Optometrist, educator, trainer
A distinguished optometrist and contact lens specialist based in Nagpur. As Chief Optometrist at Saoji Vision Care he has led clinical practice, education and innovation since the early 1990s.
He conceptualised SVC and built it into one of the best optometry clinics in the country. An internationally acclaimed contact lens educator, he held FIACLE status for 15 uninterrupted years and was then awarded it for life.
- 30+ years of optometry excellence
- International FIACLE Fellow & educator
- Awarded Best Optometrist of India
- Pioneer of Rose K and Orthokeratology lenses in India
Professional achievements
Awarded Best Optometry Contribution by the Optometry Council of India
Awarded Alumnus of the Year by L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
Awarded BIPOK Ambassador by the International Association of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control (IAOMC, USA) through its BIPOMCA faction
Recognised as Lifetime Fellow of IACLE, Australia, for 15 years of uninterrupted Fellowship renewal of the prestigious club of international contact lens educators
Voted The Living Legend by the Optometry Students Association, AIIMS, Delhi
Recognised as India's first Centre of Excellence for fitting contact lenses to complicated eyes, by David Thomas Contact Lenses, UK
Awarded Best Optometrist by Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai — given by Dr S S Badrinath himself
Completed Masters in Optometry, first batch, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune
Awarded FIACLE status, which equates the recipient to other contact lens educators in the world
Fellow of L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, first batch
Baccalaureate in Optometry, Elite School of Optometry, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
The person behind SVC
Hobbies
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How I became a trainer
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My BNI journey
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My family
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How I am in the evenings
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My college life
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The writer in me
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My clinic boards
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