Eye care built on world-class research
For more than 30 years, Dr. Vinay Nangia and the team at Suraj Eye Institute have contributed to population-based and international studies of blindness and vision loss — and brought that evidence back to the care of every patient in Central India.
Contributing to the studies that shape global eye health
Our clinicians are collaborators in some of the world’s most influential health studies. The figure on each card is the number of our publications from that collaboration.
Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
Worldwide estimates of the causes and burden of disease — including blindness and vision impairment — used by governments and the WHO to set health priorities.
95View papers →Central India Eye and Medical Study (CIEMS)
A population-based study of eye and general health among adults in rural Central India.
51View papers →NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
A global network of health scientists tracking blood pressure, diabetes, body weight and other risk factors across 200 countries.
21View papers →Vision Loss Expert Group (VLEG)
The international expert group that produces global estimates of blindness and vision impairment for the GBD study.
19View papers →AI & Machine Learning
Artificial-intelligence studies with international consortium partners, including the Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium.
4View papers →Tackling the leading causes of sight loss in Central India
Our research concentrates on the conditions that cause the most preventable visual impairment in our region — studied clinically, with modern imaging, and, increasingly, with genetics and artificial intelligence.
Glaucoma
Structure and function of the optic nerve, eye-pressure dynamics and visual-field progression — and how glaucoma presents in the Central Indian population.
Glaucoma services →Diabetic retinopathy
Prevalence, screening models and image-based grading of diabetic eye disease in a region with a high and growing burden of diabetes.
Medical retina →Age-related macular degeneration
Imaging-based study of macular degeneration, its risk factors and early markers in the Central Indian population.
Inherited retinal disease
Retinitis pigmentosa and related conditions — clinical phenotyping, electrophysiology and genetic analysis in an under-studied population.
Myopia
How common short-sightedness is, how quickly it progresses and why — including school-based screening and the long-term outcomes of high myopia.
About myopia →Ocular biometry
Population-specific normal values for axial length, corneal curvature and anterior-chamber depth, to improve lens-power calculation for cataract surgery.
Biometry →Community ophthalmology
Rural outreach, school eye health and the epidemiology of vision impairment across Vidarbha.
Public health work →Artificial intelligence
Developing and validating AI tools for earlier detection of eye disease — tested on the patients they are meant to serve.
AI programme →Biobank
A planned resource linking clinical findings, retinal imaging and consented samples for future research.
Read more →Central India Ophthalmology Biobank (CIOB)
A planned research resource linking clinical findings, retinal imaging and — with specific consent — biological samples, from a population that is under-represented in global eye research.
Clinical information and retinal images from consenting patients, drawn from the electronic medical record and our structured imaging archive.
Biological samples — blood, buccal swab or tear fluid — for patients taking part in specific research sub-studies.
Genetic analysis for research into inherited eye disease, only with explicit additional consent.
Research led by internationally trained clinicians
Dr. Vinay Nangia
MBBS, MS, FMRF, FRCS, FRCOphth (UK), FAICO · Founder, Suraj Eye Institute
Trained at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai — where he served as a consultant vitreoretinal surgeon — at the universities of Manchester and Aberdeen in the UK, and in glaucoma at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston.
Collaborator in the Global Burden of Disease study, the Vision Loss Expert Group, the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration and the Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium.
Full profile →A research-active hospital
- NABH-accredited — research embedded in a quality-assured clinical setting
- Long-standing partnerships including Heidelberg University, ORBIS, CORDAID and Rotary Netherlands
- Recognised for postgraduate training and sub-specialty fellowships
- Two campuses in Nagpur — New Colony and MIHAN
Peer-reviewed research in leading journals
Our work spans glaucoma, retinal imaging, cataract outcomes, community eye health, myopia and the global epidemiology of vision loss.
Collaborate with Suraj Eye Institute
We welcome partnerships with universities, research institutes, technology developers, clinical-trial sponsors and public-health organisations. Tell us about your research question and we will be glad to explore it with you.