Overview

Vivekananda Mission Asram Netra Niramay Niketan is also actively involved in research and training. It was one of the nine hospitals in India chosen to conduct research on diabetic retinopathy in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Earlier the institute has experience of conducting 5 epidemiological national surveys including one on childhood blindness under National Program for Control of Blindness, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

VMA NNN has following surveys, research works & projects to its credit:

Pattern of Childhood Blindness in west Bengal in 1998 under guidance of ICEH,London.
Evaluation of outcome of Cataract Surgery and other causes of Blindness (National Survey on Blindness) under NPCB in 2001 in Dhenkanal, Orissa and 2005 in Malda ,WB.
Rapid assessment of blindness under NPCB in North Tripura in 2003.
Assessment of childhood Blindness in 2005 under WHO NPCB in Paschim Medinipur, WB .
Rapid assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Malda (2006) under NPCB.
Genetics of Albinism in collaboration with AERF and AIWA University USA in 2008.
Carrier detection of Albinism in Collaboration with IICB, Kolkata in 2010.
West Bengal Childhood Blindness Prevention Project with ORBIS .
Low Vision Project under Paschim Banga Sarva Shiksha Mission.
Save your sight Project with ORBIS for behavioural change communication program regarding Diabetic Retinopathy.
Baseline Assessment of Prevalence and Causes of visual impairment and the coverage of eye care service needs in Sundarban, West Bengal
Baseline survey using existing epidemiological survey tools such as Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB-6) in Bihar
Spectrum of Eye Diseases in diabetes Mellitus (Speed) India” supported by Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust (QEDJT) in collaboration with Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad under Public Health Foundation of India.

Present Research Works:

VMA NNN is now conducting one Survey & Research work as follows:

SMART India Study : Statistical Modelling And Risk assessment of Type 2 diabetes complications in India