About us

THE ASANSOL PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY is a Non-profitable / Non-Government Organization and it has been registered under the Society registration Act XXVI of 1961, Govt. of West Bengal. The Society was established on 07.07.1993 and Regd. on 4th Sept, 1998 under the W.B. Society Registration Act, 1961 thereafter we started to collect Corneas for prevention of Blindness and has been actively engaged in conducting awareness campaign on eye donation programme and also has been doing the work for the poor and under privileged people of the native villages since the year 1998. We have been collecting the cornea posthumously and deposit the same to the R.I.O., Kolkata / Bardhaman Medical College & Hospital / Bankura Medical College and Hospital.

This Society is grateful to Corporates viz. Eastern Coalfields Limited, Steel Authority of India Ltd., Life Insurance Corporation of India, Rotary Foundation for their support. This Society is accredited by TISS (Tata Institution of Social Science) endorsed by NITI AAYOG, of Govt. of India and also an Institutional member of “Eye Bank Association of India”, Hyderabad, Membership no.- Inst-L-1378.

ASANSOL BRAILLE ACADEMY was formed on 14-11-2007 Blind boys and Girls from Jharkhand to Andal with the age group of 5 to 12 study here through Braille from class UG to class VIII presently there are 30 students studying. Reception facilities viz. Annual Sports meet, Parade on Republic and Independence Day, outing and picnics are conducted regularly.

OUR APPROACH: We are not a profit making body. Round the year we conduct free Eye, Cataract Detection, Low vision camps within a radius of 50 KM from our base Hospital. We also educate Communities to eliminate the stigma around the visual impairment. This very approach is appreciated by all walks of the Society. Fluctuating in-flow of donation, un-stability in money market, steep rise in price index and cancellation of high denomination currency notes has further aggravated our fund generation.