Delivering Affordable Eye Care to Underserved Markets | Kiran Anandampillai | TEDxGWHSchool
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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism
Kiran, Founder and CEO of Drishti, is a telecom engineer and was a founding member of OnMobile, a company spun out of Infosys. He helped build OnMobile from a 10 people startup to over 1200 people with revenues over 550 crores. He quit OnMobile in Dec 2010 to work on projects that deliver social impact. He was a Technology Volunteer at UIDAI until August 2012. Drishti is a social impact enterprise that provides affordable eye care in under-served markets. Drishti is currently setting up hospitals and vision centers in markets that have limited or no provision for eye care. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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