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government, communities, schools, educators, many optometry colleges showing their
eye care professionals, and families. While OCI enthusiasm. Many students conveyed their
is striving to make a difference through these messages in their regional language. Mouli
myopia animation videos, all the stakeholders Das and Prithvish Banik from Vidyasagar
can help by spreading awareness about them. College of Optometry and Vision Science
The playlists for the five myopia animation won the competition. The OCI awarded
videos are given below. them with a certificate and a cash prize.
Sunlight Exposure -https://www.youtube.com/playlist? In addition, practitioners were
list=PLcgfm95jl4iKDLgD3pkacJY4DEil4sDA7 requested, through OCI’s optometrist

Less Gadget Time - https://www.youtube.com/playlist? locator group, to make videos on feedback
list=PLcgfm95jl4iJH4ylBZagqE3GaIVQ346iq from patients who were undergoing any
Importance of regular eye exam - https://www. kind of myopia management.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcgfm95jl4iKliIZLUMvr5Q
AR7EVfcius In another activity, OCI held a myopia
grand quiz with the support of Hoya. A
Special Spectacles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist total of 172 optometry practitioners and
?list=PLcgfm95jl4iJ0j5I4qGukDBM3rWDr11HT students participated in the quiz, held on
Orthokeratology - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li 19 May, which was moderated by noted
st=PLcgfm95jl4iIH9K5JJUKqWwpTIydKe8aZ optometrist Nilesh Thite. The three winners
each from the student and the practitioner
During the course of the Myopia Awareness categories went home with cash prizes
Week celebrations, OCI also held a competition and certificates.
for students titled ‘One Family One Day’. The
brief given to the participating students was The first, second and third prizes went to
to create awareness about myopia as well as students Arsalan Mudassar, Manisha Paudel
the optometry profession among patients, and Satish Gupta. The winners from among
family, etc., and take photos and videos of the the practitioners were Salai Dhavamathi,
initiative. The response was tremendous with Sagnik Senapati and Mohammad Tebhala.

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