Date of Estb.: 1998

Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Optometry¸ Pune

PHONE No.: 020 24378270, ,

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEB SITE: optometry.bharatividyapeeth.edu

APPROVED BY/ AFFILIATED TO: Bharati Vidyapeeth University

GENERAL HELPLINE NO.: 9899104337

COURSES:

Bachelor in Clinical Optometry (B Optom)
Master of Optometry (M Optom)

DESCRIPTION :

Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College School of Optometry Established in July 1998¸ the School of Optometry has been constituted under the Faculty of General Surgery and is a part of Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College¸ Pune.
In August 2000¸ the school was the first Institute in India to get affiliate membership of World Council of Optometry. Many students from Canada¸ Kenya¸ Tanzania¸ Iran¸ nepal and Srilanka have been admitted to Optometry. As of (August 2010¸ Eleven batches) have completed the course with 286 under graduate and 53 post graduate students having passed out. A few of them have taken admission to Universities in England¸ for Masters and Ph.D. courses. One of the gold medalist is an optometry teacher in an Institute in Singapore. Many graduates have found jobs in Gulf countries.
In 2003¸ Bharati Vidyapeeth is the first Institute in the country to have started a 2 year Master in Optometry (M.Optom.) course. The first batch has already passed out in 2005. Two international students have been admitted to this post graduate course this year.