Institut et Centre d’Optometrie (ICO), Bures, France and Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai, India completed a decade of Indo-French student exchange program in 2016
Indo-French exchange program of Institut et Centre d’Optometrie (ICO), Visionsolidev, France and Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai, India has successfully completed a decade in February 2016. A 14 member delegation, comprising of 12 students, 2 faculty members and 2 Opticians were in India from February 21st to March 5th, 2016.
The program is a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Schools of Optometry for exchange of knowledge and culture. The French group were welcomed at Lotus College on February 22nd by the college faculty and students where they were also inducted about the activities planned for the next two weeks.
During this period 2449 people were screened out of which 2091 were children, 137 were special children and 221 were adults. 83 patients were referred to Lotus eye hospital for further evaluation and 153 pair of spectacles will be distributed free of cost.
A city tour was organised for the group of French students on February 28th, where they got a glimpse of the rich culture and history of Mumbai city. The event was concluded by a closing ceremony on March 4th, 2016 with presentations by representatives of both schools capturing the learning of the past two weeks.