2011 - March 2012
1 2 “My light shall be in thee, my strength thy force. Let not the impatient Titan drive thy heart, Ask not the imperfect fruit, the partial prize. Only one boon, to greaten thy spirit, demand; Only one joy, to raise thy kind, desire. Above blind fate and the antagonist powers Moveless there stands a high unchanging Will; To its omnipotence leave thy work’s result. S\Q – ‘Savitri’ by Sri Aurobindo Canto IV : The Vision and the Boon CONTENTS ACTIVITY REPORT APRIL 2011 - MARCH 2012 Highlights 7 Patient Care 15 Education and Training 25 Consultancy and Capacity Building 33 Research 39 Manufacturing Ophthalmic Supplies 47 Central Functions 53 Awards and Accolades 59 Partners in Service 64 Trustees and Staff 66 Photo Credits Devi Kayalvizhi, Aravind–Tirunelveli Dr. Vivekanandan, Aravind–Madurai Jacques Vekemans, France Mike Myers, USA Priya, Aravind–Pondicherry Rajkumar, Aravind–Madurai Sasipriya, LAICO–Madurai Senthil Kumar, Aravind–Coimbatore Sukumar, Aravind–Pondicherry Suresh Kumar, Aravind–Madurai Susie Van Sickle, USA Vijayakumar, Aurolab Willie Davis, USA 3 ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM VISION Eliminate needless blindness . MISSION PATIENT CARE . by providing compassionate and high quality eye care for all EDUCATION & TRAINING . by developing ophthalmic human resources through teaching and training CONSULTANCY & CAPACITY BUILDING . through capacity building, advocacy, research and publications RESEARCH . by providing evidence through research and evolving methods to translate existing evidence and knowledge into effective action OPHTHALMIC SUPPLIES . by making high quality ophthalmic products affordable and accessible to the vision impaired worldwide 5 Dr. V’s battle against needless blindness, on the one hand, is fought in hospital clinics, outreach camps, and operating rooms, where the challenges of preventable and The banyan tree in front of the centre was planted by Dr.
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