Vipin Buckshey Explained

Vipin Buckshey
Birth Date:3 June 1955
Birth Place:Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Occupation:Optometrist
Known For:Optometry
Awards:Padma Shri

Vipin Buckshey is an Indian optometrist[1] and the official optometrist to the President of India.[2] Born on 3 June 1955 in Gwalior, in the Indian state of madhya Pradesh, he did his schooling at the Frank Anthony Public School after which secured a degree in optometry from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He started his career at Lawrence and Mayo,[3] Delhi and a ophthalmic executive where he is reported to have established a contact lens division. Buckshey, who is known to have served five former Presidents of India and the Dalai Lama,[4] is a former president of the Indian Contact Lens Society and the Indian Optometric Association and is credited with performing over 15,000 surgeries. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award Padma Shri.[5]

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  1. Web site: Practo . Practo . 2014 . 29 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Visual Aids Centre . Visual Aids Centre . 2014 . 29 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Lawrence and Mayo . Lawrence and Mayo . 2014 . 29 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Expat India . Expat India . 21 March 2013 . 29 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Padma Awards . Padma Awards . 2014 . 11 November 2014.