Honours and Awards
Subhabrata Chakrabarti
- Invited to join the Publications Committee of ARVO from 2011
- Young Scientist Award, Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society and SEAGIG
Taraprasad Das
- Associate Editor, APJO (Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology)
- Member, Research Committee, APAO (Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology)
- Vice President, APVRS (Asia Pacific Vitreo Retinal Society)
Usha Gopinathan
Invited to be a member of the eye bank advisory group of ISBT 128 that stands for global standards for identifi cation, labeling and information processing of human blood, tissues and organ products across international borders and disparate health care systems
Vijaya K Gothwal
Fellowship by the American Academy of Optometry, San Francisco, USA. November 2010
Santosh G Honavar
- Invited to serve as Committee Chair to update the International Council of Ophthalmology Residency Curriculum for the Oculoplastic Surgery and Orbit section
- Invited to join the Advisory Committee of the International Council of Ophthalmology to represent ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
Dr Santosh G Honavar receiving the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on October 20, 2010. Dr Honavar was awarded the prize in Medical Sciences for 2009 for seminal contributions to the management of advanced retinoblastoma with dramatically improved patient survival, eye salvage and visual recovery.
Ramesh Kekunnaya
Appointed Professional Education Committee Member, American Academy for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 2011
Milind Naik
Elected Vice President of the Asia Pacifi c Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for 2010-2012, the youngest to hold that offi ce till date
Raja Narayanan
Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology. November 2010
Gullapalli N Rao
- Received the World Cornea Congress medal for 2010 at the World Cornea Congress VI in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (April 2010). He is one of five individuals selected for outstanding contributions to the specialty of cornea and external disease in the last several decades. The recognition comes from the community of corneal specialists, both clinicians and basic scientists, across the world at their largest congress ever.
- Conferred the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the Dr NTR University of Health Sciences at its XIV Convocation (April 2010). The university includes Dr Rao’s alma mater, Guntur Medical College and is the first health university established in India by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh.
- Awarded the prestigious Bernardo Streiff Gold Medal, given by the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis once in four years, for his contribution to ophthalmology at the World Ophthalmology Congress 2010 in Berlin (June 2010).
- Awarded the Jose Rizal Medal by the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology for outstanding ophthalmologists in the Asia-Pacifi c region, at its 25th annual meeting in Beijing (September 2010).
Geeta K Vemuganti
- President Elect, International Society of Ophthalmic Pathology
- Invited to serve as Committee Member to update the International Council of Ophthalmology Residency Curriculum for the Ocular Pathology section