Through excellence and innovations in teaching, research, service and learning,
Kalasalingam School of Allied Health Sciences will be recognized by the academic and
optometric communities as a premier College of Optometry of quality and distinction that
engages all students and produces alumini to serve with integrity in their lives,
professional organizations and Optometric careers.
To scholarship and research, which provide the underpinning of optometric and vision
science education and service
To strengthen the provision of optometric care to a diverse public
To cherish the value that diversity in faculty and students brings to optometry and vision
science
To fair and equitable treatment of faculty, students, and staff-the source of The School of
Optometry's strength.
The 4-year B.Sc., Optometry Technology Program focuses on the study of examination,
diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases and disorders of the visual system. It is a vision
care science. This is a dynamic and challenging career option in the medical field. It allows one
to help people, achieve, Personal growth, Community, respect, job flexibility and financial
success and offers virtually unlimited opportunities.
Optometry means a health care profession that is autonomous and concerned especially
with examining the eye for defects and faults of refraction, with prescribing correctional
lenses, eye exercises and/or visual rehabilitation care for visually impaired, with diagnosing
diseases of the eye, and with treating such diseases or referring them for treatment.
Optometry as a profession has the primary public health responsibility for eliminating
uncorrected refractive error (the leading cause of vision impairment globally). As primary eye
care practitioners, optometrists have a vital role in detecting potentially serious eye diseases such
as cataract, glaucoma and Diabetic retinopathy, age-related maculopathy, as well as general
health conditions such as hypertension and diabetes, which means optometrists can also help
alleviate the burden of other causes of blindness through diagnosis, referral and in some cases co-
management. Optometry can and should play a leading role in eye care provision at the primary
level, and can also assist at secondary and tertiary levels where possible, working with
ophthalmologists and other eye care providers towards the unified goal of combating blindness.
At the time of admission, a candidate should have successfully passed the examination
conducted by a Board/ University at the +2 level of schooling with Pass marks (50% in
Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Diploma in their relevant field (either through formal
schooling for 12 years, or through open school system) or its equivalent.