Prof. Praveen Vashist is the Secretary on the Board of VISION 2020 INDIA and represents Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Dr Praveen is the Head of Community Ophthalmology at Dr RP Centre. He is a Public health expert and post-graduate in Community Medicine from LHMC, New Delhi and has completed his master’s degree in Community Eye Health from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London. He has been instrumental in developing community outreach programs along with strengthening epidemiological research & training in the field of community eye care. He has contributed immensely towards development of health policies as key resource person for technical support for National Programme for Control of Blindness in India. As a principal investigator, he has led all major surveys over the last decade under NPCB&VI which includes the National Blindness and Visual impairment Surveys, National Diabetic Retinopathy Surveys, National Trachoma Prevalence and Rapid Assessment Surveys, National Human Resource and Infrastructure survey and development of India Vision Atlas. He serves as an international expert to the WHO SAERO and WHO Geneva and coordinating WHO Collaborative centre activities at Dr. RP Centre. He was member in several committees and received several awards.