
Technology centre inaugurated at LVPEI
The Hindu
Poornima and Ramam Atmakuri Technology Centre at L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI)’s Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care (GPR ICARE), Kismatpur, was inaugurat
Poornima and Ramam Atmakuri Technology Centre at L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI)’s Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care (GPR ICARE), Kismatpur, was inaugurated by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao on Wednesday.
All the technology and innovation work done at LVPEI will now fall under the umbrella of Poornima and Ramam Atmakuri Technology Centre. The Centre includes product development, re-engineered medical eye care products, scleral lens manufacturing (speciality contact lenses), Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems and the Data Science and Healthcare Incubator.
In recognition of the significant contribution made by Ramam Atmakuri–Executive Vice-Chair at LVPEI, towards the technology development initiatives at the institute, the centre has been named after him and his wife Poornima Atmakuri. Equipped with a state-of-the-art facility, the centre has a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, ophthalmologists, optometrists, technologists and public health specialists.

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