Presentations
In addition to the following, our faculty participated in other international/national scientific and non-scientific forums during the year. At several meetings multiple presentations were made.
Mohd Javed Ali
International
Invited speaker
Emirates Ophthalmic Conference, Dubai. December 8-12, 2010
Topic: Comprehensive approach to lacrimal evaluation
National
Invited speaker
Hyderabad Ophthalmic Association meeting, Hyderabad. April 2010
Topic: Good DCR – tips and tricks
Evaluation of watering eye
Oculoplasty update meet, Maharashtra Ophthalmic Association, Latur, Maharashtra. August 2010
Topic: Logical approach to orbital tumors
Overview of lid tumors
External DCR – simple tips
CME, Indian Council of Medical Research, Guwahati.September 2010
Topic: Retinoblastoma: Clinical presentations and focal therapy
Oculoplasty CME 2010, Mamta Medical College, Khammam. October 2010
Topic: Approaches to orbit
Malignant lid tumors
External DCR – simple tips
eye2future, Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmological Society annual meeting, Hyderabad. October 1-3, 2010
Topic: Histopathology of retinoblastoma following neoadjuvant chemotherapy
RB1 mutations and its clinical correlance
Invited faculty
Topic: Principles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy
CNLDO and its management
Swinging lower lid approach
External DCR: tips and tricks
Invited speaker
Shankar Foundation meet, Shankara Foundation Hospital, Visakhapatnam. November 2010
Topic: Are Grand Rounds still relevant?
Clinical spectrum of retinoblastoma
CME, Narayana Medical College, Nellore. December 2010
Topic: Simplifying entropion
Tackling ectropion
Nellore Ophthalmic Association meeting, Nellore. December 2010
Topic: Evaluation of orbits
Orbital surgeries
How does retinoblastoma present?
Invited faculty
69th All India Ophthalmological Society meeting, Ahmedabad. February 3-6, 2011
Topic: Nasal endoscopy: Nuts and bolts
Hemalatha Arunachalam
International
Paper presentation
10th International Conference on Low Vision, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. February 20-24, 2011
Topic: Meeting the educational needs of children with visual impairment – a study from India
Bhupesh Bagga
International
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery symposium, San Diego, USA. March 25-29, 2011
Free paper
Topic: Endothelial failure after collagen cross-linking
Poster presentation
Topic: Comparison of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty in acanthamoeba keratitis
Outcomes of cataract surgery in scleritis
National
Invited faculty
61st annual meeting of Delhi Ophthalmological Society, New Delhi. April 16-18, 2010
Topic: Decision making in non-infectious keratitis
Deepak K Bagga
International
Co-chair/ Free papers
10th International Conference on Low Vision, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. February 20-24, 2011
Topic: Utility values in the visually impaired Indian population
Simulated experiences of visual impairment among optometry students and ophthalmology residents
National
Free paper
18th annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. July 31 – August 1, 2010
Topic: Assessing depression in persons with vision loss
D Balasubramanian
International
Invited speaker/Chair, session
2nd Eurasia Bio Conference, Russian Biotechnology Society, Moscow. April 12-15, 2010
Invited speaker
MIT and Genzyme Labs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA. April 25, 2010
The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE), Cambridge, MA, USA. April 25, 2010
Grand Rounds, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA. April 26, 2010
Seminar, Wilmer Eye Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. April 29, 2010
Seminar, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. April 30, 2010
Grand Rounds Seminar, University of Colorado Medical School, Colorado, USA. May 7, 2010
Secretary General
Officers Meeting, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Paris, France. July 26-27, 2010
Invited speaker
Indo-Danish Symposium, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. September 2-3, 2010
Participant
Inauguration of the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal. October 4-8, 2010
Asia-ARVO meeting on Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Singapore. January 20-22, 2011
National
Invited speaker
DBT-sponsored training program, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. June 2, 2010
Member
Academic Council Meeting, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. July 30, 2010
Research Advisory Council Meeting, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad. August 6-7, 2010
Discussion on Synthetic Life: Myth & Reality, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. August 19, 2010
Invited speaker
Golden Jubilee celebrations, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. September 12, 2010
Chair
XXIV LSRB meeting, Defence Research and Development Organisation, New Delhi. September 15, 2010
Invited speaker
VISION 2020 workshop on Research for Global Blindness Prevention, Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai. September 28-29, 2010
Member
Selection Committee for Senior and Chair Professorships meeting, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. November 23, 2010
Institutional Committee for Stem Cell Research and Therapy meeting, Reliance Life Sciences, Mumbai. November 29, 2010
Indian National Science Academy Selection Committee meeting, New Delhi. December 1, 2010
Invited speaker
Convocation Address, Jagadish Bose Centre for Science Talent, Kolkata. December 17, 2010
Foundation Day Lecture, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar. December 28, 2010
Chennai Chemistry Conference, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. February 11, 2011
Prof Amar Bhaduri Memorial Lecture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. February 15, 2011
Mellanby Oration, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. February 17, 2011
BioAsia 2011, Government of Andhra Pradesh, All India Biotech Association, Hyderabad. February 24, 2011
Member
Assessment Committee meeting, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana. February 25, 2011
Chair
SAAC meeting, Christian Medical College, Vellore. February 28, 2011
Sayan Basu
National
Invited faculty
eye2future, Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmological Society annual meeting, Hyderabad. October 1-3, 2010
Topic: Symposium on ocular surface disease
Soumyava Basu
National
Invited faculty
Retnet India annual meeting, New Delhi. April 9-10, 2010
Invited speaker
Diabetes 2010 – CME, IMA Academy of Medical Specialities, Bhubaneswar. May 31, 2010
Topic: Diabetic retinopathy – current trends in management
Symposium on Uveitis, eye2future, Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmological Society annual meeting, Hyderabad. October 1-3, 2010
10th annual meeting of Uveitis Society of India/1st International Workshop on Ocular Tuberculosis, Chandigarh. October 27-31, 2010
Topic: Tubercular retinal vasculitis
FUSION 2010, a joint meeting of Orissa State Ophthalmological Society (OSOS) and Eastern India Zonal Ophthalmological Congress (EIZOC), Bhubaneswar. November 13-14, 2010
Topic: OCT in retinal disease
Shrikant Bharadwaj
International
Poster presentation
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Fl, USA. May 2-6, 2010
Topic: Impact of lens-induced anisometropia on accommodative responses to step and ramp stimuli in adults
Comparison of a novel cell phone-based refraction technique (NETRA) with objective clinical retinoscopy
Characteristics of pupil responses during human visual development
Asia-ARVO Meeting on Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Singapore. January 20-22, 2011
Topic: Inter- and intra-subject variability of luminance-slope calibration in eccentric photorefraction
National
Invited speaker
18th annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. July 31 – August 1, 2010
Topic: Characteristics of pupil responses during human visual development
Elite School International Conference on Optometry and Vision Science (EVIOC 2010), Sankara Netralaya, Chennai. August 12-14, 2010
Topic: Neural control of ocular accommodation
US-India Network Enabled Research Collaboration Workshop, US National Science Foundation and Indian Education and Research Network (ERNET), New Delhi. December 5, 2010
Topic: Fostering optometric training through web-based collaborations.
Sunita Chaurasia
International
American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting and Subspecialty Day program, Chicago, USA. October 16-19, 2010
Poster presentation
Topic: Neonatal keratitis: A 5-year experience at a tertiary care center
Free paper
Topic: Outcomes of DSEK in pediatric eyes
2nd Asia Cornea Society biennial scientific meeting, Kyoto, Japan. December 1-3, 2010
Invited faculty
Topic: Outcomes of DSEK in failed penetrating grafts
Long-term outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty after cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation in eyes with chemical injury
Poster presentation
Topic: Clinical profile of graft detachment and outcomes of rebubbling after DSEK
Neonatal keratitis: A 5-year experience at a tertiary care center
National
Poster presentation
18th annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. July 31 – August 1, 2010
Topic: Neonatal keratitis: A 5-year experience at a tertiary care center
Outcomes of DSEK in paediatric eyes
eye2future, Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmological Society annual meeting, Hyderabad. October 1-3, 2010
Invited faculty
Topic: Management of Descemet's membrane detachment following cataract surgery
Evaluation of dry eyes
Free paper
Topic: Outcomes of DSEK in failed grafts
Conjunctival tuberculosis – clinical dilemma
Long-term outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty after cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation
Poster presentation
Topic: Outcomes of rebubbling for posterior graft detachment after DSEK
Neonatal keratitis – case series
Outcomes of DSEK in paediatric eyes
Subhabrata Chakrabarti
International
Participant
Board of Governors meeting, Information, Planning and Exchange meeting, Associate Advisory Board meeting, World Glaucoma Association, Fort Lauderdale, Fl, USA. April 30 – May 3, 2010
Invited speaker
Annual meeting of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Fl, USA. May 1-6, 2010
Topic: The susceptibility of extracellular matrix-related gene variants in age-related macular degeneration
Participant
First strategic meeting of Indo-Tunisian joint research program, Tunis, Tunisia. June 21-26, 2010
Invited speaker
Institut Salah Aziz, Tunis, Tunisia. June 25, 2010
Topic: Molecular and functional genomics of primary congenital glaucoma
Centre for Eye Research, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. October 6, 2010
Topic: Molecular genomics of primary congenital glaucoma
Participant
Fifth strategic meeting of Indo-Australian joint research program, Melbourne, Australia. October 4-8, 2010
Organising member
Annual meeting of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Hyderabad. October 18-22, 2010
Invited speaker
1st Asia-Pacific Joint Glaucoma Congress, Taipei, Taiwan. December 5, 2010
Topic: What do glaucoma genes tell us about glaucoma pathogenesis
Asia-ARVO Meeting on Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Singapore. January 20-22, 2011
Topic: Molecular genetics of age-related macular degeneration in the Indian scenario
National
Invited speaker
18th annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. July 31 – August 1, 2010
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, West Bengal. December 23, 2010
Topic: What do glaucoma genes tell us about glaucoma pathogenesis
Annual meeting of Indian Association of Community Ophthalmology (INACO), Kolkata. December 26, 2010
Topic: Molecular genetics of age-related macular degeneration: The Indian scenario
Annual meeting of International Society of Genetic Eye Diseases and Retinoblastoma (ISGEDR), Bangalore. January 14-16, 2011
Topic: Molecular mechanisms in primary congenital glaucoma: Recent trends and future prospects
UGC-SAP meeting on Genomics of complex diseases, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. March 16, 2011
Topic: Genomics of a complex blinding disorder