Thulasiraj One of the founding members of Aravind Eye Care System, serves as a Director of AuroITech. He is also currently the Executive Director of the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology (LAICO) and Director-Operations for Aravind Eye Care System. LAICO is the training and consulting arm of Aravind with the mandate to support eye care programmes globally through consultancy and capacity building, management training, and research. Activities also include offering IT-based products and services as well as being of service to INGOs and Governments. Under his guidance and handholding, nearly 400 eye hospitals spread across 30 countries have improved their operational efficiency, patient volumes and quality of care. With a strong passion for leveraging technology for better patient care, Aravind was one of the first hospitals in the country to develop an Integrated Hospital Management System way back in 1990. Since then he has ensured that Aravind remains an early adopter of technology. He began his career in 1973 as Systems Manager at Berger Paints (India) Ltd., Calcutta. In 1981, he joined as Aravind's first Administrator and served in that position for two decades. During this time, he put into place several processes that helped Aravind reach a level of operational efficiency that has now become world renowned. He is the Founder President of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight-India and now, an honorary member on the Management Board. He is a Board Member of Acumen Fund - USA, and Aurolab. He was earlier on the boards of Seva Foundation - USA, Dhan Foundation and Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He is also a member of several national and international eyecare advisory committees. He has Bachelors from Madras Christian College and PGDM (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management. He was visiting scholar at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, as well as guest faculty in many academic institutions in India and other countries.