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Director - Operations, Aravind Eye Care System
Thulasiraj is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management- Calcutta. After eight years in Industry, he joined Aravind Eye Hospital in 1981 to lead the administration as a member of its start-up team. Aravind Eye Hospitals now annually handle over six million outpatient visits and perform over 700,000 surgeries and other interventions.
Over half of these patients receive care either free or at steeply subsidised rates through internal financing. In 1992, he co-founded Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology, which has mentored over 380 hospitals and trained over 2,600 eye-care professionals from across the globe.
He has been an advisor on several national and international bodies including WHO. He was IAPB’s Southeast Asia’s Regional Chair and was the Founder President of Vision 2020 India. He is or has been on the Board of Aurolab, Acumen Fund, Seva Foundation and Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta.