Ajay Kr Bhootra

Biography

I am a versatile and confident individual, with a passion for optometry and writing. I have always carried a positive attitude in life. I have extensive work experience in the Optical Retail Industry. Through my lifelong passion for learning, I have developed into a successful Optometrist, Novelist and Business Strategist. Along the way I have received several National and International Certifications as mentioned below: • Academy of Optometrists, Kolkata, 1989 • DOS in Optometry by Institute of Ocular Science, 1992 • Contact Lens training program by Calcutta Contact Lens Society, Kolkata, 1995 • ICLEP Contact lens Training program at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad • Low Vision Training program at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, 2001 • Certificate course on Contact lens fitting by “Contact Lens Research & Training Institute, Aligarh, 2002 • Certificate course on Orbscan, Wavefront Basics, Zyoptix, Hansatome Wetlab by Bausch & Lomb, Cente of Excellence, Singapore, 2003 • Diploma in Sportvision Practice, by The Sportvision Group, UK, 2007 • Contact Lens Seminar at Bangkok, organized by Johnson & Johnson’s “The Vision Care Institute”, 2008 • Certificate Training Program on fitting Paragon CRT Lenses by Paragon Vision Science, 2008 • Master mind Plus Contact Lens training program, by Bausch & Lomb, 2008 • Certificate course in Vision Therapy under Dr Barry Tannen, USA, 2009 • Accreditation by International Association of Contact Lens Educator and awarded the suffix FIACLE, 2011 Besides these, I have also taken several informal training courses on various business practices like Business Strategy, HR Practices, Retailing, Organizational Structuring, Coaching and Mentoring employees and Developing Training materials. I am a proud author of eight books on Optometry, a self help book on Retail Sales and a fiction novel titled Yet We Marry.

Research Interest

Optometry, Optics, Vision Science