Ms Paulami Sen Okay, where do I begin? I am surprised how life took unexpected turns and led me to something I am passionate about. If you would have asked me a couple of years ago where I saw myself in the future, if food entrepreneurship would be my destiny, I would have been uncertain as I never thought of it as a full-time career but a hobby that I enjoyed. Looking back I realized food always played a big part in my life, thanks to my Bengali roots. I firmly believe what

Dr Uday Kumar Addepalli Health is influenced by innumerable societal factors with direct effects on the quality of life and socio-economic standing of an individual. Here, rural communities are affected at large due to their poor economic status impacting health care services. To this end, medical community strives to grow to address the global needs by developing health strategies to reduce the burden on the society. The main objective of these policies was to establish publ

Dr Vivek Labhishetty Hello folks, for those who don’t know me yet, I am Vivek & I graduated from Bausch & Lomb School of Optometry in the year 2011. When I was asked to write an article about my experience as a researcher (or should I say I was voluntold!) and about the pros and cons to choosing a career in scientific research, I must admit I had no idea what I would be writing about, as I am still getting used to this life as an academic researcher and there is a long way to

Dr. Vaishnavi Raghuram For someone who dreamt about becoming a Fashion Designer all her life, Optometry as a career choice came as a shock to both my parents and me. Besides Fashion Designing, I also had Interior Designing, Celebrity stylist, even Law (the other extreme, I know!) on my mind for career options and, yet, somehow Optometry happened and I am glad it did.  ​ I would like to believe I was a decent student in school (scholarships 3 years in a row means ‘decent’, cor

Ms. Srividya Neriyanuri Diabetic Retinopathy – the big picture ​ Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), is a microvascular complication of the retina that results as a consequence of the most common hyperglycemic disorder - Diabetes. The early diagnosis, timely intervention, and regular follow up, each play an important role in controlling the progression of this sight threatening disease. It is one of the major causes of visual impairment with a prevalence of 35.3% worldwide (Yau et al.

Ms Tabita Naomi Veeravalli PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD EYE DISEASES ​ According to the recent survey (2011), World Health Organization (WHO) reported that about 19 million children were estimated to be visually impaired and 1.4 million children, blind worldwide¹. In India it is estimated that the percentage of blindness in children is 0.08%¹. Early detection or vision assessment in children is not only important to reduce the number of childhood avoidable blindness, but also to a

Dr.Pavan K. Verkicharla, BS Opt. Ph.D Published on 23rd March 2019 Let me start this with a disclaimer that this article is based on “my perspective” on myopia.   The title says it all.  It is still “unclear” why myopia occurs, when it occurs, how it occurs, who are at risk of developing or having progressive high myopia. Does that mean, we ignore it or take action to fight it? As Optometrists, we are the most responsible individuals of the eye care profession for the managem

Dr Debarun Dutta, BS Opt. FLVPEI, Ph.D Published on 6th May 2019 Hey ALOians, it seems like the first day of my journey at LVPEI, was just a month ago, but it’s been 12 years and I am surprised by how time flies! For those who are wondering who I am - I am Debarun Dutta, completed my One-year Clinical Fellowship (then!) in 2007-2008 at LVPEI, Hyderabad. Following this, I worked in the Cornea OPD (I still call it OPD!) for a while and later worked as a Contact Lens Consultant

The latest developments in the profession Share Indian Optometry is not the same what it was ten years ago. The profession has remarkably developed over these years. These latest developments are going to be pivotal in streamlining the profession and laying perfect path for obtaining recognition and regulation to the profession. In a series of articles Ms Lakshmi Shinde describes the latest developments in the profession. About the author Ms Lakshmi Shinde is the Chief Execut

About the author: Vijay K Sarvepally has done his Bachelors in Optometry  from Bausch Lomb school of Optometry, LV Prasad Eye Institute, affiliated to BITS – Pilani. Currently he is working as Head of Optometry department at Pushpagiri Eye Institute & Course Administrator cum teaching faculty at Pushpagiri School of Optometry and Ophthalmic sciences. Besides he also runs his own private Optometry practice. He is a member of International Association for Contact Lens Educators

Ms Lakshmi Bodduluri takes us through available Colour Vision tests and explores how technology likely to shape the future of colour vision testing. About the author Ms Lakshmi Bodduluri is currently a postgraduate research student (PhD) at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales. Her research involves the development and validation of an iPad colour vision test and applying this validated iPad test in children with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

by Sachin Gupta (LVPEI 2006) and Shreya Gupta (BLSO 2006) Share Ocular prosthestic rehabilitation boosts patients' confidence and also gives greatest satisfaction to OCULARISTS. Sachin and Shreya writes about Ocular Prothesis, a speciality that optometrists can look forward to as a career option. Eyes are the most important part of the facial beauty and generally the first feature of the face to be noted. Unfortunate loss or absence of an eye may be caused by a congenital def

In part 1 of this article series, Mr Prasad Sawant has defined in detail the role and focus of optometry. In this part, he will pen down his observations on setting up one’s own optometry practice. Owning an optometry clinic – the edge Having an own optometry clinic is the dream for most of us. However, it is not often the first choice as it needs experience, confidence, capital investment, impressive location and finally good patient base to run the show. Owning an Optometry

Swathi Vemula offering her services Vision Therapy is one of the core contents of optometry practice, this speciality of optometry is gaining lots of importance in India. Our alumnus from BLSO, Swathi Vemula (BLSO, 2009)  feels   fortunate to have gained invaluable experience in this field in Australia. In a series of articles starting from this month she will take us through her journey into Vision Therapy and also introduces to different Vision Therapy procedures. Having wo

In this two part series of this article Mr Prasad Sawant writes on how optometrists should exuviate the label 'Refractionist' As per the medical definition REFRACTIONIST, is a person (as an optometrist) skilled in the practical application of the laws of refraction especially to the determination of errors of refraction in the eye.[1] It is indeed a part of routine Optometric practice and one can even label it is as a bread & butter of this profession. Though doing an accura

Srinivas in  Rapid Assessment of Visual Impairment Project in Rajasthan, India  Dr Srinivas Marmamula Visual impairment is a public health challenge affects millions of people and uncorrected refractive errors continue to remain the leading causes of visual impairment worldwide. While the technology in refractive surgery and newer contact lens designs are catching up in developed countries and urban areas in developing countries such as India, millions remain uncorrected due

Ms Deepika Kommanapalli  This article commemorates the 135th birthday of an incredible woman, a political activist, lecturer and the renowned author, Helen Keller .   Years passed but her words-“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” are echoed till date. Helen was born on 27th June, 1880 in Tuscumbia, a rural town in Alabama, USA. At the age of eighteen months, she fell ill and was left blind, deaf and mute. Despite these limitations, by the age of six, she had

Ms Soniya Srivastava Share The subject on ‘Low Vision’ may be one of those specialized topics taught to us in final year of optometry course and then briskly brushed off with merely a month of rotation in the low vision clinic. But have you ever realized that offering low vision services sets us apart from other routine optometrists?  Of course, it takes great time and effort to establish a low vision practice but at the end it all pays off.   The good sign is that eye hospit

Dr Pavan Kumar Verkicharla As a child, I remember those days, when being a class 5 student, I preferred the not so interesting essay writing competitions as opposed to what most of the mob chose- painting. Yes, I am the one who chose a "black" pencil over the "colored" crayons. I blamed my school teachers for it thinking that they were inefficient in improving my aptitude towards painting by not teaching me how to differentiate colors.  It didn’t end there- I detested the tas

The debate continues. Should we call ourselves as doctors’? This article is written in response to recent posts on social media by some optometrists claiming to be doctors.                                                      -  Optom. Yeshwant Saoji, LVPEI Fellow 1992 Let us understand why Optometrists want the prefix Dr.? In India, medical profession is considered to be a white collared and respectable profession. Hence the parents want their children to either be Engineers