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NEWS @ L V Prasad Eye Institute October 2012 2 5 www.lvpei.org The 9 th General Assembly (9GA) of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), organized in conjunction with L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), was held at Hyderabad from 17-20 September 2012. The premier event in global eye health, the Assembly’s theme was “Eye Health: Everyone’s Business”, addressing a key public health challenge — the elimination of avoidable blindness and access to eye health services for all. Inaugurated by former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, it was the biggest ever IAPB meeting with almost 1600 delegates from 87 countries, over 50 symposia, sessions and courses, 120 eminent invited speakers and more than 400 paper and poster presentations. IAPB comprises 120 member organizations, including virtually every major international eye health NGO, as well as the global apex bodies for optometry and ophthalmology, disabled persons’ organizations, academic institutions and concerned corporations. All the members work together to eliminate avoidable blindness and vision impairment worldwide. (More on http://www.9ga.iapb.org/) IAPB Awards conferred for exceptional service to prevention of blindness globally and regionally: • Lifetime Achievement Award — Mr Christian G Garms, President and Chairman of the Board, IAPB • Global Achievement Award — Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Chair, LVPEI • Global Partnership Award — Merck & Co. Inc. Eye Health Hero: Mr V Rajashekar, Assistant Director and Head of LVPEI’s Village Vision Complex (VVC), was among the 15 Eye Health Heroes felicitated by the Assembly, in recognition of front line staff whose exemplary work in the field and engagement in the community helps restore sight all around the globe. Mr Rajashekar manages the operations of the VVC, which has served more than 700,000 outpatients and 85,000 surgical patients to date. Excellence Equity Efficiency 29 Optometry Graduates Begin their Careers The graduation ceremony of the 2011–2012 batch of optometry fellows was conducted on 28 August 2012. The diverse group, including 2 from Ghana and 27 from across India, completed their clinical training in optometric and ophthalmic subspecialties, acquiring experience in handling patients and diagnostic tests related to patient care. The group was special for several reasons. First, it was our silver jubilee batch and, as a testimony to our world-class training, every fellow’s performance was exemplary. Second, the fellows were trained under a new model of evaluation that maps each person’s growth on a monthly basis and rewards good performance by offering them an opportunity to attend graduate level courses conducted by our research optometry faculty. Eight fellows attended these classes, along with the Bachelor of Science (BS) optometry interns from the Bausch & Lomb School of Optometry. At the program, Dr Shrikant Bharadwaj, Associate Director of Optometry, summarized the fellowship program. Dr G Chandra Sekhar, Director, Kallam Anji Reddy campus, presented certificates to the fellows. Dr Prashant Garg, Director of Education, wished them the best for a successful career. Mr Srikanth Dumpati was the Master of Ceremonies. “I do not think the 9GA could possibly have been better. It is down to you and your team at LVPEI that everything was possible and why I think all the 1600 delegates found it such an outstanding success. I heard not one single complaint! Thank you for your leadership, vision and support.” Peter Ackland Chief Executive Officer, IAPB “Thanks again for setting up our tour. It was a great experience! What you have built is amazing. The concepts (pyramid) and planning are brilliant, the buildings and infrastructure are outstanding, but I always say “It is really about the people,” and the team you have developed is superb. I am inspired.” Bill Felch, CEO, International Council of Ophthalmology (after his visit to Thoodukurthy and LVPEI Vision Centres) Emails from IAPB luminaries to Dr Gullapalli N Rao Guest Lectures Shri Pushkarlalji Tibrewala Lecture (25 August 2012) Dr Umang Mathur Medical Director Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi “Eye Banking: A Ray of Hope” Silver Jubilee Public Lecture (31 August 2012) Prof Spenta R Wadia Distinguished Professor & Director, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai “What is this Higgs Boson or the God Particle?” Dr G Chandra Sekhar and Mr OP Tibrewala (right) present a plaque to Dr Umang Mathur Dr APJ Abdul Kalam inaugurates the Assembly Prof Spenta Wadia speaks at LVPEI The outgoing optometry fellows LVPEI Hosts the Biggest IAPB General Assembly Dr Gullapalli N Rao receives the IAPB Global Achievement Award from Dr Kalam; left, Prof Brien Holden, Chair, 9GA Organising Committee Mr Bob McMullan, President, IAPB, presents the ‘Eye Health Hero’ Award to V Rajashekar; left, Mr Christian Garms, outgoing President, IAPB
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NEWS @L V Prasad Eye Institute
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www.lvpei.org
The 9th General Assembly (9GA) of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), organized in conjunction with L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), was held at Hyderabad from 17-20 September 2012. The premier event in global eye health, the Assembly’s theme was “Eye Health: Everyone’s Business”, addressing a key public health challenge — the elimination of avoidable blindness and access to eye health services for all. Inaugurated by former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, it was the biggest ever IAPB meeting with almost 1600 delegates from 87 countries, over 50 symposia, sessions and courses, 120 eminent invited speakers and more than 400 paper and poster presentations.
IAPB comprises 120 member organizations, including virtually every major international eye health NGO, as well as the global apex bodies for optometry and ophthalmology, disabled persons’ organizations, academic institutions and concerned corporations. All the members work together to eliminate avoidable blindness and vision impairment worldwide. (More on http://www.9ga.iapb.org/)
IAPB Awards conferred for exceptional service to prevention of blindness globally and regionally:
•LifetimeAchievementAward—MrChristianGGarms, President andChairmanoftheBoard,IAPB
•GlobalAchievementAward—DrGullapalliNRao,Chair,LVPEI
•GlobalPartnershipAward—Merck&Co.Inc.
Eye Health Hero: Mr V Rajashekar, Assistant Director and Head ofLVPEI’s Village Vision Complex (VVC), was among the 15 Eye HealthHeroes felicitated by the Assembly, in recognition of front line staff whose exemplaryworkinthefieldandengagementinthecommunityhelpsrestoresight all around the globe.MrRajashekarmanages the operations of theVVC,whichhasservedmorethan700,000outpatientsand85,000surgicalpatients to date.
Excellence Equity Efficiency
29 Optometry Graduates Begin their CareersThe graduation ceremony of the 2011–2012 batch of optometry fellows was conducted on 28 August 2012. The diverse group, including 2 from Ghana and 27 from across India, completed their clinical training in optometric and ophthalmic subspecialties, acquiring experience in handling patients and diagnostic tests related to patient care. The group was special for several reasons. First, it was our silver jubilee batch and, as a testimony to our world-class training, every fellow’s performance was exemplary. Second, the fellows were trained under a new model of evaluation that maps each person’s growth on a monthly basis and rewards good performance by offering them an opportunity to attend graduate level courses conducted by our research optometry faculty. Eight fellows attended these classes, along with the Bachelor of Science(BS)optometryinternsfromtheBausch&LombSchoolofOptometry.
At the program, Dr Shrikant Bharadwaj, Associate Director of Optometry, summarized the fellowship program. DrGChandra Sekhar,Director,Kallam Anji Reddy campus,presented certificates to thefellows. Dr Prashant Garg, Director of Education, wished them the best for a successful career. Mr Srikanth Dumpati was theMasterofCeremonies.
“I do not think the 9GA could possibly have been better. It is down to you and your team at LVPEI that everything was possible and why I think all the 1600 delegates found it such an outstanding success. I heard not one single complaint! Thank you for your leadership, vision and support.”
Peter Ackland ChiefExecutiveOfficer,IAPB
“Thanks again for setting up our tour. It was a great experience! What you have built is amazing. The concepts (pyramid) and planning are brilliant, the buildings and infrastructure are outstanding, but I always say “It is really about the people,” and the team you have developed is superb. I am inspired.”
BillFelch,CEO,InternationalCouncilofOphthalmology (afterhisvisittoThoodukurthyandLVPEIVisionCentres)
Emails from IAPB luminaries to Dr Gullapalli N Rao
Guest Lectures
Shri Pushkarlalji Tibrewala Lecture(25 August 2012)
Dr Umang MathurMedicalDirector DrShroff’sCharityEyeHospital, New Delhi
“EyeBanking:ARayofHope”
Silver Jubilee Public Lecture(31 August 2012)
Prof Spenta R WadiaDistinguishedProfessor&Director,InternationalCentreforTheoretical Sciences, Tata Institute ofFundamentalResearch,Mumbai
“What is this Higgs Boson or the God Particle?”
Dr G Chandra Sekhar and Mr OP Tibrewala (right) present a plaque to Dr Umang Mathur
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam inaugurates the Assembly
Prof Spenta Wadia speaks at LVPEI
The outgoing optometry fellows
LVPEI Hosts the Biggest IAPB General Assembly
Dr Gullapalli N Rao receives the IAPB Global Achievement Award from Dr Kalam; left, Prof Brien Holden, Chair, 9GA Organising Committee
Mr Bob McMullan, President, IAPB, presents the ‘Eye Health Hero’ Award to V Rajashekar; left, Mr Christian Garms, outgoing President, IAPB
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Dr Gullapalli N Rao,Chair,LVPEI,conferredtheIAPBGlobalAchievement Award for exceptional service to prevention of blindness globally and regionally.
Taraprasad Das elected Regional Chair, South East Asiaregion, International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
Kaustubh Mulay awarded the ‘Ganne Subbalaxmi Endowment Award for Young Scientist’ for his paper at the 30th Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists - AP Chapterconference, Visakhapatnam, October 7-9, 2012. Co-investigators: Dr PM Fairooz,Dr Santosh Honavar, Dr MHasnat Ali, Dr Javed Ali and Dr VijayAnandReddy.
Mudit Tyagi and co-authors DrRajeevRPappuru,DrVivekDave and Dr Divya Balakrishnan won the 3rd prize for his video atEURETINA2012atMilan inSeptember 2012.
Shrikant Bharadwaj received the Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship from the Australian Government (AusAid) to attend a 3-week workshop in Sydney, Australia, from the Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation.
Carl Zeiss Team VisitsMr Ludwin Monz, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Germany, and MrSrinivasanVaidyanathan,CarlZeissBangalore,visitedthe campus on 29 August 2012. Dr Taraprasad Das, Director, Bhubaneswar campus, spoke of the progress so far and the road map for the future.
AllahabadMsRichaSinghalBhubaneswarMrSanjayKuBarikDr Devendra Nath DasDr Sanghamitra DashMrKCMohantyMrPadmaLochanaMohantyMsSmitaPandaMrTSureshKuRaoMsKirteemayeeRoulMrSwachhaSisirSamantarayMumbaiMrAjayGandhiMsRupaMehtaMrAnandPanditMsNidhiKShahNandlalMareCharitableTrustHyderabadCommissionerofHealthandFamilyEstateofLateMrsRoshanMPatel
The first anniversary of LVPEI’s 10th secondary centre, Dr Kommareddy Raja Ram Mohan Rao Eye Centre inGudavalli villageofCherukupallimandal,Gunturdistrict,was celebratedon24August2012.DrPadmajaKRani,MrBabuRao and MrS a s i d h a r attended the celebrations.
Awards & Honors
Our Support in September
1st anniversary of Gudavalli centre
Eye Donation Fortnight ActivitiesTo commemorate 27th National Eye Donation Fortnight (25 August – 8 September 2012), theRamayammaInternationalEyeBank(RIEB)organized eye donation awareness programs for educating various groups of people. They included: students of Koti Women’s College, the staff of Abids PostOffice, staffandstudentsoftheNursingCollegeofNIMS,associates of Salesforce, nurses and nursing students of Mahavir and Gandhi Hospitals,
teachers of Sacred Heart School, and residents ofRasoolpuraandtheOperationEyesightUniversalproject inFatehnagar.Livephone-inTVprogramswereanchoredbyMsBrindaRamachandranandMrKishanReddyonDDSapthagiriandBolRadio,UniversityofHyderabad.
RIEBandBharatHeavyElectricals(BHEL)launchedaninitiative,“VisiontoAll–BHEL’sCall”to spell out myths, facts and the need for eye donation, and propagate the message of “Gift of Sight”.
RIEBorganizedaone-dayrefreshertrainingfor25eyebanktechniciansfrom19eyedonationcentres. The program focused on standard procedures for aseptic techniques in the recovery, documentation and packaging of donor eyes. The eye donation centers were felicitated for their efforts to eliminate corneal blindness.
News from Bhubaneswar Campus
Parents Support Group meetingTheKodeVenkatadriChowdarycampusatVijayawadaconductedaparents’supportgroupmeeting on childhood cataract on 25 August 2012, with almost 100 people from 34 families participating. The program sought to make parents aware that their active involvement was crucial for the proper development of the child. Without their constant support, even a good surgery can be functionally ineffective. The following comment from a mother showed that the meetingserveditspurposetosomeextent:“Ourfirstchildpassedawayinanaccident4yearsago. Last year, when we learnt that our second child has cataract and needs an operation, we were shattered. We used to pity ourselves, thinking how unlucky we were. But today I saw so many families with the same problem; in fact, we are better than many of them! This has given me a lot of strength.”
Progressive Lens WorkshopAworkshopon“VariluxAcademyAsiaPacificEducationProgram on Progressive Addition Lenses Dispensing” was conducted by Essilor on 9 September 2012, with optometry students, interns and senior optometrists participating. Discussions and interactive sessions focused on troubleshooting for progressive lenses.
Dr Gisbert Richard, President, EURETINA, presents the award to Dr Mudit Tyagi
Dr Kaustubh Mulay receives the award
Health workers and hospital staff in Fatehnagar area listen to a talk on eye donation
MsKodeSatyaGnanaPrasunambaMrMSatyaRameshMrVCJanardanRaoMrGandharikarSrinathRaoDr D Sreelatha Indian Institute of Public Health Hyderabad
Secunderabad Oils LimitedKarimnagarMsKolaLavanyaMrKolaAnnaReddyPorbandarMrSureshCGandhiPuneMrKNKiranKumarKolkataMrsKrishnaNeotiaBelgiumMrWladimirHogenhuisMerckDubaiMrPraveenKumarShetty
MrGM Rao, major supporter for GMRVaralakshmi Campus, Visakhapatnam,visited LVPEI on 8 September 2012. Mr Sam Balasundaram presentedhim with the institute’s Silver Jubilee commemorative book and annual report.
