Dr. Raghveer Saran Agarwal

Armed with a degree in medicine and the ambition to create an eye hospital of repute, Dr. Raghveer Saran Agarwal left his hometown of Bulandshahr and came to the big city Delhi. Here he set up his practice in one of the by lanes of the busy central areas of Delhi called Darya Ganj.  His address then was simple enough 15, Darya Ganj, Delhi.  Little did he know that this address would be the foundation stone for future generations of eye surgeons. The son of a farmer he had known the only security lay in tilling the land, however now with a medical degree he wanted to stretch out and lay his life towards the upliftment of human misery through the practices of allopathic medicine

Dr. Jaivir Agarwal, F.I.C.S., D.O.M.S., F.O.R.C.E.,
Chairman, Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital Ltd.

Conferred the prestigious "The Life Time Achievement Award"

Dr. Jaivir Agarwal F.I.C.S., D.O.M.S., F.O.R.C.E., honoured with the "Life Time Achievement Award”, by the prestigious All India Ophthalmological Society in the year 2001 and by Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association in 2002, started his career in ophthalmology in a humble way, way back in 1957. Today, Dr. Jaivir Agarwal stands tall as the chairman of the coveted Dr.Agarwal's eye hospital - the only hospital in the world, built in the shape of an eye, listed as a Major Eye Centre of the World by the International congress of ophthalmology and has found a place in the Ripley's Believe it or not.

He was able to bring about Custom Duty Exemption for Sight Saving Instruments by the Govt. of India in 1988 and this saw a new horizon emerging on the scenario of Indian Ophthalmology. Now our eye surgeons implant lenses without having to pay the duty for microscopes, IOLs, lasers and other sight saving equipment. This Custom Duty Exemption was not given to any other branch of Medicine.

Dr. Agarwal epitomises dedication and devotion and his heart for the poor brethren, is unparallelled. He has carved a niche for himself by establishing an organisation called Eye Research Centre in 1978, through which he has done yeoman service for the rural poor blind. His thirst towards the eradication of blindness has virtually blinded him to everything but ophthalmology.

He was the president of All India Ophthalmological Society during it's golden jubilee year in 1992.

Not liking to limit himself only with treatment, he widened his horizon by sharing his and other stalwart's knowledge with the fellow doctors by conducting various education and CME programs.He has conducted many conferences not only in India but also abroad. Infact he was the man behind the legendary meeting of 6th Afro Asian Congress of Ophthalmology in 1976.

Special mention has to be made of his association with Dr. Hudson Silva and Sri Lanka Eye Bank which goes back to early 70's. He was one of the earliest to receive eyes from Colombo. He was also one of the first to propagate eye donation in India in a big way.

Dr. Tahira Agarwal
F.I.C.S., D.O.M.S.(Lon)., F.O.R.C.E.
Managing Director, Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital

Honored with Bharathiya Mahila Award

This doyen lady is the pioneer in India in Refractive Keratoplasty. She heads the Corneal Unit and has performed a vast number of Corneal Graftings. She was trained at INSTITUTO BARRAQUER DE AMERICA, BOGOTA, COLUMBIA. She in collaboration with her husband Dr.J.Agarwal, has written two books namely "Vitreous Surgery" and "Care of Eyes". She was the first to perform Refractive Keratoplasty using the Barraquers Cryolathe. She was awarded the P.Siva Reddy Gold Medal by the All India Ophthalmalogical Society for her paper on "Refractive Keratoplasty". She has presented a number of papers in national and international conferences.

Dr. Steve Charles M.D.,(USA)

A world-renowned Retinal and Vitreous surgeon who has added to every piece of modern equipment and surgical procedure. His association with Dr. Agarwal's Hospital goes back to the early years of its formation. Now, Dr. Steve Charles is linked to the Hospital through MODEM.

Dr. Sunita Agarwal,
M.S; F.S.V.H.(Ger); F.R.S.H.(London); D.O

Received Best Paper Award

This young doctor has training in par with great Ophthalmologists of the World in Europe and USA. While studying, she has won a number of awards including the Rukmani Gold Medal for the best undergraduate student in ophthalmology in 1980 and the Dr. G.R. Bodiwala Gold Medal for best Post Graduate student in M.S (Ophthalmalogy ) from the Gujarat University. She was the recipient of the Pratham Tath Patra Award in 1990 from the Government of Rajasthan for exemplary work in the field of Medicine and Ophthalmology. She has conducted a number of programmes on Doordarshan and on the Sri Lanka Network in Ophthalmology. She has been extensively involved in the activities of All India Ophthalmological Society, including conducting courses on computers in Ophthalmology. She has conducted a number of camps in the rural belts for the downtrodden rural poor. She has organised many conferences in India and Abroad (Pan Ophthalmologica). She leads the research team and was associated with her father Dr.J.Agarwal in the formulation of the new drug "Ferrocini". Furthermore, she has published a number of papers at the national and international level. She is at present the Joint Treasurer of All India Ophthalmological Society. She has conducted free camps in various places at Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir to treat the wounded soldiers during the War. She has won the Best paper award at American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Convention in 2000 for her paper on "Internal tube of the phaco machine causing endophthalmitis". She organised a Signature campaign on 13th October 2000 against terrorism by Veerappan. This campaign was done with the idea of get Film Actor Mr.Rajkumar released. She was awarded the "Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award 2000" by Ms.Sheila Dixit, Chief Minister of Delhi on 21st November 2000 for her contribution to society in eradicating blindness in India and for her pioneering work done on Laser cataract surgery. She was awarded the "Rashtriya Chikitsak Shiromani Award 2000" by the All India Achiever's conference at a function held at New Delhi on 3rd March 2001. This award for presented on the occasion of the 37th National seminar on "Challenges in the new Millenium - serving society through individual achievements". This was presented by Shri.Bachi Singh Rawat - Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and Shri.Ramesh Bais - Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. She has won the best paper award at American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery conference at San Diego, USA in 2001 for her paper on "Phakonit and Laser Sclerotomy". She has conducted Eye camps at Bhuj, Gujarat and she treated more patients injured by the Earthquake in February 2001.

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Mr. Pankaj Sondhi

Young, energetic person, looking after organising conferences and updating of programmes for the advancement of ophthalmic knowledge of surgeons around the world.