I HOPE is an exciting collaborative and interdisciplinary research centre that is being set up with a 10 crore competitive research grant from the Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance through collaborations between the L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad (LVPEI), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) and Indian Institute of Public Health , Hyderabad (IIPH). The key focus of this centre will be big data analysis, health economics, clinical and public health research in eye health.