Bachelor of Optometry (B.OPTOM)

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Course Offered	Duration (in Years)	Eligibility
Bachelor Of Optometry (B.OPTOM)	4	12th standard pass with Physics, Chemistry, Biology / Mathematics with at least 55% marks.

Disclaimer: TNU reserves the right for relaxation in admission criteria for the most deserving candidates.

Optometry is a healthcare profession that is autonomous, educated and regulated (licensed / registered), and optometrists are the primary healthcare practitioners of the eye and visual system who provide comprehensive eye and vision care, which includes refraction and dispensing, detection/ diagnosis and management of disease in the eye, and the rehabilitation of conditions of the visual system. Indian Optometrists have large scope of work and well recognized in abroad.

Bachelor of Optometry (B.OPTOM) at The Neotia University (TNU) is design to skill students on the intricacies of vision and different aspects and connections, to get jobs in topnotch hospitals, practice privately or open dispensing outlets. The course curriculum designed by industry experts and academic stalwarts, is practical based that includes Clinical observer ship from first year, maintaining Clinical Log Book during Internship and submission of Clinical projects and case report in the final year. 12-month Internship programme at renowned eye hospitals and retail optical chains is part of the curriculum.

The Department is equipped with state of the art laboratory facilities like Health Sciences Lab with Human Cadavers, Clinical Lab and Eye Dissection facility using Bull’s Eyes. The department is planning to extend the lab facility with various specialty labs in contact lens, binocular vision, low vision rehabilitation and dispensing optics lab. Industrial experts, academicians, doctors and hospital personnel visit the campus, to train students in research and industrial opportunities.

Prof.(Dr.) Ranjan Mukherjee, MS

Former Professor - NSHM, Poilan College etc. Consultant Opthalmologist , Disha Hospital

Mr. Wasiq Al-Bashar

Senior Trainer(East) of Lenskart

Laboratories

Equipment Name: Auto Refractor Keratometer

Equipment Name: Manual Lensometer

Equipment Name: Slit Lamp

Equipment Name: Digital Lensmeter

Equipment Name: Ophthalmoscope

Equipment Name: Trial Lens Box

Career Prospects

Graduates may work as an independent practitioner in their own clinic with an optical dispensing section or as an Optometrist in a Group Practice (with Ophthalmologists/ Optometrists). Students shall have many opportunities in Eye Hospitals or Eye Department of a Multi-Specialty Hospitals as a Primary-Care Optometrist, Specialty-Care Optometrist, and Diagnostic Procedure

Expert. Optical Chains like GKB, Titan Eye+, Himalaya Optical, Lawrence & Mayo, Vision Express, Specs-Makers, seek optometrists, executives, and research and development experts in their outlets. Students can also work as a research scientist in vision sciences, educator in schools/colleges of optometry or work with NGOs engaged in healthcare or blindness prevention. Graduates may opt for higher studies leading to M.S. (Optometry) and Ph.D, PG Diploma or Fellowships in specialty optometric areas. Optometry Graduates are well-recognize in abroad, they may pursue higher studies and research in various Universities in Europe, America and Australia to name a few.

Mr. Supriyo Chatterjee

HOD Optometry

Mr. Chatterjee has been teaching for thirty-four years now and has an overall industry experience of thirty years. He is the Founder Member West Be...

Mr. Santanu Ray

Assistant Professor

Mr. Ray has 6 years of teaching and 3 years of industry experience. He has research experience of 4 years in Community Optometry and Low Vision. He...

Dr. Haimanti Goswami

Assistant Professor

Dr. Goswami has been teaching for eleven years now. She has research experience of six years in “Thyroid and Male Reproductive Physiology”. She did...

Dr. Kalyanashis De

Assistant Professor

Dr. De has been 8 years of teaching and an overall research experience of 9 years in the field of Condensed Matter Physics. He did his Ph.D. in Phy...

Dr. Manashi Chakraborty

Assistant Professor

Dr. Chakraborty is presently is running a SERB- DST, GOI sponsored project worth INR 37 Lacs entitled Dependence of Exchange Bias on Interparticle ...

Dr. Debobani Biswas

Assistant Professor

Dr. Biswas has 22 years of teaching experience in English Language, Literature, and Corporate Communication. She completed her Ph.D. on African Ame...

Dr. Sudeshna Roy

Assistant Professor

Dr. Roy has 8 years of teaching experience and an overall 5 years of research experience. She did her Ph.D. in Applied Psychology and her research ...

Dr. Poulomi Chakraborty

Assistant Professor

Dr. Chakraborty has more than two years of teaching and four years of research experience in Microbiology and Microbial biofilm Biology. She has co...

Mr. Chandranath Chakraborty

Assistant Professor

Mr. Chakraborty has been teaching for 2 years now. He has industry experience of sixteen years. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare and ...

Mr. Swarnava Biswas

Teaching Associate

Mr. Biswas has industry and research experience of few years in Biomedical Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learni...

Dr. Rajashree Kar

Teaching Associate

Dr. Kar has 2 years of teaching and a year of industry experience. She did her Post-Graduation in Physiotherapy with a specialization in Orthopedic...

Dr. Tridib Chatterjee

Faculty (Part Time)

Dr. Chatterjee has 4 years of teaching and 16 years of industry experience. He has research experience of 4 years in health-related areas. He did h...

Dr. Shahid Mahmood

Faculty (Part Time)

Mr. Mahmood has 10 years of teaching and industry experience respectively. He has done his DOS and DMS in subjects related to Optometry. He has bee...

Dr. Pradip Kumar Porai

Faculty (Part Time)

Dr. Porai has 14 years of teaching and industry experience of 16 years. He has done his Ph.D. and M.D. in Homeopathy.

1st year 1st Semester

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	Periods per week			Total	Points
Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	L	T	P	Total	Points
1	BO 101	CC	Human Anatomy	3			3	3
2	BO 102	CC	Human Physiology	3			3	3
3	BO 103	CC	Pharmacology	3			3	3
4	BO 104	CC	Geometrical Optics	2			2	2
5	BO 105	CC	Physical Optics	2			2	2
6	BO 106	CC	General Biochemistry	2			2	2
7	BO 107	CC	General Microbiology	2			2	2
8	BO 108	AECC	English Communication Lab	2			2	2
Theory Total							19	19
1	BO 171	CC	Human Anatomy			2	2	1
2	BO 172	CC	Human Physiology			2	2	1
3	BO 173	CC	Geometrical Optics			2	2	1
4	BO 174	CC	Physical Optics			2	2	1
5	BO 175	CC	General Biochemistry			2	2	1
6	BO 176	CC	General Microbiology			2	2	1
7	BO 177	AECC	English Communication Lab.			2	2	1
Practical Total							14	7
Semester Total								26

1st year 2nd Semester

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	Periods per week			Total	Points
Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	L	T	P	Total	Points
1	BO 201	CC	Ocular Anatomy	3			3	3
2	BO 202	CC	Ocular & Visual Physiology	3			3	3
3	BO 203	CC	Physiological & Visual Optics I	3			3	3
4	BO 204	CC	General & Ocular Pathology	3			3	3
5	BO 205	CC	Ophthalmic Instrumentations I	2			2	2
6	BO 206	CC	Clinical Refraction I	2			2	2
7	BO 207	SEC	Basic Computer Application	2			2	2
Theory Total							18	18
1	BO 271	CC	Ocular Anatomy			2	2	1
2	BO 272	CC	Ocular/VisualPhysiology/Binocular Vision			2	2	1
3	BO 273	CC	Ophthalmic Instrumentations I			2	2	1
4	BO 274	CC	Clinical Refraction I			2	2	1
5	BO 275	SEC	Basic Computer Application			2	2	1
Practical Total							10	5
Semester Total								23

1ST SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 3rd Semester

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	Periods per week			Total	Points
Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	L	T	P	Total	Points
1	BO 301	CC	Ocular Disease I	4			4	4
2	BO 302	CC	Physiological & Visual Optics II	3			3	3
3	BO 303	CC	Ocular Pharmacology/Medicine	3			3	3
4	BO 304	CC	Dispensing Optics I	3			3	3
5	BO 305	CC	Ophthalmic Instrumentations II	3			3	3
6	BO 306	CC	Clinical Refraction II	3			3	3
Theory Total							19	19
1	BO 371	CC	Dispensing Optics I			2	2	1
2	BO 372	CC	Ophthalmic Instrumentation II			4	4	2
3	BO 373	CC	Clinical Refraction II			4	4	2
Practical Total							10	5
Semester Total								24

1ST SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 4th Semester

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	Periods per week			Total	Points
Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	L	T	P	Total	Points
1	BO 401	CC	Ocular Disease II	3			3	3
2	BO 402	CC	Systemic Diseases & The Eye	2			2	2
3	BO 403	CC	Dispensing Optics II	2			2	2
4	BO 404	CC	Clinical Refraction III	3			3	3
5	BO 405	CC	Ophthalmic Diagnostic	3			3	3
6	BO 406	DSE	Hospital OPD Procedures in Eye	2			2	2
Theory Total							15	15
1	BO 471	CC	Dispensing Optics II			4	4	2
2	BO 472	CC	Clinical Refraction III			4	4	2
3	BO 473	CC	Ophthalmic Diagnostic Procedures			2	2	1
4	BO 474	DSE	Hospital OPD Procedures in Eye			4	4	2
Practical Total							14	7
Semester Total								22

2ND SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 5th Semester

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	Periods per week			Total	Points
Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	L	T	P	Total	Points
1	BO 501	CC	Binocular Vision & Orthoptics I	3			3	3
2	BO 502	CC	Contact Lens I	3			3	3
3	BO 503	CC	Low Vision Rehabilitation	3			3	3
4	BO 504	CC	Clinical Refraction IV	3			3	3
5	BO 505	CC	Public Health & Community Optometry	3			3	3
6	BO-506	AECC	Environmental Science	2			2	2
Theory Total							17	17
1	BO 571	CC	Binocular Vision & Orthoptics I			2	2	1
2	BO 572	CC	Contact Lens I			2	2	1
3	BO 573	CC	Low Vision Rehabilitation			2	2	1
4	BO 574	CC	Clinical Refraction IV			4	4	2
Practical Total							10	5
Semester Total								22

2ND SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 6th Semester

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	Periods per week			Total	Points
Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	L	T	P	Total	Points
1	BO 601	CC	Binocular Vision & Orthoptics II	3			3	3
2	BO 602	CC	Contact Lens II & Specialty Contact Lens	3			3	3
3	BO 603	CC	Pediatric & Geriatric Optometry	4			4	4
4	BO 604	AECC	Professional Practice Management	2			2	2
5	BO 605	SEC	Biostatiscs & Research Methodology	3			3	3
6	BO 606	SEC	Occupational Optometry	2			2	2
	Theory Total						17	17
1	BO 671	CC	Binocular Vision & Orthoptics II			4	4	2
2	BO 672	CC	Contact Lens II			4	4	2
3	BO 673	CC	Pediatric & Geriatric Optometry			4	4	2
Practical Total							12	6
Semester Total								23

FINAL CLINICAL INTERNSHIP YEAR - 7th Semester

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	Periods per week			Total	Points
Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	L	T	P	Total	Points
1	BO 761	SEC	Clinical Project & Defence of Project				10
2	BO 762	SEC	Hospital Internship				10
Semester Total								20

FINAL CLINICAL INTERNSHIP YEAR - 8th Semester

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Type	Paper Name	Periods per week			Total	Points
				L	T	P
1	BO 861	SEC	Hospital Internship				10
2	BO 862	SEC	Comprehensive Viva Voce				10
Semester Total								20

Program Total								180

Bachelor of Optometry (B.OPTOM)

Expert Committee

Prof.(Dr.) Ranjan Mukherjee, MS

Mr. Wasiq Al-Bashar

Laboratories

Career Prospects

Our Faculty

Mr. Supriyo Chatterjee

Mr. Santanu Ray

Dr. Haimanti Goswami

Dr. Kalyanashis De

Dr. Manashi Chakraborty

Dr. Debobani Biswas

Dr. Sudeshna Roy

Dr. Poulomi Chakraborty

Mr. Chandranath Chakraborty

Mr. Swarnava Biswas

Dr. Rajashree Kar

Dr. Tridib Chatterjee

Dr. Shahid Mahmood

Dr. Pradip Kumar Porai

Course Structure

1st year 1st Semester

1st year 2nd Semester

1ST SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 3rd Semester

1ST SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 4th Semester

2ND SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 5th Semester

2ND SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 6th Semester

FINAL CLINICAL INTERNSHIP YEAR - 7th Semester

FINAL CLINICAL INTERNSHIP YEAR - 8th Semester

Lab Manuals

Bachelor of Optometry (B.OPTOM)

Know More About Bachelor of Optometry (B.OPTOM)

Expert Committee

Prof.(Dr.) Ranjan Mukherjee, MS

Mr. Wasiq Al-Bashar

Laboratories

Career Prospects

Our Faculty

Mr. Supriyo Chatterjee

Mr. Santanu Ray

Dr. Haimanti Goswami

Dr. Kalyanashis De

Dr. Manashi Chakraborty

Dr. Debobani Biswas

Dr. Sudeshna Roy

Dr. Poulomi Chakraborty

Mr. Chandranath Chakraborty

Mr. Swarnava Biswas

Dr. Rajashree Kar

Dr. Tridib Chatterjee

Dr. Shahid Mahmood

Dr. Pradip Kumar Porai

Course Structure

1st year 1st Semester

1st year 2nd Semester

1ST SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 3rd Semester

1ST SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 4th Semester

2ND SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 5th Semester

2ND SUMMER CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP PROGRAM - 6th Semester

FINAL CLINICAL INTERNSHIP YEAR - 7th Semester

FINAL CLINICAL INTERNSHIP YEAR - 8th Semester

Lab Manuals