Vipin Buckshey

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Vipin Buckshey
Born3 June 1955
OccupationOptometrist
Known forOptometry
Awards Padma Shri

Vipin Buckshey is an Indian optometrist [1] and the official optometrist to the President of India. [2] Born on 3 June 1955 in Gwalior, in the Indian state of madhya Pradesh, he did his schooling at the Frank Anthony Public School after which secured a degree in optometry from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. [2] He started his career at Lawrence and Mayo, [3] Delhi and a ophthalmic executive where he is reported to have established a contact lens division. [2] Buckshey, who is known to have served five former Presidents of India [ citation needed ] and the Dalai Lama, [4] is a former president of the Indian Contact Lens Society and the Indian Optometric Association [2] and is credited with performing over 15,000 surgeries.[ citation needed ] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award Padma Shri. [5]

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