Aravind is a centre of excellence which provides all the services under single roof.
Human resources at Aravind constitute 795 clinical staff and 604 non-clinical staff, whose hard work is the backbone for its success.
Efficiency in service delivery by the staff members. A surgeon in Aravind performs more than 2,00,000 cataract surgeries a year which is five times the number performed by an average Indian ophthalmologist.
Quality is ensured in Aravind with the help of standard clinical protocols. Though it performs higher volume of surgery, the infection rate is very low in Aravind.
Patient centered systems and care. Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank provides a sustainable solution to the problem of corneal blindness.
Aravind collaborates with various leading eye institutes like Wilmer Eye Institute of John’s Hopkins University, Cornell University and Columbia University, around the world for education, training and research.
Non Clinical strengths 
Financial sustainability. Through a unique fee system & effective management,
Aravind provides free eye care to two-thirds of its patients.
Aravind is partnered with n-logue internet kiosks which mainly aim at providing internet access to the local community and to provide eye care services to the community.
Aurolab produces intraocular lenses (IOLs), suture needles, pharmaceuticals and spectacle lenses, makes cataract surgery affordable in the developing countries.
Aurolab exports its products to 120 countries and has got 7% global market share in IOLs.
The Aravind Medical Research Foundation performs laboratory-based research in genetics, immunology and microbiology and coordinates the various research activities at Aravind.
LAICO contributes to eye care through teaching, training, research an consultancy.
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