Dr. Krishna Kumar Ramani

Freelance Optometrist & educationalist & Visiting faculty member - Elite School of Optometry, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, SJSIO - Sankara eye Hospital, & Aravind eye hospital , Former Principal, Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India

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Krishna Kumar Ramani is presently working as a freelance optometrist and educationalist as well as contributing as faculty member at The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Elite school of optometry and few other institutes. He is also advisor to optometric council of India, India Vision Institute and optometry association of Tamil Nanbargal (OATN). He did his undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees from Elite School of Optometry, run in collaboration with Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. He also possesses Masters in Psychology and Fellowship in British dispensing optics (FBDO). Previously, he worked as the head of the department of optometry at Sankara Nethralaya for 7 years and as the principal of Elite School of Optometry for 16 years. He has teaching experience of 23 years. He supervised many masters level research projects, guided doctoral students and at present guiding one doctoral student. In addition, was heading the occupational optometry department for 6 years at Sankara Nethralaya. He has 33 peer review publications and authored 2 books in optometry and was editor and chapter contributor in occupational optometry/health books.

  1. Articles 27 Jul 2021 13 min read

    Astigmatism - The clinical pearls in Refractive care

    Preface: Astigmatism is a common type of refractive error that we come across in vision clinics on a regular basis. It causes the deterioration of retinal image quality and leads to specific vision-related symptoms. Prevalence of this condition is reported to vary with age, gender, and ethnicity. The clinical diagnosis and management of astigmatism necessitate an understanding of its nature and characteristics. Hence, this particular write-up is prepared as a consolidation of integrated information related to ‘astigmatism’ by focusing on its definition, classic types, relevant clinical evaluation components, and appropriate management options. What is astigmatism? Astigmatism is a type of refractive error/ametropia that occurs when parallel rays of light entering the ocular media (non-accommodative state) are not focused well on the retina. In an optical system with astigmatic error, light rays propagate in two different planes and the incident light rays fail to converge at a single f

    Najiya Sundus K. Meethal · Dr. Krishna Kumar Ramani