Infinite Vision: How Aravind Became the World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion

by Pavithra K. Mehta

The Aravind Eye Care System is now the largest provider of eye surgeries in the world. By 2010, it was seeing more than 2.5 million patients and performing 300,000 surgeries a year.3 The family’s involvement spiraled out, and the employee roster at Aravind now resembles the guest list of a typical Indian wedding.

“If somebody is blind, that’s our problem,” says Dr. Aravind Srinivasan. “It doesn’t matter whether they have money or not. The problem is ours.”