LVPEI - Key Persons


Asha Latha Mettla

Ms Asha Latha Mettla completed her Master's in Health Economics and MPhil in Health Systems and Hospital Management and Masters in Community Health and Nutrition. She started her professional career as a lecturer & eventually moved on to join Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad as Clinical Research Administrator. She has also worked in the capacity of Whole Time Director in a Non-Banking Microfinance Company overseeing HR, training, operations, product development and general administration. Her areas of interest include Project management and public health research into health economics. At LVPEI, she is the Network Associate Director and heads the operations of Community Eye Care component besides public health project management. She is also the faculty for eye care program management modules and is working as a project manager for ENGINE project, sponsored by the Queens University, Belfast funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Dr Arundhati Borthakur

Job Titles:
  • Member / Ophthalmologist & Senior Consultant

Dr Avinash Pathengay

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Education

Dr Gullapalli N Rao

Job Titles:
  • Chairman / Founder - Chair
  • Secretary / Treasurer / Founder - Chair

Dr Merle Fernandes

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Finance and Accounts

Dr Prashant Garg - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Executive Chair
  • Ex - Officio Member / Executive Chair
Dr Prashant Garg is the Executive Chair LVPEI, succeeding the founder Chairman Dr Gullapalli N Rao.

Dr Pravin K Vaddavalli

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Technology & Communications

Dr Raja Narayanan

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Human Resources

Dr Rajeev R Pappuru

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair
Dr Rajeev R Pappuru is the Vice-Chair, LVPEI, and network in-charge for all new project endeavours.

Dr Rajeev Reddy

Job Titles:
  • Ex - Officio Member

Dr Ramesh Kekunnaya

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Ex - Officio Member

Dr Rohit C Khanna

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Public Health

Dr Sangita Mukhopadhyay

Job Titles:
  • Member / Scientist - Molecular Cell Biology

Dr Sayan Basu

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Ex - Officio Member / Director
  • Research

Dr Subhadra Jalali

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Quality

Dr Suryasnata Rath

Job Titles:
  • Network Director
  • Operations

Dr Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath

Job Titles:
  • Director

Gajelli Srinivas

Job Titles:
  • Junior Administrator

Laurus Labs - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Executive Director

Lokesh Kasuladeva

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
Lokesh Kasuladeva holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from Andhra University followed by one year Eye Care Management training from L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. He then completed an MBA in Human Resource Management from Pondicherry University. Mr Lokesh comes with a vast experience of 13 years of working in the areas of general administration, human resource management and managing education department. Currently, he is an administrator in Standard Chartered - LVPEI Academy for Eye Care Education at GMRV campus, Visakhapatnam.

Mr Ajit Rangnekar

Job Titles:
  • Member / Director General / Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad

Mr Atmakuri Venkata Ramam

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus
  • Executive Vice Chair

Mr Kishore Kothapalli - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Mr Mahaveer Jain


Mr Rajeev Nannapaneni - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Director

Mr Ramesh Prasad - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Founding Member
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director of Prasad Film Laboratories

Mr Sai Prasad Akkineni

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mr V Rajanna - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Global Head
  • Senior Vice President

Mrs G Pratibha Rao

Job Titles:
  • Member / Founder Member

Ms Karuna Bhatia

Job Titles:
  • Member / Head - Sustainability, SCB & GBS India / Corporate Affairs

Ms Sital Tiru


Ms. Elizabeth Kurian - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Prof Brien Holden Eye

Job Titles:
  • Research Centre

Prof L S Shashidhara - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director

Prof Ramakrishna Ramaswamy

Job Titles:
  • Member / Visiting Professor / Department of Chemistry

Prof. B. Jagadeeshwar Rao

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chancellor

Prof. Geeta Kashyap Vemuganti

Job Titles:
  • Member / Senior Professor and Dean

Raghu Gullapalli

Job Titles:
  • Global Partnerships and Development