Awards at Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society
Kochi, May 11-14
Aravind-Madurai
Dr. Manju R. Pillai
Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services
- Winner: Best Film in Quality Teaching
Video title: Clinical evaluation protocols for childhood glaucoma - Runner up: Best Film in Special Interest category
Video title: This too shall pass
Dr. Madhu Shekhar
Chief, Cataract and IOL Services
Winner: Film Festival Award of AIOC (FIFA)
Video title: Identifying subtle signs of zonular compromise: The art of deduction
Dr. Talla Sruthi
Glaucoma Fellow
Winner: Best Physical Poster
Poster title: B/L secondary angle closure glaucoma as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus
Dr. Athul S. Puthalath
Retina Fellow
- Runner up: Film Festival Award of AIOC (FIFA)
Video title: Blue light patch for smartphone assisted Cobalt blue photography - Consolation Prize: ARC Surgical Innovators Corner
Intraocular diathermy instrument: A challenge overcame in vitreoretinal surgery
Dr. Senthil Prasad
Cataract Fellow
7th Place – MicroVision Quiz
Dr. Toshit Varshney
Retina Fellow
Certificate of Excellence in Research
Young Researcher’s Award Session in PG thesis competition
Aravind-Tirunelveli
Dr. Shivkumar Chandrasekharan
Chief, Cataract and IOL Services
IJO Gold Award
Outcomes and favourable prognostic factors in patients of phacomorphic and phacolytic glaucoma managed by manual small incision cataract surgery- A retrospective study
Dr. Mohideen Abdul Kader
Chief, Glaucoma Services
IJO Certificate of Merit
Lowering of intraocular pressure after phacoemulsification in primary open angle and angle closure glaucoma: Correlation with lens thickness.
Dr. V. Anitha
Chief, Cornea Services
IJO Certificate of Merit
Pythium insidiosum keratitis
(Co-author)
Dr. Neelam Pawar
Senior Medical Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology Services
Best Poster Podium Presentation
Non-compliance for wearing spectacles in school-going children in South India
Dr. Praveena Shyam
Fellow, Paediatric Ophthalmology Services
Second Prize in Entod Quiz
Aravind-Coimbatore
Dr. Siddharth Narendran
Medical Consultant, General Ophthalmology
Col. Rangachari Award for Best of Best Paper
Paper title: Nucleic acid extraction – Free CRISPR/CAS 12 A based diagnostic platform for fungal keratitis
Dr. Karthik Kumar
Medical Consultant, Neuro ophthalmology
Best Physical Poster Award in Neuro ophthalmology
Poster title: Lamina cribrosa thickness in non arteritic – anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Dr. Avani B. Chandran
DNB Resident
Appreciation Award – Photography
Dr. Hirika Gosalia
DNB Resident
- Best Free Paper: Community Ophthalmology
Paper title: Smartscope kit: A portable eye hospital for screening in outreach camp - Consolation Prize: Think under the Apple Tree Innovation Award
Log: A perfect surgical digi logbook for residents! - International Hero Award
Dr. Chinmay Vikas Mahatme
DNB Resident
Runner up: Free paper, Neuro ophthalmology
Paper title: Macular microvascular and structural changes in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and myelin oligod endrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease
Dr. Sunanda Subramanian
Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services
Fellowship of the All India Collegium of Ophthalmology in Glaucoma
Dr. Prithvi Chandrakanth
Medical Consultant, Retina and Vitreous Services
- Best Free Paper: Trauma category
Paper title: Documentation of ocular trauma using Smartscope kit - Best physical poster: Optics category
Poster title: Gimbalscope: Every beginners retinoscopy teacher - Third place: Think under the Apple Tree Innovation Award
Video title: SLITSCOPE
- Fourth place: Think under the Apple Tree Innovation Award
Video title: GIMBALSCOPE
- International Hero Award
Aravind-Pondicherry
Dr. Swati Upadhyaya
Senior Consultant, Glaucoma Services
Winner Best Poster Podium Presentation
Poster title: Bent needle AB interno goniotomy- Preliminary results
Dr. Manavi D. Sindal
Chief, Retina and Vitreous Services
Winner Best Poster Podium Presentation
Poster title: Unusual associations with aggressive retinopathy of prematurity
Dr. C.R. Viswaraj
Senior Consultant and
Dr. S. Kavitha,
Chief, Glaucoma Services
Best of IJO Award
Paper title: Neuroprotection in glaucoma
Dr. V.R. Vivekanandan
Chief, Cataract and General Ophthalmology Services
- Winner: ARC Video session
Video title: Flanges – “MJOLNIR” of ophthalmology - Two Consolation Prizes:
ARC-Think Under the Apple Tree
Flanges-the brahmastra for anterior segment surgeons
ARC-Surgical Innovators Corner
Managing ID repair, CTS and SFIOL the simple flanged way
Dr. Joshi Saloni Mahesh
DNB Resident
Winner: AIOC-YOSI Competitive case presentations
Paradox in the eyes – A case of bilateral secondary acute angle closure
Aravind-Chennai
Dr. Anand Rajendran
Chief, Retina and Vitreous Services
IJO Honour Award
Dr. Prasanna Venkataraman
Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services
IJO Certificate of Merit
Paper title: A Systematic approach to the management of microspherophakia
Dr. Puja Maitra
Medical Consultant, Retina and Vitreous Services
International Ophthalmic Hero Award
Film Festival Award Winners – American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Conference 2023
San Diego, California, USA, May 05 – 08
Dr. K. Veena
Senior Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology Services Aravind-Pondicherry
Grand Prize: Outstanding Film
Video title: Wasteless: A model for green cataract surgery
Dr. V.R. Vivekanandan
Senior Consultant, Cataract & General Ophthalmology Services, Aravind-Pondicherry
Winner: Special Interest
Video title: Flanges – Mjolnir for Ophthalmologists
Dr. R. Venkatesh
Chief Medical Officer, Aravind-Pondicherry
Runner-up: Glaucoma Surgery
Video title: Gateway to safe suture gonioscopy assisted transluminal trabeculotomy
World Society of Ophthalmic Plastic, Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery - Oscar Award
Dubai, UAE, May 5 – 7
Dr. Viji Rangarajan, Chief, Orbit and Oculoplasty Services, Aravind-Coimbatore received Oscar Award in Best Video category at the inaugural meeting of the World Society of Ophthalmic Plastic, Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery.
Video title: Eyes are the windows of the soul bridging extensive upper eyelid congenital colobomas
Awards at the National Video Competition – Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society
April 15
Dr. Nishant Maindargi
DNB Resident, Aravind-Pondicherry secured first prize in the non-surgical category.
Video title: Eye-banking
Dr. Shivaraj Tagare
Retina Fellow, Aravind-Pondicherry received first prize in the innovation category.
Video title: Innovations in operation theatre
Akshaya Seva Ratna Award
Madurai, April 14
Dr. Usha Kim, Chief, Orbit and Oculoplasty Services, Aravind-Madurai received the Akshaya Seva Ratna Award from Akshaya Pathra Trust at a programme held in Madurai. The award was given in recognition of her service to the society.