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Awards at the 5th World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (WCPOS)

Malaysia, 11-13 July

Dr. Sathya T. Ravilla, Medical Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus Services, Aravind-Tirupati
2nd Place in Poster Village
Title: Creating a smartphone app to improve compliance to Brock String therapy

Dr. Shashikant Shetty, Chief, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus Services, Aravind-Madurai
3rd place in Video Kiosk
Title: A case of periodic alternating skew deviation

Dr. Marie Fredrick Mouttapa, Medical Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus Services, Aravind-Pondicherry
3rd  Place in Poster Village
Title: Eyes at risk: Exploring vernal conjunctivitis and its link to keratoconus prevalence

Dr. Kunjal Gala, DNB Resident, Aravind-Chennai
3rd Place in Free Paper (Adult Ophthalmology)
Title: A comparative analysis of isolated ocular motor nerve palsies in patients above and below 50 years

Dr. Sathya T Ravilla
Dr. Shashikant Shetty
Dr. Marie Fredrick Mouttapa
Dr. Kunjal Gala

Awards at Vision 2020: The Right to Sight India

Punjab, 6-7 July

Thulasiraj Ravilla, Director-Operations, Aravind Eye Care System (AECS), was honoured with the prestigious Guru Dronacharya Award 2023 at the 18th edition of Vision 2020: The Right to Sight-INDIA national conference held at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. This prestigious award recognises his excellence in the field of community eye care in the form of mentoring eye care institutions on a sustained basis covering a comprehensive set of systems, for several years.

Raichel R, Assistant Manager, Quality, Aravind-Pondicherry, won the Best Paper Award for her paper titled, Performing successful cataract surgery through digital monitoring: GoProLive.

Sumathy A, Manager, Camp, Aravind-Pondicherry, won the Best Paper Award for her paper titled, Repurposing: An interesting approach to eye care waste.

Vikky Kumar M, Manager-Quality & Inpatient Services, Aravind-Tirunelveli, won Best Poster Award for his poster titled, Comparison of efficacy of vision centres and comprehensive eye camps in detection of specialty cases.

Guru Dronacharya Award to Thulasiraj Ravilla during the Vision 2020 Conference held at Ludhiana, Punjab
Sumathy A receiving the Best Paper Award
Vikky Kumar M receiving the Best Poster Award
Raichel R receiving the Best Poster Award

Grand Prize at the 10th IIRSI Film Festival Award Show 2024

Chennai, 6-7 July

Dr. Apurva Nagtode, Cornea Fellow, Aravind-Pondicherry, won the grand prize at the film festival of the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (IIRSI) Convention 2024, held at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. The award was given for her video titled, AB-Interno Schlemm’s canal surgery: Touch, tear, and thread technique.

Grand prize to Dr. Apurva Nagtode at the film festival of IIRSI conference

Cash prize at FRACTURE 24

Chennai, 23rd June

Dr. Shreeya Hinge, and Dr. Kaavya Khatri, Postgraduates, Aravind-Pondicherry, secured second prize in the PG/Fellow Quiz contest, with a cash prize at the “Fracture Repair And Clinical Tips Under Real Experts” (FRACTURE 24) CME, held at Sankara Netralaya, Chennai.

Dr. Shreeya Hinge, and Dr. Kaavya Khatri receiving a cash prize for securing second prize in the PG/Fellow Quiz contest at the FRACTURE 24 CME

AHPI TN Excellence Awards 2024

Aravind-Theni, Saturday, 15th June

Aravind-Theni was awarded “Best Single Specialty Hospital Below 100 Beds – Central Zone” at the programme organised by the Association of Health Providers India (AHPI).

Best Single Specialty Hospital Below 100 Beds – Central Zone Award to Aravind-Theni