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Listening Window Odisha Knowledge Hub Lecture Series 53

Health Care with Humanity:
LECTURE 7 Lessons from the World’s

Largest Eye Hospital
Dr. Aravind Srinivasan

Dr. Aravind Srinivasan completed Masters in Ophthalmology from
Aravind Eye Institute and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology,
Madurai in 1996. In 2000 he did his MBA with specialization in strategy
from the University of Michigan, USA. After MBA, he took over as the
Administrator of Aravind Eye Care System (AECS) and was instrumental
in bringing changes to the various facets of the organization. From
2011, he is serving the organization in the role of Director-Projects.

He is a high volume surgeon who has performed 2506 cataract surgeries
in one year. His management interests are to work with all stakeholders,
mentor staff and implement innovations. His major contributions
are guiding the business school students from USA and Netherlands
through projects at AECS–identifying the needs to increase the quality
of patient centred care, building Aravind’s New projects and ensuring
growth in service care delivery and extending the Aravind Model of high
volume, high quality, affordable cost eye care in developing nations.