Overview of Aravind Educational Programs
There is a Power within that knows beyond Our knowings; we are greater than our thoughts, And sometimes earth unveils that vision here. To live, to love are signs of infinite things, Love is a glory from eternity’s spheres. Abased, disfigured, mocked by baser mights That steal his name and shape and ecstasy, He is still the godhead by which all can change. A mystery wakes in our inconscient stuff, A bliss is born that can remake our life. — Sri Aurobindo ‘Savitri’ Book Five, Canto Two Aravind Eye Care System Eye Care Facilities Aravind Eye Hospitals Madurai, Theni, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore & Pondicherry Lions Aravind Institute of Community Outreach Community Ophthalmology Programmes (LAICO) MISSION: To eliminate Education and Training needless blindness Aurolab Aravind Postgraduate Institute of by providing Making appropriate Ophthalmology compassionate technology affordable and high quality eye care to all Telemedicines Aravind Medical Research Foundation Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank 2 From the Director Aravind Eye Hospitals were started with a mission to eliminate needless blindness. Over the last 30 years, Aravind has contributed extensively to prevention of blindness in the country. In 2005, 1, 91,158 surgical procedures were performed. In view of the existing backlog of cataract and other causes of blindness, India requires many more institutions of this kind. Aravind Eye Hospitals has gained national and international reputation for its ser- vice orientation, modern ophthalmic techniques and its community-based outreach ac- tivities which deliver quality eye care to the rural masses. Its operational research has practical applications in the formulation of effective blindness prevention programmes. To take on the challenge of blindness, Aravind has recognised the need to develop human resource - ophthalmologists, paramedics and support service personnel.
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