B. Sc. Optometry is a 3 + 1 year undergraduate degree course which deals with the examination, diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases and disorders of the visual system. It is a vision care science. One can also define it as the science of eye equipment (including lenses and spectacles) which is imbued with the idea of improving the vision of the human eye and remove all kinds of obstacles of sight which an individual may experience.
In Coimbatore, the City famous for its Hospitality and Culture, P.Perichi Gounder Memorial Education and Charitable Trust (PPG Trust), a renowned, benevolent, Charitable, educational trust was established in the year 1992 by Dr.L.P.Thangavelu, M.S., a leading laparoscopic surgeon . It is an institution par excellence rendering yeomen service catering to the needs of budding youth and under-privileged. The founder-chairman Dr.L.P.Thangavelu being the visionary and erudite educationist has encrypted in the DNA of the institution the poise to evolve into a paragon of perfection and excellence. With the able support of his wife Mrs.Shanthi Thangavelu as the Trustee the institutions under the banner of PPG are making strides in achieving and accumulating accolades and laurels. The trust has established and been nurturing various educational institutions for the last 18 years in Coimbatore - College of Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Physiotherapy, College of Education, Institute of Technology , Business School and alchemy Public School and offers B.Sc. & M.Sc. Nursing, BPT & MPT, B.Ed., & M.Ed., Diploma in Nursing, BE and MBA.
Ashwin hospital focused on this issue of the tremendous need for such expert technologists in the various fields and came up with the idea of starting B.Sc Allied Health Sciences course. Even though this concept is perhaps novel to India it is widely popular and highly successful already in many advanced countries, through this course the objective is to create an adequate number if technocrats of high level performance and skills. This four year programme was the culmination of efforts of a vast number of people qualified and interested in these areas and aboard of studies made up of eminent academics in the specialties.
PPG Institute of Optometry, Unit of P. Perichi Gounder Memorial Charitable Trust Saravanampatti P.O, Coimbatore-641035, Tamil Nadu, India.