-Rajesh Wadhwa(Founder President)

Before we list our achievements, credits first --- teamworkI wish to thank those who deserve the actual

credit of these achievements

All members & Gov.board of IOF

Prof.Brien Holden& his team

OGS,BHVI,IVI & other organizations that have helped

(All of them I hold in high esteem)V.President:Optom.

R.S.Berwal

Secretary: Optom. Anil K Tyagi

Treasurer: Optom. Sanjay Misra

President: Optom. Rajesh Wadhwa

….also thanks toPadmashree Vipin Buckshey jiMs.Lakshmi ShindeMr.Vinod DanielMr.Joby SamuelOur advertisersEvery optometrist of IndiaAnd others whose names Imay have inadvertently missed

We have treaded forward with a spirit of Democracy & have

communicated with the team as often as can be possible.

Through emails, phone calls regular bi-monthly newsletter.

To have overall growth of optometry

Our newsletter has been regular.

Earlier, the designing was being done in Australia.

We have organized this work to be done in India now

We need a communication person to handle this

Bi-Monthly newsletters

All newsletter archives can be downloaded from IOF website

We have treaded forward with a spiritTo safeguard interests of & to increase prestige of optometry

To Influence government policies for betterment of optometry

Lot of work is completed & a lot is in pipeline

In the tenure of this team 2011 to 2013Landmark dates for optometry:World Sight Day 2011,2012World Optometry Day 2012,2013

IOF has made good use of these days to get national & international leverage and has been working in-between too

Achievements (WSD 2011)Vision 2020-India

Represented at National conference (Udaipur-Oct.2011 on WSD) (by president)

Advocacy report was circulated to allWe requested entry by emphasizing to the then CEO of VISION-2o2o that we are worthy of membership

Now IOF is a member of Vision 2020 -India

They carry our news in their newsletter and have posted WOD of IOF on their website

Our hony. secretary Optom. Anil Tyagi is a member of their committee that will do mapping of optometrists for north India

They have accepted to include one representative of IOF in their board meetings and Mr.Ajeet Bhardwaj has been assigned for this

Vision 2020-India

Achievements (WSD 2011)We had created banners & distributed them (delivered at doorstep) of interested professionals/institutions

Results were amazing

Samples of banners(delivered to doorstep)

BannersPosters

World sight day 2012Banners sayng “This event is supported

by IOF”World Sight Day celebrations by IOFThank you Optom.K.K.John for managing

the distribution

www.indianoptometryfederation.org

Website

Earlier, UGC had released a gazette regarding optometry. There were two changes that were requested by optometry fraternity.

IOF has pursued the matter and now M.Optom is correctly accepted as 2 years (it was printed as 4 yrs earlier), also only "Bachelor of clinical optometry" was earlier printed, now "Bachelor of Optometry" is recognized

This effort of Indian optometry Federation has materialized through RTI & then appellate.

UGC

Optometry awareness (chief activities)More participation

of IOF on yahoo groups

More visibility on facebook (approx 1500 fans)

Letter to printers who make diaries & calendars for marking Mar.23 as “World Optometry Day”

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Rajya Sabha bill IOF board contributed in drafting the letters for amendment to the bill

Thank you! Your efforts worked & we could achieve over 2000 letters delivered to the Rajya Sabha secretariat

Representation at 9ga IAPB meetingA one day workshop on

“Standardisation of optometry education at different levels” was held on 16th September 2012, before the 9ga IAPB meeting.

Poster presentation and active participation of IOF Members and Staff at 9GA IAPB in enhancing IOF programs

World optometry Day 2012Flip-chart campaign along with ASCO

Content is available for free download from website

And for World

Optometry Day we created a

campaign from March

23,2012 to Apr.7,2012

www.indianoptometryfederatiowww.indianoptometryfederation.orgn.org

More efforts for optometry awareness (WOD -2012)Lecture by president on “Present status of optometry in India & What are we doing-March 2012” at university of (sponsored by university)

Pride in being called optometristWorld Optometry Day 2013:

Plates ”Clinic of Optometrist”

We had announced that awareness of optometry & optometrist should be increasedOur efforts towards this have been noticeable

Request for independent councilAcknowledgement from Min of state for health & family welfare regarding receipt of request for independent council

PHFI and Govt.of India….ongoingPHFI

Initially “optometry missing”One discipline called “optometry”…..We emphasized that optometry deserves to have an independent council

Then the report of PHFI finally came in Dec 2012

PHFI and Govt. of India….ongoingOn carefully studying the PHFI report, following were not acceptable in the interest of optometryOptometry is “allied” professionThere is no definition of terms like optometry, allied, paramedical

IOF took action…

PHFI and Govt. of India….ongoingIOF sent request to PHFI under RTI to define these terms

PHFI says, common dictionary definition used

IOF has filed request again with first appellate

Govt. of India….ongoing IOF along with ASCO &

OCI met Govt.of India in May 2013

Wish-list of profession was forwarded to government Optometry should be

classified as independent profession

Optometrist should have independent therapeutic rights

Minutes also excerpted in IOF newsletter Aug.2013

For further action, new governing board is being requested in today’s agenda to take this up

PHFI and Govt. of India….ongoingIt was realized that several member

associations and others do not know what document to give to government in order to support the demands of profession

A master document of about 45 pages was created by IOF

The master document of IOFThis document states

Why optometry should be independent

Why PHFI report is not acceptable to us

Document carries supportive documentary evidence

This can be downloaded freely from IOF website and submitted to any agency with a covering letter

Amendment to constitutionAmendment to constitution of IOF completed: in order to accommodate membership of associations that are registered with other state/government agencies (than registrar of societies).

Achievements of IOF are to be assessed not only by what we have done but also by what we have overcome.

Many other things take up time and resource

Bank account (SBI)PAN ( duplicate also)TANPart-time accountantAdministrative officerConsolidation with

audit of documentsDatabase of members

of member associationsRenewal of

membershipNew member

applications approved

We must know:There is no elevator to success

We have to take the stairsPride in how far we have come & faith

in how far we can reach.

We all have contributed towards a major event of historyWe all created IOF that we have not inherited but should become a proud inheritance by our successors

All have given me respect & support & I am grateful for thatOptometry ki asli udaan baki haiirada ho to abhi imtihan baki haiabhi to napi hai zara si zaminHazoor dekhiye,poora asman abhi baki hai(Translate: we have yet to go a long way)

---Rajesh Wadhwar_wadhwa@yahoo.com