“Dr. Krishna Prasad is a Senior Ophthalmologist and Medical Director of Prasad Netralaya, a Group of Eye Hospitals relentlessly serving the underprivileged — by rendering maximum free community service from the past 10 years. Through free eye check-up camps, free surgeries and providing a good number of free spectacles to the needy, he has become the beacon of hope to innumerable numbers of people from Coastal Karnataka, border districts of Kerala and Goa. He is the perfect example of generosity and leadership and has influenced like-minded doctors to involve in this great mission. His determination to serve the society fetched him the post of Chairman of Vision Committee, Government of Karnataka to prepare the Vision Health Policy of the state. He is also nominated as a Trustee of State Farmers Health Scheme, the Yashaswini Farmers Co-operative Health Scheme and elected as the Honorary Secretary of Karnataka Ophthalmological Society. He has made several reforms in the society’s policies and administration. As a member of the Scientific Committee of All India Ophthalmic Society, he played a major role in its policy designing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has given 24×7 service to patients and served as a true example for “knights in the white coats”. His Super Specialty Eye Hospital, Prasad Netralaya is a charitable hospital with advanced systems and technologies. Being an educationalist, he started a Fellowship Program for professionals and also the Nethra Jyothi College of Allied Health Sciences to train technical staff and create more health-workers in the society.”