Welcome to Vision Care & Research Centre

It was a deep felt realization of the need for ophthalmic research in the country that led to the conception of the Vision Care & Research Centre to focus on the need for continuing, dedicated, India centric ophthalmic research. We pledge to meet the patients’ requirements by offering expert ophthalmic care with compassion through a dedicated and committed team of well qualified and trained professionals. We commit to dispense quality service at every stage through the Quality Management System while complying with all applicable regulatory requirements.

While clinical research was being done across the country Vision Care & Research Centre was set up to focus on basic research in ophthalmology. This started with Microbiology, Pathology, Biochemistry and Genetics but has expanded to include Molecular biology, Stem cell biology, Nanobiotechnology, Lensbiology and Bioinformatics. The Centre has scientists and staff who work in close collaboration with ophthalmologists. Vision Care & Research Centre is well equipped with highly qualified and dedicated research teams that make it a respected ophthalmic research centre with learning and training centres.

In view of the need for a larger space to make room for an ever growing research infrastructure and to provide the right ambience to its research scientists ORC decided to centralize its various research activities in a single block, with infrastructure and equipment provides a setting for quality research and training that is relevant to modern eye care. ORC gets research funds from various Government Agencies like ICMR, DBT, DST, CSIR, apart from various trusts like Lions Club. The Centre is recognized as a Scientific Institution by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research. The mission of Vision Care & Research Centre is to provide Total Eye-care solutions of highest standards to all sections of community through a team of competent, committed and compassionate professionals in a patient-friendly environment.

One person goes blind, somewhere in the world, every 5 seconds. According to the World Health Organization, 87% of visually impaired people live in developing countries, while 85% of all visual impairment is avoidable. India has the dubious distinction of having the largest number of blind people in the world.

Optometrists are the first line of defence against potentially blinding diseases. An optometrist is a primary health care professional who is institutionally educated and clinically trained in the field of optometry. An optometrist checks eyes, prescribes optical aids, diagnoses ocular diseases, provides vision therapy and refers to an ophthalmologist for medical treatment. The demand for qualified optometrists is growing by the day.