Estimates suggest that there are 65 million persons living with diabetes in India and 6 million are at risk of going blind due to retinopathy. Recent studies highlight that 45% persons with diabetes are already blind when they present to an eye care facility. Persons with diabetes rate blindness as a complication of serious concern to them but they fail to present early in the diabetic state. Studies also indicate that persons with diabetes regularly consult their treating physicians but the physician clinics generally do not examine the visual status of the persons with diabetes.