title: Regional Institute of Ophthalmology
text: # Regional Institute of Ophthalmology
  
  Apex Institute & R.I.O.s in India
  
  ## Apex institute
  
  Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, New Delhi
  
  Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at All India Institute of Medical Sciences has been recognized as the Apex Organisation by the Government of India under the National Programme for the Control of Blindness. This programme was launched in 1976 to combat blindness in India.
  
  ## R.I.O.s in cities in India
  
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, BHU, Varanasi.
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Hyderabad
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Kolkata
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Guwahati
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Bhopal
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Sitapur
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Patna
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Thiruvananthapuram
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Chennai
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Ahmedabad
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Bangalore
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Allahabad
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Raipur
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Jaipur
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Ranchi
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Cuttak
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Rohtak
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Mumbai
  * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Punjab
  