Infinite Vision: How Aravind Became the World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion (Bk Business) (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED)

Pavithra K. Mehta

ISBN 10: 1605099791 / ISBN 13: 9781605099798

Published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Infinite Vision: How Aravind Became the World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion (Bk Business) (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED)
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605099791
• ISBN 13: 9781605099798
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 422 grams

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Synopsis

When a crippling disease shattered his lifelong ambition, Dr. Venkataswamy (better known as Dr. V) chose an impossible new dream: to cure the world of blindness. The tiny clinic he founded in India defied conventional business logic and is now the largest provider of eye care on the planet. At Aravind, patients choose whether to pay or not. Millions are treated for free, yet the organization remains stunningly self-reliant. Serving everyone from penniless farmers to the president, it delivers world-class outcomes at a hundredth of what similar services cost providers in advanced nations. Its model is emulated by organizations everywhere from Rwanda to San Francisco.

Drawing inspiration from spirituality, and of all things, fast food franchises, Dr.V and his  team (which now includes 21 ophthalmologists across three generations of his family) have created a global phenomenon. Infinite Vision is the first book to probe Aravind's history for the distinctive practices and values that unleashed its improbable success. It reveals the power of a model that integrates innovation with empathy, service with business principles, and inner change with outer transformation. It shows how choices that seem naïve or unworkable, can, when executed with wisdom and integrity, yield powerful results - results that light the eyes of millions

About the Author

Pavithra Mehta is a writer and award-winning filmmaker who  has been collecting stories at Aravind ever since childhood. 

Suchitra Shenoy has over a decade of experience in the social sector and was a founding member of the Inclusive Markets team at the Monitor Group.