Vipin Buckshey is an Indian optometrist^[1] and the official optometrist to the President of India.^[2] Born on 3 June 1955 in Gwalior, in the Indian state of madhya Pradesh, he did his schooling at the Frank Anthony Public School after which secured a degree in optometry from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.^[2] He started his career at Lawrence and Mayo,^[3] Delhi and a ophthalmic executive where he is reported to have established a contact lens division.^[2] Buckshey, who is known to have served five former Presidents of India^{[citation needed]} and the Dalai Lama,^[4] is a former president of the Indian Contact Lens Society and the Indian Optometric Association^[2] and is credited with performing over 15,000 surgeries.^{[citation needed]} He was honored by the Government of India, in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award Padma Shri.^[5]