Dr Rashima Asokan currently leads the occupational optometry services and also the vision enhancement clinic of Sankara Nethralaya, a pioneer tertiary eye hospital in India. She has completed PhD in Optometry at the Elite School of Optometry and BITS, Pilani. She is a professor at Elite School of Optometry. She along with her team provides eye care to employees at industries and workers in the unorganized sector. Their strength is on providing preventive eye care and safety / protective spectacles for the industrial needs. She is primarily involved in occupational eye care for the deserving group of workers among the unorganized sector through the CSR support by various NGO’s. She is engaged in estimating the vision standards for various occupations. She is also an active researcher and has presented her research works at various national and international conferences and received awards; To name a few: Young scientist award from the Indian Association of Occupational Health (2018), Golden Jubilee award from the Indian Association of Occupational Health (2018, 2023 and 2024) and the best case report award from Optometry Council of India (2020), Dr CK Ramchandar Centenary Award for Best Scientific Presentation from Indian Association of Occupational Health (2024). She is also a proud recipient of Endeavor Executive Fellowship (Australia) and a competitive grant from the Glaucoma Foundation (The US). Her area of research includes environmental effects on the eye, Glaucoma, Occupational ocular disorders, Innovative education models in Optometry, Visual Impairment and coping strategies at work.