Right from my childhood I have always dreamt of a peaceful and happy world where all living beings could co exist in harmony with each other. Being a Jain from birth I was also taught to live and let live.

As I grew up this ideology influenced me a lot and I choose the profession I am in today and I promised to help as many as possible. I always searched for ways to bring smiles on peoples faces and in 2001 I came up with the idea of creating a foundation, which would work for the upliftment of the visually disabled. I named it Project Drishti, as it was a project, which aimed at giving vision to all who have darkness in their lives.

I was blessed enough to have a fully charged, vibrant, energetic and dedicated team of professionals who worked day in and day out for this purpose and we have crossed milestones every now and then.

Having screened over 8,00,000 people and with over 80,000 free surgeries under our belt in a matter of 6 years, our long list of achievements is something we are proud of.

We have covered more than 11 districts in our state and have achieved outstanding results every passing year and promise to continue our fight against blindness.

All this would have not been possible without the help of organizations like JGI, JSF, JYF, Manasa medical trust, Rotary International, Lions clubs and many others including philanthropists. I still remember the day I was awarded the Karnataka Rajyotsava award and felt that my team deserved it more than me.

On behalf of my team, I promise that we will work with greater enthusiasm and achieve even higher results and only request your unending support as ever.

Dr. Narpat Solanki,
Founder and Chairman,
Project Drishti