Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 13:00
Screening Workshop on Eye Diseases Leading to Blindness
Screening workshop for refractive error, glaucoma, cataract, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration with stations for IOP measurement, Fundus examination and refraction. The workshop includes a public awareness programme about eye donation  

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 16:00
Can you Prevent Blindness? The Avoidable Blindness: Preventable and Treatable
Speaker: Dr. Jeewan S. Titiyal, Chief and Professor of Ophthalmalogy, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

The talk will address the various causes of blindness that can be avoided and which are both preventable and treatable across different age groups. The important causes of preventable blindness among children including corneal scars due to vitamin A deficiency, infections, injuries, iatrogenic etc. as well as treatable causes such as paediatric cataract, glaucoma, retinopathy of prematurity and uncorrected refractive errors. The leading causes of avoidable blindness among the adult population including cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, age related macular degeneration and uncorrected refractive errors.