Medical knowledge and technology in eye care has advanced tremendously. The use of sophisticated technology has increased the cost of basic infrastructure making eye care more costly. Therefore the underprivileged can not access this due to lack of funds and resources.

Eminent eye surgeon Dr. Kulin Kothari, Chairman and Medical Director of ‘Bombay City Eye Institute & Research Centre’ with more than 25 years of ophthalmic practice behind him understood this problem and driven by his philanthropic and benevolent nature wanted to help these people and bring smiles on their faces and happiness in their lives.

He inspired Shri Jayantibhai Kothari and Mrs. Minaxi Kothari to establish Bombay City Eye Institute Charitable Trust (now Vision Foundation of India) in the year 1993. In subsequent years several family friends, philanthropists and like minded people extended their hand and commitment to trust’s mission and increased the trust’s activities many fold.

Dr. Kulin Kothari had a vision, a desire and single minded perseverance of expanding the trust’s activities in various states and later at national level. Its earlier name (Bombay City eye Institute Charitable Trust) suggested a localized entity, thus a change of name was desirable in order to make it a national level organization. On 19th July 2005 the name of the trust was officially changed to Vision Foundation of India (VFI).

Today at Vision Foundation of India our mission is to restore the eye sight of those marginalized sections of society. In the last few years VFI has created new paths leading to restore the vision of these people.