Brien Holden Institute Of Optometry & Vision Sciences

The Brien Holden Institute for Optometry and Vision Sciences at L V Prasad Eye Institute incorporates the Bausch and Lomb School of Optometry, specialises in education, research, patient care and human resource capacity building in optometry. BHIOVS immortalises Prof Brien Holden’s influence on eye care, especially in India.

Brien Holden and the Brien Holden Vision Institute have been collaborating with LVPEI for many years in the areas of vision correction research, contact lens, eye care delivery and optometry development. Both organisations were participants in a series of Cooperative Research Centres between 1991 and 2015 and were instrumental in the founding of the International Centre for Eyecare Education (later becoming the Brien Holden Vision Institute) and co-founded the India Vision Institute.