A Special Honour at Governor’s Think to Dare Series – 19
Chennai, 13th July 2025
Dr. V. Narendran, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Aravind-Coimbatore, was felicitated by Thiru R.N. Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu, at the Governor’s Think to Dare Series – 19 held at Raj Bhavan, Chennai. The honour was in recognition of the invaluable services rendered by the medical fraternity.
Best Paper Award at the 10th State Annual Conference – Ekashila TOSCON 2025
Telangana, 11-13 July 2025
Dr. Kothapally Saiteja, DNB Resident, Aravind–Coimbatore, won the Best Paper Award at the 10th State Annual Conference – Ekashila TOSCON 2025, organised by the Warangal Ophthalmological Association (WOA), held at Satya Sai Convention Centre, Telangana, from 11-13 July 2025.
Title: Cloaked in Inflammation: Unveiling T-Cell Intraocular Lymphoma”- case series
Awards at the 19th National Conference on Community Ophthalmology – VISION 2020
Ahmedabad, 11–13 July 2025
Managers from various departments of Aravind Eye Hospitals won awards at the 19th National Conference on Community Ophthalmology – VISION 2020: The Right to Sight-INDIA, hosted by Vision 2020 at the Blind People’s Association, Ahmedabad.
Seran I, Manager, Patient Care, Aravind-Salem
Best Paper
Title: Seva-supported project to address uncorrected refractive error in weavers and silversmiths of Salem District, TN
Third Prize – Poster Presentation
Title: Two incremental changes which resulted in zero patient identification errors at AEH Salem
Rajesh S, Manager, Community Outreach & Eye Bank, Aravind-Chennai
Best Paper
Title: Comparative efficacy of vision centres and comprehensive eye camps in detecting speciality cases
Vikky Kumar M, Manager, Administration, Aravind-Tirunelveli
Poster Presentation – First Prize
Title: Biometry challenges: Understanding measurement variability pre and post-investigation
Best Paper Award at the 7th Retina Imaging Congress 2025
Trivandrum, 4-6 July 2025
Dr. Athul S. Puthalath, Medical Consultant, Retina Services, Aravind–Madurai, won the Best Paper Award in the Free Your Mind session at the 7th Retina Imaging Congress 2025, conducted by Chaithanya Eye Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Title: Time-apse Tomography (TLT): AI-augmented interpolation of serial OCTs for dynamic visualisation of retinal disease progression
Runner-Up Prize at the IIRSI Film Festival 2025
Chennai, 5-6 July 2025
Dr. Abhishek G. Nair, DNB Resident, Aravind-Coimbatore, won for his clinical image in the posterior segment category.
Title: The fiery eye
Dr. V.P. Aravind Krishna, MS Resident, Aravind-Madurai, secured the Runner-Up Prize in the Best Teaching Video – Film Category at the IIRSI Film Festival 2025, held during the Annual Indian Intraocular Implant & Refractive Surgery Convention at Chennai, organised by the Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India (IIRSI).
Title: Eye Mount 360 – Revolutionising surgical training
Certificate of Merit at the AIOS Ophthalmic Short Video Competition
Aravind–Salem
Dr. Megha G, Medical Officer, Glaucoma Services, Aravind–Salem, has been listed among the Top 10 in the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Ophthalmic Short Video Competition. She received a Certificate of Merit on the occasion of World Sight Day 2024.
Title: Is Screen Time Always Bad?
Runner-up Prize at the All India Brain Teasers Big Q Competition (Online Platform)
8th June 2025
Postgraduate doctors from Aravind-Coimbatore won the runner-up prize in the Pan-India Inter-Collegiate PG Quiz Finals during the All India Brain Teasers Big Q Competition held online.
The winning team comprised Dr. Abhishek G. Nair and Dr. Krutin Jugal Shah. They were mentored by Dr. Siddharth Narendran and Dr. Vijayevarshcini D., Medical Officers at Aravind-Coimbatore.
Awards at the LVPEI Innovation Day – Start-up Challenge 2025
Hyderabad, 27-28 June 2025
Doctors from Aravind–Madurai won awards for their innovations at the LV Prasad LVPEI Innovation Day – Start-up Challenge 2025, jointly organised by the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) ARC and LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.
Second Prize – AIOS–LVPEI Eye Invent Hackathon 2025
Dr. Priyanka, MS Resident, Aravind–Madurai, and Dr. Niswath Balakrishnan, MS Resident, Aravind-Madurai
Title: “Glaucometer”: A home IOP monitoring device with smartphone connectivity
Industry Special Recognition Award
Dr. Aravind Krishna V.P., MS Resident, Aravind-Madurai, Dr. Smrithi Sony Thampi, MS Resident, Aravind-Madurai, and Dr. Athul S. Puthalath, Medical Consultant, Retina Services, Aravind-Madurai
Title: “Eyemount 360”: A dynamic eye mount designed to enhance wet lab training
Awards at the 11th World Glaucoma Congress
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 25–28 June 2025
Dr. Swati Upadhyaya, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Aravind–Pondicherry, won Second Prize in the Film Festival – Diagnostics Educational Category at the 11th World Glaucoma Congress held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Title: Bleed Blue – See it to Believe it!
Dr. Mohideen Abdul Kader, Glaucoma Services Aravind – Tirunelveli, had his photo titled, “The great escape of the optic nerve head “Reversal of Cupping”: Post GATT” listed among the TOP 10 in the Photo/Images exhibit.
