Dr Vikas Mahatme (born 11 December 1957) is Padmashri Awarded Indian ophthalmologist, social entrepreneur, visionary and a member of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha. Born in Amravati, he comes from Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra. He is well known across Maharashtra for his charitable and social works. He founded a charitable trust. Mahatme Eye Welfare Charitable Trust that runs Mahatme Eye Bank eye hospital in Nagpur as well as branches in Mumbai, Amravati, Gadchiroli and Pune. He received the Padma Shri for his charitable community work as an ophthalmologist. Read more
Dr Mahatme, an empathetic personality, is the first to start an eye bank in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and established an eye donation movement there. He also runs several eye hospitals and vision centres in Central India. In addition to pleading the case for reservation for Dhangars, Mahatme said he will also insist on the need to impart life skills to people, as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) suggestions. He said he runs an Institute of Science of Happiness and believed in the fact that no party in the country should be against the larger public interest.
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