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INCISIVE AND INSIGHTFUL



          DISCUSSIONS AT


          OPTO-I-MEET 2.0




          CONFERENCE















                                                                             CONFERENCE
                                                                            INAUGURATED BY
                                                                            CHIEF GUEST SHRI
                                                                            RAVI KISHAN




                                                                                        DR AJAI CHAURASIA WITH
                                                                                        CHIEF GUEST







                 bout 550 delegates including
                 participants from 17 universities
          Agathered at Gokul Atithi Bhawan,
          Jamia Hamdard in Gorakhpur, Uttar
          Pradesh, on 29 April 2023 for a national
          optometry conference. OPTO -I- MEET-
          2.0 was organised by the Ophthalmic
          Welfare Society UP under the aegis of
          the Indian Optometry Federation (IOF),
          the Indian Optometry Association (IOA),
          Gorakhpur Ophthalmic Welfare Society
          (GOWS) and the Optometry Association  guests of honour. Dr Gaurav Dubey, chief organising
          Uttar Pradesh.                            secretary, delivered the welcome address, followed by
                                                    Mr Suneel Kr Dixit and Ms Vibha Kumari who presented
             The chief guest was Mr Ravi            the theme of the conference.
          Kishan, Member of Parliament, Sadar
          Gorakhpur, who inaugurated the               In addition to an array of carefully selected, well-
          conference. Scientist Mr Sanjay Mishra –  researched and well-presented papers through eight
          RPC, AIIMS, Dr Rajeev Prasad – secretary  concurrent sessions, there was a workshop, poster
          of IOA, and Mr Gagan Sahni were the       presentations, and of course inaugural and valedictory



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