Dr Dipti Kashyap Receives 2026 Research Award at Women Ophthalmologists Society Conference

Written by LVPEI Communications

Published 22nd October 2026

Dr Dipti Shikha Kashyap, Fellow in Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Neuro-Ophthalmology, received the ‘Research Award for 2026‘ at the Annual Conference of the Women Ophthalmologists Society in Delhi.

The award recognizes her three best paper presentations from 2023, 2024, and 2025. The papers covered a range of clinical topics:

  • “Hyperhomocysteinemia: A Rare Cause of Isolated Ischemic Abducens Nerve Palsy in Young Adults”
  • “Genu Valgum and Arachnodactyly: A Rare Presentation in Wildervanck Syndrome”
  • “A Pattern of Infantile Esotropia, Manifest Latent Nystagmus from a Posterior Fossa Arachnoid Cyst Compressing the Medulla and Cerebellar Vermis: Report of a Case and Review of Literature”

Dr Dipti’s research in myopia, pre-myopia, myopia progression management, complex strabismus, pediatric eye care, and amblyopia is mentored by Dr Ramesh Kekunnaya and Dr Sampada Kulkarn.