• Accredited by International Federation for Eye and Tissue Banking(IFETB), Baltimore USA
• Member in Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI)
Eye Bank - Lights up the Sightless lives
The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank (RAIEB) is a community organization dedicated to the cause of restoring vision to those blind from corneal diseases. It has been registered under the Tamilnadu Society Registration Act 1975 (Register Number: M(N) 2001/087 Date 6.8.2001.
The Executive Board consists of the following members:
President
: Dr.P.Namperumalsamy
Vice President
: Mr.M.N.Nayagam
Secretary
: Dr.M.Srinivasan
Deputy Secretary
: Dr.N.Venkatesh Prajna
The Society was formed with the objective of providing quality corneal tissues to the needy patients irrespective of the caste, creed or religion or ability to pay and also to enhance the level of awareness about eye donations to the general public, hospitals and voluntary organizations.
The eye bank is conducting various awareness programmes among general public includes students, self help groups(SHG) and voluntary organizations in order to increase awareness about eye donation and to motivate people to donate eyes after death.
