Google honours Indian eye-surgeon on 100th birth anniversary
Google on Monday marked the 100th birth anniversary of famous Indian ophthalmologist Govinda Venkataswamy with a doodle. Venkataswamy is known for developing a high quality, low-cost service delivery model called Aravind that has restored the eyesight of millions of people. He is also known to have coined the term 'needless blindness'. The Padma Shri-awardee was born on October 1, 1918.