Capacity building workshop for National Ophthalmic Association: Aurangabad

India Vision Institute (IVI) organized a comprehensive hands-on capacity building workshop for a group of 40 vision care professionals of the National Ophthalmic Association (NOA) at Mundada Eye & ENT Care Center, Aurangabad from 28 August to 31 August, 2014. The workshop comprised theory and practical sessions on refraction and dispensing. 

Mr Revanth Kumar and Mr M Chandra Shekher from IVI, facilitated the workshop covering a range of topics including essentials of refraction, ophthalmic dispensing, soft skills and entrepreneurship development. 

The workshop is the third workshop organized by IVI following an agreement between IVI and New Vision Generation India Pvt Ltd (NVG) to conduct capacity building workshops for ophthalmic assistants. The earlier two workshops held at Rohtak, Haryana in December 2013 and Trichy, TN in February 2014 was very well received. 

IVI acknowledges the support of New Vision Generation India Pvt Ltd in funding the program.