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Hyderabad: LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank, India, launched a technology-enabled primary eye care centre in Koheda, Siddipet district on Wednesday. With this launch, LVPEI and Standard Chartered Bank now have 36 such primary eye-care centres in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. So far, over 1.12 lakhs beneficiaries have availed […]
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Hyderabad: The comprehensive state-of-the-art Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Centre at LV Prasad Eye Institute’s Kallam Anji Reddy Campus is now named ‘Hariram Motumal Nasta & Renu Hariram Nasta Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Centre’. Risha Kilaru and Dr Gangadhar Prasad Kilaru, a plastic surgeon practising in Fremont, California, have extended their support to further strengthen and scale up […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has been chosen for the inaugural national award of Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations (GAEBA) in recognition of its well-established eye bank network and work done through eye banking towards addressing corneal blindness in the country. The award, which is dedicated to celebrating the achievements of the […]
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Hyderabad: Badminton player and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Tuesday unveiled the T-shirt for Whitathon run being organised by LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) on May 8 at Necklace Road to raise awareness and funds for children with retinoblastoma or eye cancer. Sindhu, who donated Rs 1 lakh for the cause, thanked LVPEI for […]
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Hyderabad: School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH) and GPR-ICARE, LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for offering a virtual one-year Diploma in Community Eye Health Programme through Centre for Distance and Virtual Learning (CDVL), UoH, from this year. GPR – ICARE is a WHO collaborating Centre […]
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Hyderabad: An ongoing study by researchers from multiple scientific institutions in Hyderabad holds promise for millions of patients suffering from corneal blindness and even has the potential to resolve the perennial shortage of corneas needed for transplantation. In the ground-breaking research, scientists from Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) […]
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Hyderabad: LV Prasad Eye Institute, as part of its undertaking of developing various Institutes of Excellence that focus on major causes of blindness, is partnering with the Bajaj Group for an Institute of Excellence and a Global Resource Centre for Retinal Diseases. The MoU to formalise the partnership was signed between Shekhar Bajaj, Chairman and […]
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Hyderabad: Six noted scientists from city-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) have been listed among the top researchers (lifetime achievers) in the world in a study done by Stanford University. According to a press release here on Wednesday, the scientists who are part of the top researchers included Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Founder and Distinguished […]
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The institute also named an eye examination room at LVPEI Secondary Centre, Siddipet, after the brothers’ late grandfather Sudarshan Padakanti, upon the request of the two.
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The LVPEI in a release said that about 8.8 million people in India are blind, and another 47 million people are visually impaired.
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Hyderabad: To minimise the delay in providing timely treatment for patients with mucormycosis that needs early diagnosis and timely treatment, city-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has introduced a hotline number 18002002211. People can call any time on this number between 9 am and 6 pm from Monday to Saturday for any queries regarding mucormycosis. […]
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Sangareddy: The School of Science (SoS) at the Hyderabad campus of GITAM Deemed University is going to launch Bachelor of Optometry from the academic year 2021-22 in collaboration with LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI). Making an announcement in this regard on Tuesday, SoS principal prof GA Rama Rao, said that the B Optometry course is a four-year […]
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The institute also plans on expanding the scope of their activities beyond the network and has partnered for setting up eye banks in other states.
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The centre was formally inaugurated by retired IFS officer and former India’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations,Syed Akbaruddin, here on Satuday.
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From LVPEI, Founder Chair, Dr Gullapalli N Rao, senior scientist and Director Emeritus, Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, Prof D.Balasubramanian, Director, Laboratory Services, Dr Savitri Sharma, visiting professor, Jill Keeffe have been featured
