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The Elite School of Optometry, located at 8, G.S.T.Road, St.Thomas Mount, is a few kilometers away from the St. Thomas Mount railway station and the Anna International airport, Chennai, India. Built in 1985, ESO and C.U.Shah Eye Hospital, units of Medical Research Foundation are in the Dr. V.G.Appukutty campus. The campus is named after Dr.V.G.Appukutty who donated the land for establishing the ESO.
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Dedication of ESO & C.U.Shah Eye Hospital Campus to the Memory of Dr. V. G. Appukutty |
Facilities
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Main Building - ESO |
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The main building of ESO is situated in the cool green V.G.Appukutty campus in a vast area of 3.17 acres. This building houses all the classrooms, labs, library, seminar hall and the administrative office. |
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| Laboratories |
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Biochemistry
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Students will be able to analyze, identify and estimate biochemicals of importance in health and disease.Students learn the main aspects of the metabolism of major biochemicals in the body and techniques like electrophoresis. |
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Optics
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Students will be trained to have a clear understanding of image formation, the simple imaging concepts in single lenses and mirror. |
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Visual Optics
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Students practice the various clinical testing procedures from the second year of their academics. |
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Dispensing
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The students are trained to make lens blanks skillfully and the fitting of these blanks in the frame. |
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Computer
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A lab with 24 hour internet access is available. Students are taught the basics in computers and Visual Basic. |
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Seminar-Cum-Videoconferencing Hall
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The seminar hall with videoconferencing facility provides an opportunity for the students to update themselves with the recent advances in Optometry by attending to the lectures of eminent professors. |
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Smt. Sundari Subramanian Department of Visual Psychophysics Laboratory
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Psychophysics is a way of understanding the complex functioning of the visual system by using non-invasive, non-contact methods. By using specially designed visual stimuli and studying the response of the patients to these stimuli, psychophysicists model these functions. |
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