Dr Sirisha Senthil Honoured with Devi Award 2026
Published 7th November 2026
Dr Sirisha Senthil, Head of the Kalathur Venugopal Reddy Institute of Excellence in Glaucoma has received the Devi Award 2026, presented by The New Indian Express.
The Devi Awards were instituted in New Delhi in 2014, and recognise women who are making a difference in their fields and leading change through their work.
Dr Senthil joined LVPEI in 2007 and has headed the Glaucoma Service since 2012. She treats adults and children with complex glaucoma and also guides young ophthalmologists and researchers. She now leads the Kalathur Venugopal Reddy Institute of Excellence in Glaucoma, inaugurated in February 2026. She is also a strong advocate of early detection of glaucoma, the “silent thief of sight”. She has published over 179 scientific papers and was recently elected Chair of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis.
