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{{Infobox scientist<br />
|name = Jaiveer Agarwal<br />
|birth_date = 24 September 1930<br />
|death_date = 16 November 2009 (aged 79)<br />
|death_place = [[Chennai]]<br />
|residence = Chennai<br />
|citizenship = India<br />
|nationality = Indian<br />
|fields = [[Medicine]] & [[Ophthalmology]]<br />
|known_for = Research in Ophthalmology<br />
|awards = Padma Bhushan<br />
}}<br />
'''Jaiveer Agarwal''' (24 September 1930&nbsp;– 16 November 2009) was an [[India]]n [[ophthalmologist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/17/stories/2009111754461200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120044142/http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/17/stories/2009111754461200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-20 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Archive News |date=2009-11-17 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> and founder of [[Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital]]. He was the recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]] for medicine from then [[President of India]] [[A P J Abdul Kalam]] in March 2006.<ref>[http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=20219%20&%20section=7 ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927230558/http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=20219+&+section=7 |date=27 September 2011 }}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Jaiveer Agarwal was born to the Sikh family of Dr. R.S. Agarwal. He married Tahira, who was also an ophthalmologist. The couple went to Madras, where they set up a small clinic. They had a daughter and a son.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}<br />
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The Agarwals screened and operated on thousands of villages and campaigned for eye donations to treat corneal blindness, and correcting refractive errors among schoolchildren.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}<br />
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Tahira Agarwal died in April 2009 and Jaiveer died on 16 November 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}<br />
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