With the AJCOE team aligned with Sankara’s vision, Mritunjay’s words bring new hope and fervor to Sankara’s cause. “Everything is doable and the Akhand Jyoti Center of Excellence is proof that even in a village, you can build world-class infrastructure with a large pool of doctors, and the best governance practices, and replicate them elsewhere too.”

By 2030, Akhand Jyoti will be contributing 300,000 free surgeries, to support Sankara’s March to a Million, and over the next seven years, AJCOE intends to perform 2 million eye surgeries and give primary care and screening to about 12,000,000 afflicted individuals. “We passionately believe that Akhand Jyoti and Sankara USA together can leave eternal legacies in eyecare in poor geographies of the country”, Mrityunjay says.

If the goal seems large to an outsider, Mritunjay tops it with his closing remarks, “It is easily doable, we should aim for more than that!”