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Need to standardise optometry education: JS

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad

"India has 12 million blind people and most have refractive error problem. We are on par with the world in cataract treatment but there is a great urgency to excel in the other areas of eye care too," Sujaya Krishnan said.

Speaking at the first anniversary of city-based India Vision Institute (IVI), an Australia-India joint initiative, she emphasised the need to standardise the optometry education and curriculum.

The first anniversary marked the launch of 'Aksauhini', a strategic plan aiming at excellence in vision care and positioning India as a world leader in global vision industry and also launch of

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First Published: Sep 17 2012 | 12:05 AM IST

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