Hyderabad, January 30, 2024 — D. E. Shaw India Private Limited (“D. E. Shaw India”) has sponsored the setup and operation of a mobile eye healthcare unit in Hyderabad in partnership with Sightsavers India, a developmental organization. The goal of the initiative is to increase access to primary eye healthcare services for underserved communities residing in and around Hyderabad.
Sightsavers India has equipped the mobile unit with a range of eye care services, including vision testing, eye exams, and provision of prescription eyeglasses in collaboration with Pushpagiri Vitreo Retina Institute (“PVRI”), a not-for-profit eye hospital in Hyderabad.
The mobile unit was inaugurated at D. E. Shaw India’s Hyderabad office in Jubilee Hills by members of the firm’s Operating Committee. Prasanna Kumar from Sightsavers India and Dr. Vijay Kiran Sarvepally from the PVRI group of hospitals were present at the time of inauguration.
Chaitanya Gorrepati, a managing director and a member of D. E. Shaw India’s Operating Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee said, “We support a variety of social initiatives to give back and engage with our community. Timely availability of eye care could contribute to reducing cases of preventable vision loss. We are glad to partner with Sightsavers India on this initiative and hope our efforts will contribute to bringing quality eye care services to the doorsteps of those in need.”
Prasanna Kumar, Sightsavers India said, “Sightsavers India is pleased to launch a mobile eye healthcare unit in Hyderabad with support from D. E. Shaw India. The unit will be equipped with all essential eyecare equipment and staffed with trained personnel. It will tour in and around Hyderabad, reaching out to people with limited or no access to quality eye care. Additionally, the unit will facilitate early detection and management of common and critical eye health conditions.”
About D. E. Shaw India
- E. Shaw India is part of the D. E. Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm with more than $60 billion in investment capital as of December 1, 2023, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since the D. E. Shaw group’s founding in 1988, our firm has earned a reputation for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk management, and the quality and depth of our staff. The D. E. Shaw group has a significant presence in the world’s capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments in both developed and developing economies.
About Sightsavers India
Sightsavers India or Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind is a development organization working with partners to reduce avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for people with disabilities. Sightsavers India is collaborating with various departments of the respective state governments to scale up operations for Social Inclusion, Eye Health and Inclusive Education—our three core areas of work. We work in a sustainable way to promote lasting change by strengthening existing health systems, seeking to advocate with and influence governments, and demonstrating best practices. Sightsavers India believes in promoting technologies in eye healthcare that enable a wider reach of health services. Using innovation in education, we try and make classrooms more inclusive for children with visual impairment.
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