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VISION
To provide sight to visually impaired through collection and distribution of corneas from volunteer eye donations.

MISSION
To educate people about the importance of eye donation. To register and maintain a database of eye donors, To recover corneas posthumously from registered donors, and To distribute the corneas to the needy people.

The Chiranjeevi Eye Bank was started in the year 1998 to fulfill the service vision of its founder, the well known Telugu film star Mr. Chiranjeevi. The first ever appeal for eye donation to the public through media by Chiranjeevi resulted in an overwhelmingly spectacular response of over fifty thousand people pledging their eyes for posthumous use to provide vision to the visually impaired.

The Trust through the intensive efforts of the Eye bank has collected 775 pairs of eyes from the deceased donors who had pledged their eyes and provided vision to 1550 people who were visually impaired.

The Trust wishes to appoint counselors in each district to create awareness about eye donation and encourage the immediate family members of those donors who pledge their eyes to extend their cooperation to collect the eyes on the demise of such donors.

The Eye Bank along with the Blood bank is administered by the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust, located at Jubilee Hills,  Hyderabad .

Dr. KASU PRASAD REDDY MBBS ; MS; DO;MRCOpth (UK)

Dr. Kasu Prasad Reddy, a well-accomplished ophthalmologist has been the Director of the Chiranjeevi Eye Bank, since its inception. Dr. Reddy completed his MBBS from Gunter Medical College, MS from Stanley Medical College, Chennai, and left to England in 1978. He took his Diploma in Ophthalmology from Dublin, Ireland and his Membership from England. He is a pioneer in Refractive surgery with fellowship training from Chicago, USA and Manheim, Germany.

Dr. Kasu Prasad Reddy has conducted thousands of laser surgical procedures and introduced his first Lasik procedure in India at Maxivision Eye Hospital in 1996. He is the 1st person to introduce Phakic IOL for those not suitable for Lasik in India. He has also conducted thousands of cataract operations and eye donation graft procedures.

Dr. Kasu Prasad Reddy is also a qualified pilot. He is instrumental in making Maxivision Eye Hospital’s services available not only in Hyderabad but also in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam as well.

The Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust is proud to have an outstanding Ophthalmologist like Dr. Kasu Prasad Reddy as the Director of the Chiranjeevi Eye Bank.