Malaysia, 11-13 July

Dr. Sathya T. Ravilla, Medical Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus Services, Aravind-Tirupati
2^nd 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
3^rd 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
3^rd  Place in Poster Village
Title: Eyes at risk: Exploring vernal conjunctivitis and its link to keratoconus prevalence

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

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.

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.

Chennai, 23^rd 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.

Aravind-Theni, Saturday, 15^th 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).