Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases, physiology and anatomy of eye. An Ophthalmologist is a specialist in surgical and medical eye problems, they perform operations on eyes, and they are considered both medical and surgical specialists.

Diploma in Ophthalmology is a Postgraduate diploma course offered to candidates with MBBS and this course is being offered by a number of colleges in India. The names of government colleges offering this course in India in different states are given below:

Andhra Pradesh:

• Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam

• Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

• Guntur Medical College, Guntur

• Kakatiya Medical College, Wrangal

• Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool

• Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

• Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada

• S V Medical College, Tirupati

Assam:

• Assam Medial College, Dibrugarh

• Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati

• Silchar Medical College, Silchar

Delhi:

• Army Hospital Research & Referral, New Delhi

• Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi

• Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

• Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

• PGIMER Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi

• Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

Gujarat:

• B J Medical College, Ahmedabad

• Government Medical College, Surat

• Medical College, Baroda

• MP Shah Medical College,Jamnagar

• Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot

• Seth K M School of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Ahmedabad

Haryana:

• Pt. B D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana)

Jammu & Kashmir:

• Government Medical College, Srinagar

Jharkhand:

• Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi

Karnataka:

• Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore

• Govt. Medical College, Mysore

• Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli

Kerala:

• Government Medical College, Kottayam

• Govt. Medical College, Calicut

• Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

• T D Medical College, Alleppey (Allappuzha)

Madhya Pradesh:

• Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior

• Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal

• M G M Medical College, Indore

Maharashtra:

• Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

• B. J. Medical College, Pune

• Dr Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College, Solapur

• Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Govt. Medical College, Nanded

• Government Medical College, Aurangabad

• Government Medical College, Nagpur

• Grant Medical College, Mumbai

• Indira Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur

• SRTR Medical College, Ambajogai

Pondicherry:

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry

Punjab:

• Government Medical College, Amritsar

• Government Medical College, Patiala

Tamil Nadu:

• Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore

• Madras Medical College, Chennai

• Madurai Medical College, Madurai

• Stanley Medical College, Chennai

• Thanjavur Medical College,Thanjavur

Uttar Pradesh:

• Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow

• GSVM Medial College, Kanpur

• LLRM Medical College, Merrut

• Regional Instt. of Opthalmology Previously Known asNehru Instt.of Opthalmo, Sitapur

• S N Medical College, Agra

West Bengal:

• Medical College, Kolkata

Eligibility requirement:

For applying to the Diploma in Ophthalmology, which is a PG diploma course, candidates with MBBS from an institution recognized by the Medical Council of India are eligible. They must also have completed their internship programme after MBBS.

Career Options after Diploma in Ophthalmology:

After completion of Diploma in Ophthalmology, these professionals can find various job opportunities. They can establish their own independent practice by starting lens manufacturing units, optical shop and eye clinic. They can also work as eye doctors in optician showrooms, eye departments of hospitals, ophthalmic lens industry, contact lens industry and even in optician showrooms. Even these medical professionals can seek employment opportunities in multinational organizations dealing with eye care products as professional service executives or they can also take up teaching as their career in the ophthalmology department of medical colleges. Even these professionals can pursue higher education or they can go for research in the field of optometry.