Dr. Gopinath Madheswaran is an Optometrist currently working as a Research Associate and Lecturer at Acchutha Eye Care & Institute of Optometry, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. He also heads the Acchutha Low Vision Clinic, Erode. Dr. Gopinath completed his BS Opt from Elite School of Optometry in 2013 with the best intern award and continued to work as a research and teaching assistant at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai. He completed his M. Optom with the best outgoing gold medal award from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, in 2017. He received his Fellowship Diploma in British Dispensing Optics (FBDO) in 2014. He is also a probationary Indian examiner for FBDO.
He continued to pursue his PhD in low vision rehabilitation, focusing on Central vision loss. His doctoral thesis is "Explore the visual adaptations in persons with central vision loss". He teaches optics-related programmes, ocular diseases, low vision, and research methodology. He has guided various undergraduate and postgraduate research theses. He has worked in multiple national/ international research grants to develop "Innovative rehabilitative eye care technologies". He has presented at numerous national and international conferences as an invited speaker and presented his research works. He has over seven publications to his credit. He is also the founder of Opto Research Consultancy Services- "Simplifying Eye & Vision Science Research."