VIOR WINS ORACLE ROLLING TROPHY Congratulations to Chennai VIOR intern Ms. Rathnabarathi S for winning the online contest for optometry students ORACLE (OATN Rajeshwari Contact Lens Examination) conducted by Optometric Association of Tamil Nanbargal as part of 1st Dr. Rajeshwari Memorial. The student gets a cash prize of 5000₹ and the institute gets a rolling trophy.
CHENNAI CORPORATION COVID QUIZ Congratulations to Chennai VIOR interns Ms. Maheswari and Ms. Rathnabarathi for representing VIOR and securing 3rd place in COVID quiz conducted by Chennai Corporation. They received the award from Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner Mr. Gagandeep Singh Bedi at an award ceremony on the occasion of 75th Independence day celebrations at Ripon building, headquarters of the Greater Chennai Corporation, Tamil Nadu.
IVI ESSILOR OPTOMETRY WIZARD 2021 Clean sweep by VIOR. Congratulations to VIOR alumnus Mr. Vigneshwar A Goppalakrishnan, VIOR intern Ms. Rathna Bharathi and VIOR alumnus Ms. Amritha M for winning the top 3 positions in the National Quiz on Optometry conducted by India Vision Institute sponsored by Essilor India. VIOR interns Charies Coline and Nandhini R won in the audience round.
Title: Electrophysiology Date: 21.07.2021 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 IST Attendees: Interns of VIOR Dr. Madhavan Jagadeesan is an ophthalmologist, geneticist, molecular biologist and a genetic counselor. After completing his ophthalmology training from Regional Institute of Ophthalmology , he finished his doctoral programme sub-specializing in genetics and molecular biology from Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya. He finished his fellowship in ocular genetics from Canada. He has performed various basic research works in single gene, complex degenerative diseases and cancers. His work has been published in various international journals. Join Vasan Institute of Ophthalmology and Research Affiliated [...]
Title: Objective and Subjective Assessment of HeterophoriaDate: 18.02.2021Time: 14:00 - 15:00 ISTAttendees: Optometry students and interns of VIORDr. Liat Gantz is an Israeli Board-certified optometrist who graduated with honours from the optometry department at Bar Ilan University (2003, Ramat Gan, Israel). She completed her PhD in vision science from the University of Houston College of Optometry (2009, Texas, USA), a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Houston Multiple Sclerosis Research Center and a joint post-doctoral fellowship in the field of neuroscience at the Weizmann Institute and Bar Ilan University in 2011. Dr. Gantz is a senior lecturer, and director of the Masters of Optometry program at the Department [...]
VIOR faculty elected as VP of TN State Optometry Organization Congratulations to Ms. Preetha Ramprasat of Vasan Institute of Ophthalmology & Research for being elected as the Vice President of OATN (Optometric Association of Tamil Nanbargal). We wish her the best tenure in office.
IVI Year End Optometry Quiz - 2020 Congratulations Deepan (Salem VIOR), Midhun M, Srisakthi Rubini, Thulasi (Chennai VIOR) and Mr. Ramprasat for acing the IVI year end optometry quiz. Congratulations to Srisakthi Rubini for winning the lucky draw of correct entries.
VIOR Webinar Series – CooperVision Part 2 Contact Lens Series in association with CooperVision Date Day Topic Timing Presenter 29-07-2020 Wednesday Multifocal Contact Lenses 2 pm to 3 pm Ms. Athira Gopal, Professional Services - Kerala CooperVision India 01-08-2020 Saturday Advancements in Contact Lenses 2 pm to 3 pm Mr. Rupam Sinha, Professional Services Manager - India CooperVision India
Contact Lens Series in association with CooperVision Presenter: Ms. Athira, B.Sc. Optometry, Professional Services - Kerala CooperVision India Date Day Topic Timing 01-07-2020 Wednesday Generations of Silicone Hydrogel Lenses 2 pm to 3 pm 06-07-2020 Monday Fitting Toric Contact Lenses 2 pm to 3 pm 13-07-2020 Monday Troubleshooting Contact Lenses 2 pm to 3 pm
Acuvue Contact Lens Series in association with Johnson & Johnson Presenter: Ashok Pandian, BS Optometry, M.Sc. Optometry (UNSW, Australia) Professional Education Consultant Johnson & Johnson Vision Care India Date Day Topic Timing 23-06-2020 Tuesday Introduction to Acuvue contact lenses 2 pm to 3 pm 25-06-2020 Thursday Reusables in Acuvue contact lenses 2 pm to 3 pm 29-06-2020 Monday Discussion on Acuvue daily lenses 2 pm to 3 pm Attendees: VIOR III students and interns
