Glaucoma is the leading cause for blindness. It is caused by increasing intraocular pressure which causes damage to the optic nerve that transmits visual information to the brain. It does not have any visible symptoms though in acute cases it includes blurry vision, halos around lights, eye pain, nausea and vomiting. Statistics reveal that about 4.8 lakh patients in India and about 1.2 lakhs new cases add up every year. At present 63% blindness is due to cataract, 4% is due to glaucoma. The sad thing is that India has just 12,000 ophthalmologists and needs about 40,000 optometrists of which only 8,000 are there. Such statistics reveal that more awareness is needed among the people.