headquarters kolkata area served india products retail stores parent gkb group website gkboptical.com gkb opticals is a large indian retailer of optical products sunglasses eyeglasses contact lenses & accessories and operates multiple retail stores in india . 1 headquartered in kolkata the company has over 60 stores across india 2 and employs over 600 people . started in 1959 the company set up its first retail outlet in gariahat kolkata which is one of the flagship stores of the company . gkb opticals has grown 3 4 to a large retail chain of outlets 5 with lifestyle optical products . product lines edit the company retails a large number of high quality optical products sunglasses & frames ray ban oakley maui jim prada cartier and many more prescription lenses essilor crizal seiko rodenstock 6 7 contact lenses johnson & johnson bausch & lomb and others references edit gkb rx lens pvt. ltd. . economic times . 17 december 2002 . view other company briefs style hits mumbai with gkb s trendy eyewear . agency faqs . gkb mulls ipo . financial express . gkb opticals to expand retail business . business standard . gkb opticals plans to expand retail outlets . the hindu business line . rodenstock in pact with gkb to make lens . business line the hindu . gkb to distribute rodenstock optical lens . the telegraph india . external links edit http www.gkboptical.com buy sunglasses eyeglasses contact lenses online in india retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gkb opticals & oldid 725601952 categories retail companies of indiaeyeware retailers of indiacompanies established in 1959companies based in kolkata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 june 2016 at 18 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view