Dr C Balasubramaniam MBBS MS (Ophthal) DNB (Ophthal) FRCS (Edinburgh, UK) FMRF(VR), Fellowship in Refractive Surgery

Mrs Saranya Sachi Balasubramaniam BOptom, MCOptom (UK) FIACLE PG Diploma in Ophthalmology (UK) Mrs Saranya graduated as the Best Outgoing student from Elite School of Optometry in 1995 and became head of the Contact Lens Department at Sankara Nethralaya. She then went to the UK for higher studies and became the first Indian-qualified optometrist to be a Member of the College of Optometrists, London, UK. She worked as a consultant optometrist in several UK cities between 2000-2006 and also completed Post-Graduate Diplomate in Ophthalmology, at Middlesex University London in 2006. After returning to India in 2006, she established Acchutha Eye Care and established Acchutha Institute of Optometry in 2016, with her husband Dr C Balasubramaniam, offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses and fellowship programs. Among other awards, she was awarded the Dr P.P. Santanam - Jayalakshmi Award from Elite School of Optometry for Best Optometrist for the year 2013.

Dr JeyPranesh MBBS MS (Ophthal)

Mr S Saravanan BOptom, MOptom, WIFCO

Dr Gopinath Madheswaran BSOpt, MOptom, PhD, FBDO (UK) Dr Gopinath Madeswaran is an Optometrist, currently working as Research Associate and Lecturer at Acchutha Institute of Optometry, Erode. He teaches visual optics, low vision, and research methodology programmes. He completed his BS Opt from Elite School of Optometry in 2013 and M.Optom from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, in 2017. He is the recipient of the best outgoing student for his PG studies (2015-17). He received his Fellowship Diploma in British Dispensing Optics (FBDO) in 2014. He is also a probationary Indian examiner for FBDO. He defended his doctoral thesis, “Explore the visual adaptations in persons with central vision loss”, in Jan 2023. He has guided various undergraduate and postgraduate research theses. He has worked in various national/ international research grants to develop "Innovative rehabilitative eye care technologies”. He has over 10 publications in peer-reviewed journals to his credit. He has also presented at national/international conferences and bagged various awards. He was awarded the Best Optometry Educator Award for 2023 by OCI-Essilor.

Mr M Sivarasu BOptom, MOptom, WIFCO

Miss M Lavanya BOptom, MOptom, WIFCO

Mrs Arunthavaselvi V BOptom, MOptom, FASCO