Community eye care & recognition.
Since 1990, our founder and team have taken eye care beyond the hospital — to villages, slums, prisons and across borders.
Restoring sight where it is needed most.
Through Vanshidhar Chikitsa Seva Sansthan, Saksham and partners including IFFCO, HelpAge India, Sightsavers, CBM, Lions and Rotary.
Mobile eye-care ambulance
Kanika Hospital’s eye-care ambulance brings screening to urban slums and underserved settlements in Kanpur.
Free cataract camps
Hundreds of free camps across rural Uttar Pradesh since 1995 — with over 70,000 free cataract surgeries.
Senegal, Africa (2014)
On the invitation of the Government of Senegal and with IFFCO, 870+ free cataract surgeries at the Army Hospital, Dakar.
Morena, Madhya Pradesh
IFFCO-supported camps: 12,650 patients examined and 3,250 cataract operations, with free medicines and spectacles.
Eye donation (CAMBA)
Under the Cornea Andhatva Mukt Bharat Abhiyan: about 400 corneas donated and 31,000 eye-donation pledges.
District Jail camps
Regular eye-screening camps for inmates of Kanpur District Jail, with free spectacles and medicines.
Saksham — disability welfare
Four Divyang Seva Kendras, UDID and smart-card support for about 2,300 persons with disabilities, and ration support during COVID-19.
Netra Kumbh 2019
Free eye care for pilgrims at the Netra Kumbh during the Prayagraj Mahakumbh.
Moments from the journey.
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Selected recognitions.
- 2000
Lions Club, Kanpur
Commendation from the then Governor of Uttar Pradesh for work in community ophthalmology.
- 2001
Lions Club eye camps
Commendation from Smt. Anita Bhatnagar Jain, IAS, for free cataract surgery camps.
- 2008
Rotary Club Foundation Day
Honoured by Shri Satish Mahana and Shri Salil Vishnoi for free eye-care services.
- 2014
Republic of Senegal
Honoured by the President of Senegal for free cataract surgeries at the Army Hospital, Dakar.
- 2015
Kanpur Ratan
Honoured by Shri Ram Nath Kovind, then Governor of Bihar, for service to society.
- 2016
UP Ratan
Conferred by Lt. Gen. K.M. Seth, former Governor of Chhattisgarh.
- 2017
District-level award
District Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar — outstanding service to persons with disabilities through Saksham.
- 2018
Dainik Jagran i-Next
Honoured by Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of State for Health, for community ophthalmology.
- 2018
All India Community Ophthalmology Society
Commendation for outstanding service in community eye care.
- 2020
Lions Club
Honoured by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Dinesh Sharma for service to persons with disabilities.
- 2020
CAMBA — National Eye Donation Pledge Contest
Kanpur Nagar district placed 5th nationally with 11,961 pledges.
- 2021
Corona Warrior Award
Honoured by Smt. Anandiben Patel, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, for medical service during COVID-19.
- 2021
Corona Karmayogi Samman
Shri Ram Seva Mission — Valmiki Jayanti, in the presence of Union MoS Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti.
- 2022
Morena eye camps (MP)
Certificate from Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar for 3,250 free cataract operations.
- 2023–24
KANNIKACON
Organising Chairman of the ophthalmology conference held with the Kanpur Ophthalmic Society.
- 2025–26
Rotary — “Honouring the Pillars of Financial Integrity”
Recognition for integrity in professional life.
Partner with us for an eye camp.
Schools, corporates, NGOs and resident welfare associations — call 0512-4107552 to plan a free screening camp.