Project turns youth into optometricians for basic eye-care ..................

[Chris Ryser]

On the other side of the Globe ......................................

Essilor project turns youth into optometricians for basic eye-care

HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 4:
‘Eye Mitras or technicians trained in the basics of eye-care promise to bring a visible change to the vision capabilities of the rural poor.

About 3,300 Eye Mitras are now operating in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. The target is to create an army of 10,000 such technicians by 2020 in the country.

The ambitious project is driven by Essilor, the 170-year-old global eye-care company under its 2.5 NVG (New Vision Generation) programme.

Launched in 2013, the project began with data from Boston Consulting Group that 4.5 billion out of the 7.2 billion global population then required vision correction.

Essilor decided to address the concerns of the affected 90 per cent of whom reside in developing nations, especially India, China and the poorer Asian and African countries. Of these, the majority were concentrated in rural areas. The multinational took up a strategy of mass screening, training of rural youth, providing basic toolkits and facilitating the creation of Eye Mitras.


continue reading;
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle9887462.ece

[Chris Ryser]

How long will it be until this new profession of OPTOMETRICIAN will hit the European and American continent ........................

3 years...........10 years.................20years

This new profession could very well play into the hands of the fast growing on-line opticals in more or fully developed countries.

So put on your optical seatbelts and be ready for the ride ..................

[Lab Insight]

How long will it be until this new profession of OPTOMETRICIAN will hit the European and American continent ........................

3 years...........10 years.................20years

This new profession could very well play into the hands of the fast growing on-line opticals in more or fully developed countries.

So put on your optical seatbelts and be ready for the ride ..................

Optometrists and opticians should be one profession really. There is so much overlap already and certainly no efficiencies in its current state.

[Chris Ryser]

Optometrists and opticians should be one profession really. There is so much overlap already and certainly no efficiencies in its current state.

Lab Insight, In the most parts where optical retail businesses exist, with the exception of North America, it is, or was the way you describe. In the newest times in Europe they are starting to call themselves optometrists.

They start as an optician's apprentice, and then go to do the Master Optician who does refract. This Takes about 6 years of learning, while working at your job

[tmorse]

On the other side of the Globe ......................................

Essilor project turns youth into optometricians for basic eye-care

HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 4:
‘Eye Mitras or technicians trained in the basics of eye-care promise to bring a visible change to the vision capabilities of the rural poor.

About 3,300 Eye Mitras are now operating in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. The target is to create an army of 10,000 such technicians by 2020 in the country.

The ambitious project is driven by Essilor, the 170-year-old global eye-care company under its 2.5 NVG (New Vision Generation) programme.

Launched in 2013, the project began with data from Boston Consulting Group that 4.5 billion out of the 7.2 billion global population then required vision correction.

Essilor decided to address the concerns of the affected 90 per cent of whom reside in developing nations, especially India, China and the poorer Asian and African countries. Of these, the majority were concentrated in rural areas. The multinational took up a strategy of mass screening, training of rural youth, providing basic toolkits and facilitating the creation of Eye Mitras.


continue reading;
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle9887462.ece

How long does Essilor's Eye Mitras program take to complete?

[Chris Ryser]

How long does Essilor's Eye Mitras program take to complete?

The target is to create an army of 10,000 such technicians by 2020 in the country.

That is it .....................

[tmorse]

With respect, my question has still not been answered. How are these technicians trained (apprenticeship?) over what time frame.

[iaxbbcp]

Tmorse, looks like its a 12 month program from this article.
https://www.ruralmarketing.in/interv...-india-by-2020

"Under Eye Mitra Optician programme, with the help of our project partners, identifies passionate rural youth and gives them training on basic vision screening and spectacle dispensing. This training period is of 12 months which includes two months of classroom session and 10 months of on the job (OJT) training. During the OJT period, EMOs are trained on various business aspects such as basics of running a successful business, customer handling and conducting Vision Screening Events (VSEs). We have dedicated training centres where training is given by a team of qualified trainers and at every level quality assessments are done.
On completion of successful training, 2.5NVG provides product and marketing support along with other required instruments to EMOs for setting up a small optical outlet in their respective local community."

[Chris Ryser]

With respect, my question has still not been answered. How are these technicians trained (apprenticeship?) over what time frame.

Here is all I could dig up on short notice:

Eye Mitra Opticians: French lens company Essilor is helping rural opticians set up business

SHINJINI CHOWDHURY
19 SEPTEMBER 2017

Essilor has trained 3,150 people in India to become opticians. Known as Eye Mitra Opticians or EMOs, they are India’s fresh batch of entrepreneurs with a mission to cure uncorrected refractive error.

A road trip around Uttar Pradesh this September introduced me to 2.5 New Vision Generation(NVG) India, an initiative of Essilor Group that empowers India’s Rural population through sustainable business models and brings vision screening and correction instruments to their doorsteps. An innovative part of2.5 NVG is the Eye Mitra campaign, launched in 2013.

According to studies consulted by Boston Consultancy Group on behalf of Essilor, there are 55 crore people in India with uncorrected, poor vision. In simpler terms, so many people in our country require spectacles, but are either unaware of it or cannot afford vision correction.

source:
https://yourstory.com/2017/09/eye-mitra-opticians

[Chris Ryser]

As they can work long hours in India, those new opticians can each process 10 customers.

At 3150 of them each at 10 jobs a day which results at 31,500 jobs per day and all of them go to Essilor owned labs of which they have many in India.

Even if they are cheap it is still big business.......................

[Chris Ryser]

New Vision Generation India Private Limited was registered at Registrar of Companies Bangalore on 17 May, 2013 and is categorised as Company limited by Shares and an Non-govt company.

New Vision Generation India Private Limited's Corporate Identification Number (CIN) is U33302KA2013PTC069156 and Registeration Number is 069156.
New Vision Generation India Private Limited registered address on file is C-303, Brigade Millenium Apartment, Puttenahalli, Arakere, Bangalore KA 561203 IN, Bangalore - 561203, Karnataka, India.

New Vision Generation India Private Limited currently have 2 Active Directors / Partners: Dattatri Hardur Manjunatha, Krishnamurthy Rajagopalan, and there are no other Active Directors / Partners in the company except these 2 officials.New Vision Generation India Private Limited is involved in Manufacturing - Machinery & Equipments Activity and currently company is in Active Status.

source:
https://corporatedir.com/company/new...rivate-limited

[IC-UC]

Target of 18 million screenings over 3 years.........wow! And with all the deregulation happening across the globe, could be coming to a corner near you!

[Chris Ryser]

....wow! And with all the deregulation happening across the globe, could be coming to a corner near you!

...................that is the smart way of doing it. Start in a developing country, not much can go wrong that can't be corrected, and you can still make tons of money with that type of quantity sales.

Then adapt the system to the old world, which has been prepared for a few years............and you have a winner.