[4] Jaiveer Agarwal born on 24 September 1930 along with his family members lead this hospital.

He was the founder and chairperson of this hospital and also the recipient of the national award Padma Bhushan from APJ Abdul Kalam in March, 2006.

[6][7][8] Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has 18 branches each in Chennai and 20+ in rest of Tamil Nadu, eleven branches in Bengaluru, 10 branches in Hyderabad (Telangana - Dilsukhnagar, Gachibowli, Himayat Nagar, Madeenaguda, Mehdipatnam, Panjagutta, Santhosh Nagar, Secunderabad, Kukatpally & Uppal ), 8 in Andhra Pradesh (Guntur, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam (Main),[9] one branch each in Jaipur (Rajasthan), Port Blair, Two branches in Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram & Kottayam), two branches in Kolkata, three branches in the rest of Karnataka (Hubli and Mysore), two branches in Odisha (Cuttack and Bhubaneswar), 20 branches in Maharastra (Pune, Vashi, Tardeo, Chembur and many more), 3 branches in Madhya pradesh ( Janjirwala, Anapurna, Astha and 6 branch in Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Surat and Vapi).

[10] On 6 November 2019, a new facility is launched at Raja Rajeswari Nagar, Bengaluru.

[11] On 5 August 2022, it announced the acquisition of five hospitals in Maharashtra.