Premjit Bhakat

Assistant Professor – Senior Scale

Department of Optometry

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Premjit Bhakat is Assistant Professor - Senior Scale in the

    Department of Optometry at SOAHS, Manipal. He serves as internship coordinator for BOptom course.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Ocular Biochemistry First semester
Contact Lens-I Third semester
Advanced Contact Lens Studies-I First year
Advanced Contact Lens Studies-II Second year

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MOptom Optometry School of optometry, Medical College, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune 2008

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
SOAHS, Manipal Assistant Professor 2010
SOAHS, Manipal Lecturer 2008

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Tear film and Ocular surface disorders, Cornea and Advanced speciality contact lens fitting , Community Optometry , Clinical Optometry

Area of Expertise

Cornea and Contact Lens

Area of Research

Corneal physiology and contact lens wear , Contact lens wear in presbyopia

Comparison of visual acuity results in preschool children with lea symbols and Bailey Lovie E chart

2013-01-01 Sankar N Dhirani S

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 4

Contact lens compliance among a group of young, university-based lens users in South India

2012-01-01 Babu Noushad Yeshwant Saoji Jyothi Thomas

Australasian Medical Journal, Vol 5

Contact lens compliance among a group of young, university-based lens users in South India

2010-01-01 Babu Noushad P

Overnight corneal swelling with silicone hydrogel contact lens

2011-01-01 Tejpal Kaur

Changes in refraction and corneal integrity induced by silicone hydrogel and hydrogel contact lenses worn on a daily wear basis

2011-01-01 Priyanka