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The Aravind Eye Care System, based in India, is the world#x19;s largest provider of high-quality eye care. It is also one of the world#x19;s most incredible and revolutionary organizations #x13; delivering surgical outcomes equal to or exceeding those in the developed world at less than one percent of the cost, treating more than half of its patients free of charge, and taking no grants or donations. Aravind#x19;s success is so perplexing it has been the subject of a popular Harvard Business School case study. This is the first book to explore Aravind#x19;s history and the distinctive philoso-phies, practices, and commitments that are the keys to its success Mehta and Shenoy share incredible stories about how Aravind grew from humble beginnings-founded by a retired ophthalmologist with no money or prior entrepre-neurial experience-to the world-class organization it is today. They explain the mysteries of a model that integrates innovation with empathy, service with business principles, and inner change with outer transformation. And they show how choices that seem foolish and unworkable can, when executed with compassion and integ-rity, yield powerful results #x13; results that literally light the eyes of millions.

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Pavithra K. Mehta is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist. She is a board member of the Aravind Eye Foundation and CharityFocus and coeditor of the latter’s inspirational news service, DailyGood. Dr. V. is her granduncle.
Suchitra Shenoy has more than a decade of experience in the social sector, most recently at the Monitor Group, where she was a founding member of Monitor Inclusive Markets.

The Aravind Family Tree	p. VIII
Meet The Family	p. IX
Introduction: The Power and Paradox of Aravind	p. 1
Prologue: Climbing Everest	p. 7
The 5-Minute, $15 Cure: On Efficiency and Compassion	p. 9
Of Burgers and Blindness	p. 11
When Free Is Not Enough	p. 27
This Case Won't Fly	p. 43
Do the Work and Money Will Follow: On Sustainability and Selflessness	p. 55
An Eye Doctor by Sheer Accident	p. 57
Get Less, Do More	p. 67
The Power of Creative Constraints	p. 72
You Don't Find People, You Build Them	p. 92
The Question of the Greedy Doctor	p. 106
A Vast Surrender: On Innovation and Inner Transformation	p. 119
Humankind Is a Work in Progress	p. 121
Dr. V's Practice of Perfect Vision	p. 131
Manufacturing a Revolution	p. 145
Maximize Service, Not Profit	p. 157
The Flip Side of a Visionary	p. 165
Training Your Competition: On Replication and Self-Awareness	p. 177
If We Can Do It, So Can You	p. 179
Aravind Is Like Kilimanjaro	p. 197
Business, Politics, and Prahalad's Dare	p. 208
Aravind in America	p. 226
How Do You Retire a Saint?: On Change and Integrity	p. 233
Same Same but Different	p. 235
All Will Pass from the Earth	p. 242
The Bottom Is Moving Up	p. 254
A Place to Practice Truth	p. 267
Epilogue: Death's Question	p. 282
Resources	p. 287
Notes	p. 298
Acknowledgments	p. 307
Name Index	p. 311
About The Authors	p. 320
Connecting To Aravind's Work	p. 322
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Infinite Vision How Aravind Became the World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion

Infinite Vision How Aravind Became the World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion

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