Ahmedabad, 11–13 July 2025

Doctors, faculty members, and Managers from various departments at Aravind Eye Hospitals participated at the 19^th National Conference on Community Ophthalmology – VISION 2020: The Right to Sight – INDIA, hosted by Vision 2020 at the Blind People’s Association, Ahmedabad.

Dhivya Ramasamy, Executive Director, LAICO
– Role of paramedic training in addressing eCSC and eREC (Invited Speaker)
– Aravind experience in making spectacle dispensing cost-effective (Invited Speaker)

Mohammed Gowth, Senior Faculty, LAICO
– Cloud based eye care databases for research and public health (Invited Speaker)
– Role of VCs in improving eREC and eCSC (Invited Speaker)
– Sustainability in Eye Care: How vision centres reduce carbon footprint in eye care (Invited Speaker)

Dr. Sahithya, Associate Professor, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, Vision Rehabilitation, Aravind-Madurai
– Outreach for children with special needs (Invited Talk)

Seran I, Manager, Patient Care, Aravind Eye Hospital, Salem
– Eicher’s truck drivers screening project using mobile refraction van at Salem (Invited Talk)

Santhosha Ganesh, Operations Manager, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai
– Patient-led motivation model as a catalyst for family screening: An investigation of prevalence and awareness of glaucoma among first-degree relatives (Paper)

Alstin Francis Evanisevick P., Assistant Manager, Administration, Aravind-Tirunelveli
– A comparative analysis of refractive errors in rural and urban school children (Poster)

Hariesh Kumar, Manager, Outreach, Aravind-Tirunelveli
– To study the effectiveness of post operative review camps to ensure compliance and quality of visual outcome in cataract operated patients (Paper Presentation)

Meghala, Vision Centre Technician, Aravind Vision Centre, Kalaiyarkovil (Invited Speaker)
– Role of AI enabled Fundus imaging in identifying posterior eye conditions in vision centre (Free Paper)

Vikky Kumar M, Manager, Administration, Aravind-Tirunelveli
– Effective Refractive Error Coverage (eREC) through community outreach: Aligning with Vision 2030 goals (Paper Presentation)

Hawaii, USA, 25-28 June 2025

Doctors from Aravind participated in the 11th World Glaucoma Congress, organised by the World Glaucoma Association in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, where they presented papers and posters.

Dr. Indira Durai, Medical Consultant, Aravind-Thanjavur
– Genetic Screening for Myocilin (MYOC) mutations in families of Juvenile Open-Angle Glaucoma (JOAG) patients in a South Indian population (Poster Presentation)

Dr. Megha, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Aravind – Salem
– Smartphone applications for glaucoma patients and the visually impaired (Poster)

Dr. S. Kavitha, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Aravind-Pondicherry
– Glaucoma practice outside the US (Talk)
– Pearls for acute angle closure management (Talk)
– Tubes in difficult scenarios (Chairperson)
– Leveraging LLMs to unpack the black box of shared medical appointments and patient engagement (Poster)

Dr. R. Sharmila, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Aravind – Madurai
– Nanophthalmos with glaucoma (Speaker)
– Glauco guard: AI based glaucoma risk prediction tool to guard your vision (Poster)
– Comparing the surgical outcomes of combined KDB phacoemulsification versus NPDS phacoemulsification for advanced glaucoma with coexisting cataract (Poster)
– Visual and surgical outcomes of combined non penetrating deep sclerectomy and phacoemulsification in eyes with severe and end stage glaucoma (Poster)
– Analysis of ”re-surgeries” following primary glaucoma surgical intervention in a tertiary care centre (Poster)
– When things look bleak, there is always a silver lining. The Quadruple procedure in Microspherophakia (Film Festival)

Dr. A. Vijayalakshmi, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Aravind – Madurai
– Glaucoma in post-corneal transplants eyes (Speaker)

Dr. H. Kasthuri Bai, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Aravind – Madurai
– Comparison of IOP measurement between rebound tonometer and pulsair non-contact tonometer in the paediatric population (Poster)
– Safety and efficacy of Micropulse in paediatric eyes with refractory glaucoma (Poster)

Dr. Mohideen Abdul Kader, Glaucoma Services, Aravind-Tirunelveli
– The great escape of the optic nerve head “Reversal of Cupping”-Post GATT (Listed in the TOP 10 Photo/Images exhibit)
– Outcomes of combined phacoemulsification with 5-0 prolene Gonioscopy assisted transluminal trabeculotomy Versus Phaco Trabeculectomy in primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) (Poster)
– Enhancing early glaucoma detection through family screening to reduce glaucoma related blindness: A high-volume Indian project (Paper presentation)

Dr. Devendra Maheswari, Senior Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Aravind-Tirunelveli
– Non –Penetrating Deep Sclerectomy (Faculty talk)
– MIGS instructor along with Masaki Tanito
– Glaucoma drainage device session (Chairperson)
– Outcomes of GATT in POAG versus PACG (Poster presentation)
– ASOCT in glaucoma (Video presentation)

Dr. Nimrita Nagdev, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Aravind-Tirunelveli
– Consecutive Travel grant award WGC (2023, 2025)
– Role of peripheral vision centres in fight against glaucoma (Video presentation)
– Outcomes of GATT in mild-moderate and advanced glaucoma (Poster presentation)

Osaka, Japan, 27-28 June 2025

Dr. Kowsalya, Medical Consultant, Neuro-Ophthalmology Services, Aravind–Madurai, presented papers and a poster at the 10th Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society (APTOS) Symposium, held in Osaka, Japan.
– Effectiveness of teleophthalmology enabled primary eye care centres in diagnosis and management of neuro-ophthalmic conditions (Paper)
– Leveraging primary eye care centres for myopia detection and management: A digital approach to eyecare (Paper)
– How to begin and sustain teleconsultation (E Poster)