One of the best gifts that God has bestowed on human beings is a pair of compound eyes to see and enjoy the beauty of His Creations that we call nature. Eyes are one of the five sensory Organs that allow a person to view, understand, assimilate and then interpret information to make man a distinct animal. Several phrases have been framed to depict importance of eyes and vision but what if the source of visual information gets impaired due to some sort of ailment? Obviously life becomes tough and then comes the role of those experts who can set things right to prevent distortion in vision. At a point in time when the world has acknowledged blindness as one of the burgeoning problems some visionary people have vowed to fight against blindness by incorporating medical science and available technology with a healing hand.

At the Ranchi based Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital it is always the endeavor to bring the best, safest and the latest technologies & advancements in the field of eye care to patients in this region. The continued faith, patronage and trust of patients in the region, nationally and internationally, have inspired the doctors of Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital to continue to push the limits of excellence and community service. It has earned the distinction to be the first and only institute in Jharkhand and near by states to start many surgical investigative and medical procedures.

Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital is dedicated to quality eye care. Since foundation in 1966 in a smaller form it has provided best trained doctors in the region and access to the latest technology in the field of ophthalmology. With rapid advancements in electronics and optics, the field of ophthalmology has witnessed revolutionary changes over the last decade. Many diseases, hitherto considered not treatable, can now be treated with modern facilities to restore vision. Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital has kept pace with time to provide all modern facilities under one roof. The aim is to provide quality service that people expect and appreciate. The institute is known for the quality care and personal service provided to the patients under the most hygienic conditions.

This state-of-the-art first tertiary care hospital in eye care was inaugurated by union railway minister Lalu Prasad in February, 2008 following which Kashyap Eye is making all efforts to excel in the field of super specialty medical care.

Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital is the only hospital from Eastern, Western and Northern India which has got NABH Accreditation which is handed over to only those who follow certain international standards in terms of medical care, hospital management and high standard process delivery mechanism.

Kashyap E ye has been keen on adopting most advanced treatment and diagnostic facilities developed in any part of the world. No wonders if the hospital has Substantially reduced dependability of the patients in the Eastern part of the Country on hospitals like Shankar Netralaya and other Tertiary care institutes Otherwise located Far off from here because of KASHYAPS’ EYE HOSPITAL’S latest technology and remarkable success rate.

The credit for transformation of Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital from an eye clinic established in 1966 by late (prof) Dr. Bharat Prasad Kashyap to all new super specialty Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital goes to his son Dr Birendra Prasad Kashyap and daughter- in- law Dr. Bharti Kashyap. The privileged ancestry of the two founders of the new Kashyap Eye, Dr. Birendra Prasad Kashyap and Dr. Bharti Kashyap traced back all the way to the likes of Late (Prof) Dr. Bharat Prasad Kashyap (Father of Dr. B. P. , the then Prof. and H.O.D in RMCH) and Late (Prof.) Dr. Vinod Shankar Gupta (Father of Dr. Bharti, the then Prof. Of Opthalmology in DMCH). Both Dr. Bharat Prasad and Dr. V. S. Gupta were toddlers under Late (Prof) Dr. T. B. Gupta (Grand Father of Dr. Bharti) who was Prof. and H.O.D of Eye Department in Darbhanga Medical College Hospital and later obliged the prestine list of Director, Health of unified Bihar.

Recently, Jhakrhand Ophthalmological Society (JHOS) has initiated two awards :-

The best paper scientific award in the name of Late (Prof) Dr V. S. Gupta for the Opthalmologists of jharkhand and Extra mural lecture award in the name of Late (Prof) Dr B. P. Kashyap for the distinguished doctors from outside Jharkhand. This excellence did not stop here as the unstoppable stream of perfection continued to Bibhuti Kashyap, son of Dr Birendra Prasad Kashyap and Dr Bharti Kashyap, a topper in 10+2 from DPS, Ranchi and an awardee from Syed Sibte Razi, Governor, Jharkhand for his academic performance and presently he is in Part-1 of final MBBS with seven honourses in all the seven subjects till now he had appeared from Manipal Institute of Medical Science. Bibhuti being the third generation of Kashyap family will further boost the mission of bringing light into the life of deprive ones in and across Jharkhand.