Medicine & Health Sciences

Hi Hemal,

The optometrist performs eye tests to examine a patient's vision and prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses and provide vision therapy and low-vision rehabilitation. Apart from these, they also operate machines for work such as polishing edges, hardening and adjusting the sizes of lenses.

A career in Optometry offers a high salary, job stability, tremendous potential for development and a decent work environment. Many universities in India offering diploma, certificate, Bachelor, master & Ph.D. courses in Optometry. Moreover, an optometrist can work with Optician showrooms, Eye doctors, Contact Lens and Ophthalmic lens industry, hospital Eye departments etc.

Optometrists can also seek employment with any multinational organization dealing with eye care products as professional services executives or take up teaching as a career. They can pursue higher education or can go for further research in the field of Optometry. Optometrists could also take up the work of occupational health specialists in the vision care of industrial workers.