y C Mruthyunjaya, USA
The Guirdham Trust, UK
Vemulapalli Sarojini, India Y Madanamohana Rao, India
The Hyderabad Public School Society
(Regd.), India Vemulapalli Sunitha, India Y Madan Mohan Rao, India
The Mitchell Group Inc., USA Venco Research & Breeding Farm, Yadala Naveen Prashanth, India
The Sukh Family, USA India Yasho Industries Ltd., India
The Water Base Ltd., India Venkat Purushotham, USA Youdan Marketing, India
Thomas Minner, USA Venkata Krishna Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., YourCause, USA
India Zurich Financial Services, UK
Thoughtworks Technologies (India)
Pvt. Ltd., India Venkateswara Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd.,
India
Tibarumal & Sons, India
Venkateswara Rao, India
Time Cap Pharma Labs Pvt. Ltd., India
Venkateswara Rao Vellanki, India
Tirupati Logistics, India
Venkateswara Research & Breeding,
Tirupati Traders, India India
Tolaram Ratanlal Goenka Trust, India Venky’s (India) Ltd., India
Toms Shoes LLC, USA Versant Online Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,
Topankishore Patel, UK India
Topsel Marketing Pvt. Ltd., India Vidya Sagar Chintapalli, India
Tower base Services Pvt. Ltd., India Vijaykumar Mucheli, India

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Ahmedabad Canada Alcon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.

Amaya Vasa Eye Sight International Alka Chowdhry & Pradeep Chowdhry
Cliantha Research Ltd. Operation Eyesight Universal Amith Kumar P V
Jayesh Vazirani Amitha Nallu Reddy
Chennai
Kalpana U Parikh Anil Kumar
Cognizant Foundation
Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd. Anita Jhunjhunwala
Ramsahaimal Sahuwala & Sons
Rupen Vinodbhai Soni Charitable Trust Anitha Malpani
Shailake Nocarb Pvt. Ltd. Appari Durga Prasad
China
Vasudev Dandanayak Archana Bhargava
Brighten Optix Corporation
Ashish Shukla
Aurangabad District (Bihar)
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) Ashok Kondapi
Saurabh Kumar Sunny
Aroh - Giving Hope Ashok Kumar Jalagam
Baptla District (Andhra Pradesh) T Padmanabhan Ashok Kumar Malpani
Pasupulati Srinivasa Rao Asian Associates
Cuttack
Bellary (Karnataka) Trupti Automotives Aswini Homeo & Ayurvedic Products
Pvt. Ltd.
Sree Ganesha Utsava Charitable Trust
Eluru (Andhra Pradesh) Ateeka Bai
Bengaluru Manohar Gopal Lunani Atmakuri Ramam
Anand Kumar Jalakam Venugopal Lunani B S M Lakshmi
Carl Zeiss India Pvt. Ltd. Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd.
Ernakulam (Kerala)
Christoffel Blindenmission Bhaskar Rao Bommakanti
Pushpa Jacob
Essilor India Pvt. Ltd. Bina Bhandari
Garima Agarwal Faridabad BizAcuity Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Infosys Foundation Binay Singh Brihaspati Vavilala
IQVIA, RDS (India) Pvt. Ltd. Ganjam (Odisha) Caps Gold Pvt. Ltd.
Practo Foundation Trust Rabindra Panigrahy Celon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.
Soumi Gajendra Mahapatra Y Srinivasulu Chavali Padmalaya
Thoughtworks Technologies (India) Chintamaneni Srinivasa Rao
Pvt. Ltd. Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)
Chitra Kannabiran
Titan Company Ltd. Rajnish Rai
Columbus Global Services India Pvt.
Venkata Suresh Babu Madallapalli Ltd.
Germany
Bhopal Gebauer Medizintechnik GMBH CSIR Centre for Cellular & Molecular
Biology (CCMB),
Firdaus Mehta
Gurugram Chandra Baid
Sudha Asthana
Amit Gupta Chandra Sekhar V S G
Bhubaneswar Manavendra Davar Choice Marketing Associates
Akshit Ray D Suryanarayana Murty
Hyderabad
Anindita Basu DBT - Wellcome Trust India Alliance
A G R S Sai Sastry
Latha Ravindran Darphad Reddy B
A V Rama Rao
Manoj Kumar Agarwal Deena D Shah
A Madhavarao
Manpreet Kaur Rai Dinaz Hari Narain Singh
A Pandu Ranga Rao
MGM Minerals Ltd. Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.
A Srinivas
NTPC Ltd. Doctus Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Accurate Developers Pvt. Ltd.
Padma Lochan Mohanty Durvasula Brahmaji Rao
Acuitic Consulting Engineers
Suryasnata Rath Emmennar Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
Aity Rakesh
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) Akella Uday Shankar G Chandra Sekhar
Amit Gadodia Akhilesh Gupta Gangadhar Kopparthi
Akilla Srinivasa Rao Gayathri B

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GBR Freight Forwarders Pvt. Ltd. Mahesh Natarajan Prolifics Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
Geetha Nilkant Iyer Malladi Venkata Nagarjun Purnima Gupta
Gemini Edibles & Fats India Pvt. Ltd. Manish S Sugandhi Pusarla Trust
Genohelex Care Pvt. Ltd. Manita Gupta Foundation R S Brothers Retail India Pvt. Ltd.
Gland-Fosun Foundation Medicherla Bhairava Murthy R Harshavardhan Reddy
Granules India Ltd. Megha Engineering and Rai Saheb Pannalal Hiralal Lahoti
GTN Engineering India Ltd. Infrastructures Ltd. Charitable Trust
Gutta Bhanumathi Merle Fernandes Rajeshwari Mohini Mandula
Harilal Velji Shah Meva Devi Ramchander Nagori Rajeswari Mylapore
Charitable Trust Rakesh Jalota
HES Infra Pvt. Ltd.
MHS Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. Ramakrishna Vooda
Hemalatha Vijayaraghavan
Micro Labs Ltd. Ramesh Kancharla
Hyderabad One Round Table 212
Misbah Hussain Ramesh Kekunnaya
I V Raghu Kumar
Mudit Tyagi Ravi Chenchu Poorna Chandra Rao
I Base Software Solutions (India) Pvt.
Ltd. MVDSV Prasad Ravi Krishnamoorthy
Infor (India) Pvt. Ltd. N S Ramachandran Ravi Shanker Bommakanti
J T H Murthy Nanduri Gnana Prasunamba Raymond Stephen Noronha
Jagannath Damaraju Nannapaneni Kamala Reeta Sanghi
Jalagam Prasad Rao Nasreen Hussain S Mahaveer Chand Jain
Jalagam Sri Kumari National Mineral Development Sahitya Reddi Sunki Reddi
Corporation (NMDC)
Jayanth Rasamsetti Sai Chanderraju
Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd.
Jayaram Valliyur Saikrishna Boyina
Naveen Kumar M
Jayaraman Kannaiyan Samuel Jacob George
Naveen Sudharshanam
K Aravinda Krishna Santosh
NCC Ltd.
K Aruna & K Bhanumurti Satish Reddy
Neelam Kejriwal
K Tirupathi Rao Satya Jayaraman
Niyanthi Chirla
Kajal Vipul Shah Savithri Ponnapureddy
Nucleome Informatics Pvt. Ltd.
Kakarla Sushrut Shaily Malpani
Om Tao Scientific Apparatus
Kala Gopalakrishnan Shankar Narayana Planjery
Operational Eyesight Universal (India)
Kalyan Babu Sangam Shivaji Sisinthy
Optimus Drugs Pvt. Ltd.
Kalyani Tarumani Shobha Boghani
Optum Global Solutions (India) Pvt.
Kamini Mirchandani Ltd. Shobha Mocherla
Kanumuri Sowjanya Oruganti Vijayasree Shri Balaji Iron Foundry Pvt. Ltd.
Keshav G V Reddy P L Raju Constructions Ltd. Shure Audio Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Khemchand Daga Aruna Daga P Shilpa Sita Rajya Lakshmi Goteti
Koimbattor Ramchend Ganesh P Usha Siva Kumar B
Konduri Nanda Kumar P Vasantha Reddy Siva Sudheer Kumar Laddagiri
Korukanti Padmini Devi Pabbisetty Surya Prabhakar Sreedevi Penmetcha
Koteswara Rao S S R Padmini Gopalakrishnan Srikanth Challapilla
Laurus Labs Limited Parasakti Cement Industries Ltd. Srilakshmi Pasumarthy
Lotus Chocolate Company Ltd. Parvathi Canakapalli Srinivas Chavali
M B Srinivas Pavuluru Ajitha Srinivasa Rao Dastrala
M Devi Sunanda Pilloo R Italia Subbaraya Venkata Ramana Sarma
M Govardhan Challa
Poola Mahikanth
M Rammohan Rao Subhadra Jalali
Prasad Acumeter Pvt. Ltd.
Maanaveeya Development & Finance Sudhakar Chintawar
Prashant Garg
Pvt. Ltd. Sudhakar Nampalli
Prathyusha Tippala
Madhavi Burra Suhasini Kambham
Praveen Kumar G S
Madhu Kabra Suhasini Ravipati
Priyank Choudhury
Madhu Kilaru Sunil Baid

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Sunil Velagapudi Madanlal Patodia Charitable Trust Navdeep Singh Gill
Sunita Agarwal Pacific Management Pvt. Ltd. Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.
Sunita Chaurasia Sandip Mukherjee Pharm Aromatic Chemical Co
Sunita Jain Sheela Kanoria Foundation RHI Magnesita India Ltd.
Suven Trust Shresth Bansal Rajendra Yashwant Angle
Syed Basharath Ali Subrata Chattopadhyay Ramesh Kumar Tharad
Talla Shiv Kumar Vishal Churiwal Ramesh Mantri
Tech Mahindra Foundation Rupali Gupte
Krishna District (Andhra Pradesh)
Techwave Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Sai Life Sciences Ltd.
Dr PSIMS & RF (SAGTE)
TEKsystems Global Service Pvt. Ltd. Satyam Enterprises
Trigeo Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Kurukshetra (Haryana) Siemens Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. (SHPL)
Usha George Sahil Goel Sirisha Senthil
Uttam Ghogre Lucknow Smriti Rajesh Agrawal Foundation
V Prasad Kodali Kailash Bagga Sun Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd.
V Saradamba Sunil Kumar Singh Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd.
V Veerabhadrarao Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Malaysia
V C Parekh Charitable Trust The Online Giving Foundation
World Health Organization
V V Vijayakumar Veena B Patel
Vadapalli Satyanarayana Rao Margao (Goa) Vijaykumar Mucheli
Vaijayanti Jain Agrawal Minerals (Goa) Pvt. Ltd.
Nagarkurnool (Telangana)
Veer Chemie & Aromatics Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai A Bhaskar
Venkaiah Chowdary Nannapaneni
Abhay Panchal
Venkata Krishna Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. Nagpur
Abhishek Samant
Venkata Surya Satya Vara Prasad Purvasha Narang
Alankar Traders
Ditrakavi
Anjeli Hazari Nashik (Maharashtra)
Vijay Sree Ram Siddamsetty
Ankita Kothari Seva Automotive Pvt. Ltd.
Vijaya L Ramam
Asha Rajinder Gupta Nathdwara (Rajasthan)
Vishnu Murthy Chakka Sreeramulu
Ashissh Thakker Piyush Kabra
Vision Rx Lab Pvt. Ltd.
Bachhraj & Company Pvt. Ltd.
Vuchi Media Pvt. Ltd. Nellore District (Andhra Pradesh)
Bachhraj Factories Pvt. Ltd.
Y S R Foundation Sembcorp Energy India Ltd.
Bajaj Sevashram Pvt. Ltd.
Yesasvi Peddiraju
Balajii Trading Company New Delhi
YPVR Acharyulu
Behram Rustom Sethna Can Kids Kids Can
Zen Quality Assurance Pvt. Ltd.
Bharat G Bhambhani Chirag Mittal
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) Delta Lens Pvt. Ltd. DBT Grant - Wellcome Trust
Arpit Tuteja Dhan Bhappu Department of Science & Technology
Dilip Shantilal Shanghvi (DST)
Jalgaon (Maharashtra)
Executors of Will of Parvatibai Devindra Sood
Manisha Damani
Saremal Jain Gopal Krishan Kansal
Japan H M Charitable Trust Indian Council of Medical Research
Santen Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. H Soneji (ICMR)
ICICI Bank Ltd. Indo-US Science &Technologies
Kakinada District (Andhra Pradesh)
Innvocept Global Solutions Jamnalal Lakshmi Venugopal
Syam Madiki
Sons Pvt. Ltd. Nirmal Sharma
Y Venkata Sita Rama Rao
Lady Tata Memorial Trust Pehel Foundation
Kolkata Mihiir Thakkerr Pushpa Rani Sapra
Basudeb Ghosh Mission For Vision Rekha Yadav
Chhanda Majumdar Naraindas Morbai Budhrani Trust Royal Commonwealth Society for The
K Khaitan Foundation Narendra Ghuwalewala Blind (Sightsavers)
LNB Group Foundation National Association for The Blind Saranjit Singh Dhupia

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Savitri & S L Kumar Sadbhavana Trust Sydney Vadodara (Gujarat)
Science & Engineering Research Brien Holden Vision Institute Bimal Vasantlal Mehta
Board (SERB) Sudhakar Uday Kumar Pandit
Shobha Gupta Vision CRC Ltd.
Veer Singh Vijayawada
Tanzania Amaravati Surgicals
Noida Mustafa Mohamed Chadalawada Sudha
Excel Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. Ch Durga Rao
HEG Ltd. Thrissur (Kerala)
Ch Krishna Murthy
Joyalukkas Foundation
Panipat (Haryana) Crafts Council of Andhra Pradesh
Satyam Yarn Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) Dr Chintapalli Subhakara Rao and Sri
Arpit Totla Achaiah Memorial Foundation
Panaji (GOA) Jasty Savithri
Prateek Menezes Memorial United Arab Emirates (UAE)
K Ravindranadh Tagore
Foundation Ajay Suri
K Surya Narayana
Indira K Mehta
Parbhani (Maharashtra) Kallakuri Lakshmi Sumalatha
Prashant Bhatia
Ashish Pedgaonkar Khaza M Chistie
Simran Bagga
Peddapalli District (Telangana) Krishna Rao Kodali
United Kingdom (UK) Mallisetty Vijay Narasimha
Sudheer Sadanala
Queen’s University of Belfast P Chandra Sekhar Rao
Prakasam District (Andhra Pradesh) Syneos Health UK Ltd. Sree Bharat Labs
Pavan Surya Prakash Ponnam UK Online Giving Foundation Sree Padmavathi Venkateswara
Pune University of Sheffield Foundation
Amol Bhandkar Sri Kalyani Pharmaceuticals
United States of America (USA)
Bijoy Vincent Srinivasa Mani Thirthala
Arjun Kumar Trust
Jayant Lunawat T Ganga Bhavani
Arogya World
Jaysinh Konkar Chalavadi Subba Rao Visakhapatnam
Persistent Foundation EYElliance Annavaram Helping Hands
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) Give Foundation Inc. Bhavik Panchal
Sudhir Kumar Lasod Gopi Asha Leela Aishwarya Neil Chandana Brothers Multi Complex
Indo American Eye Care Society Pvt. Ltd.
Sangareddy (Telangana) Ganti Surya Kamala
Integrative Sciences LLC - USAID CBP
Amber Omprakash Agrawal Indian Medical Association
International Society for Low Vision
P Govinda Research and Rehabilitation K Padma Latha
Pandrol Rahee Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Jiv Daya Foundation Kommareddy Rambabu
Kavita Kalatur & Ravikumar Kolli Nagapalayam Palaniappan
Satara District (Maharashtra)
Krishna Rao Kodali Thangavelu
Chirag Gandhi
Latter-day Saint Charities P V G K Murthy
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) Lions Clubs International Foundation T V K Sarma
Sumit Jain Meera & Suresh Ramamurthy Thadi Cecilia
Onesight Foundation Vizag Hospital & Cancer Research
Siliguri (West Bengal)
Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Advait Tea & Agro Product Pvt. Ltd. Raelene & Raghav Gullapalli
Rajeev Ramachandran Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh)
Singapore
Risha & Gangadhar Prasad Kilaru Smt Pothinindi Kanaka Durgamma
Mission For Vision Foundation Ltd. Charitable Trust
Rural India Supporting Trust
Pardhasaradhi Srinivasa Viswanadha
Seva Foundation Warangal (Telangana)
Sundargarh (Odisha) The Sukh Family Koneru Prasunamba Gullapalli
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. Vision Aid West Godavari District (Andhra
Warby Parker Pradesh)
Sreenivasa Reddy Goluguri

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 In loving memory of
Dr Paul Dubord

1951 - 2022
The LVPEI family fondly remembers Dr Paul Dubord, one of
our dearest friends, a mentor and ardent supporter—a pillar
of strength. He significantly contributed to strengthening and
scaling up the cornea and eye banking services at LVPEI. In
acknowledgement the Dr Paul Dubord Distinguished Chair of
Cornea was instituted by LVPEI in 2011.

Passionate about bringing self-sustaining eye care to rural

communities in the developing world, Dr Dubord founded
Eyesight International, a non-profit organization. An inspiration for
many, he encouraged us to think big and do big. The LVPEI family
pledges to keep his legacy alive and to continue to ceaselessly
work towards eliminating avoidable blindness from the world.
Boards of Management
Hyderabad Eye Institute

Chairman Prof Nirmal K Ganguly Mr Kishore Kothapalli

Dr Gullapalli N Rao Delhi Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Mrs G Pratibha Rao Dr Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath
Members Hyderabad Bengaluru
Mr Ramesh Prasad
Mr Sai Prasad Mr V Rajanna
Hyderabad
Chennai Hyderabad
Prof Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
Mr Ajit Rangnekar Dr Arundhati Borthakur
Delhi
Hyderabad Guwahati
Mr Rajeev Nannapaneni
Hyderabad

Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation

Chairman Members Dr Sangita Mukhopadhyay

Prof Virender S Chauhan Dr V Raghunathan Hyderabad
Delhi Hyderabad
Prof L S Shashidhara
Secretary / Treasurer Mrs G Pratibha Rao Pune
Dr Gullapalli N Rao Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Dr N Manjula Reddy
Hyderabad

LVP Eye Innovations

Chairman Mr Rajeev Nannapaneni Mr Atmakuri Venkata Ramam

Dr Gullapalli N Rao Hyderabad Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Mr Kishore Kothapalli
Members Hyderabad
Mr Ajit Rangnekar
Hyderabad

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• At L V Prasad Eye Institute, we believe in working together towards our vision:
To provide equitable and efficient eye care to all sections of society. We work in
partnership with individuals, corporations and other like-minded organizations.

• All donations to the institute are eligible for income tax exemption and LVPEI is
registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to undertake CSR activities as
an implementing agency for eligible Corporates under the Companies Act, 2013.

• For more information, please write to us at communications@lvpei.org or visit

www.lvpei.org.

Kallam Anji Reddy Campus Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus

Hyderabad, Telangana Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

GMR Varalakshmi Campus Kode Venkatadri Chowdary Campus

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Tadigadapa, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh