Chennai, 15-17 August 2025

At the fourth edition of EIVOC 2025, held at the Chennai Trade Centre, Aravind staff achieved notable recognitions:

Jegatheeswari J, Tutor-Refraction, Aravind-Madurai, won Best E-Poster Presentation & Overall Best E-Poster Presentation.
Title: Impact of prismatic correction on field of binocular single vision in incomitant strabismus.

Two Aravind doctors have been elected as office bearers of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) for the 2025–2028 term.

Dr. D. Chandrasekhar, Consultant & Lead for NABH Compliance, AECS, Aravind–Coimbatore, was elected as the Honorary General Secretary of TNOA, while Dr. Divya Manohar, Chief, Cataract, Cornea & Refractive Services, Aravind–Thanjavur, was elected as a Managing Committee Member.

Pondicherry, 1-3 August 2025

Dr. Muthukrishnan V, Medical Consultant, Retina Services

• TNOA TOPS Award Free paper Retina I
• TNOA TOPS Award Free paper Retina (Overall)
• Nominated for TNOA Prof. C.P Gupta Award Free Paper finalists (Best of Best)
  Title: Paediatric Endogenous Endophthalmitis: Analysis of clinical spectrum and outcomes in 32 eyes

Dr. Sivadarshan, Medical Consultant, Retina Services

• TNOA TOPS Award Free paper Retina II
  Title: Chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes: A dangerous synergy for proliferative retinopathy

Dr. Sahithya Bhaskaran, Medical Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus Services

• 3^rd Place in Shark Tank for Innovation: Percepto – CVI screening App

Dr. Sabarinath A., Medical Officer, General Ophthalmology Services

• Best Poster Podium in Glaucoma Session
  Title: A deep dive into childhood glaucoma

Dr. Mounika P., Medical Officer, General Ophthalmology Services

• Best Poster Podium in Cataract Session
  Title: Navigating cataract surgery in Post-RK eyes

Dr. Sameer Chaudhary, Medical Officer, General Ophthalmology Services

• TNOA Captain Subramanian Video Award Session
  Title: Haptic heartbreak: IOL exchange following haptic fracture in posterior polar cataract

Dr. Aravind Krishna V.P., MS Resident

• Best Poster Podium Presentation in Orbit & Oculoplasty Session
  Title: Echoes from the past: Late recurrence of retinoblastoma
• Just a Minute (JAM) in Cataract & General Session
  Title: Accessibility tools for the visually challenged in smartphones and computers

Dr. Evangeline D., MS Resident

• Best free paper Neuro- Ophthalmology – 1
  Title: Optic neuritis associated with Myelin Oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody: A case series

Dr. Sudha K.S., MS Resident

• CHERRYCON Paper Presentation Cornea -2
  Title: Case series: External ophthamomyiasis due to Oestrisovis in South India

 Dr. Gopikrishna, MS Resident

• Best Photograph Non-Ophthalmology category

Aravind-Tirunelveli

Dr. Anupama Janardhanam, Medical Consultant, Paediatric & Strabismus Services

• TNOA Prof. C. P. Gupta Award for Best of Best Free Paper
  Title: Clinical and demographic study of Posterior Deformational Plagiocephaly (PDP) in paediatric patients
• TNOA Dr. M.R.S Ramakrishnan Award for Best Free Paper in Paediatric Ophthalmology & TNOA Best Poster Podium Presentation Retina-1 Session
  Title: Paediatric Vascular Occlusions Due to Protein C and S Deficiency

Dr. Diviyan Abraham, Medical Consultant

Best Poster Podium in Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Title: Blinded by the blades: A case of bilateral ocular trauma following drone injury

Aravind-Coimbatore

Dr. Krutin Jugal Shah, DNB Resident

• TNOA Best Free Paper in Comprehensive and Community Ophthalmology
  Title: Uncovering gaps in cluster fungal endophthalmitis: A multi-centre case series
• Best Paper in Neuro Ophthalmology
  Title: Role of interventional radiology in neuro ophthalmology

Aravind-Chennai

Dr. Lakshana M.L., Medical officer, General Ophthalmology Services

• Best Paper of the Session – Comprehensive Ophthalmology
  Title: Distance sensitive retinoscopy with ultrasonic sensor for enhanced accuracy

Dr. Debolina Deb, Medical Consultant, Retina Services

• Best Poster Podium Presentation (Retina Session)
  Title: Oguchi Disease in Indian patients: Imaging the Elusive Mizuo phenomenon

Aravind-Pondicherry

Dr. A. Balraj, Medical Consultant
Dr. K. Selvakumari Award – Best Free Paper in Neuro-Ophthalmology

Dr. R. Harini, DNB Resident
Dr. M.N. Award – Best Free Paper in Cataract

Dr. S. Sivaranjani, Medical Consultant
Best Cherrycon Free Paper in Paediatric Ophthalmology

Dr. S.R. Preethi, DNB Resident
Best Poster Podium in Neuro-Ophthalmology

Dr. C. Sumitha, Glaucoma Fellow
Third prize in YOSI Quiz

Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, 26–27 July 2025

Gopika S Kumar, Project Associate, Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF)
Young Investigator Award
Title: Pigmentation loss reflects EMT and functional decline in iPSC-derived RPE cells (Oral presentation)

Dharsini Nandakumar, Project Assistant II, AMRF Regional Research Centre, Coimbatore
Young Investigator Award
Title: Prospective evaluation of RID-MYC assay for POC diagnosis and clinical management in smear and culture-negative keratitis with IVCM correlation (Oral presentation)

Shivasankari, Junior Research Fellow, Department og Genetics, AMRF
Travel Fellowship

S. Jayashree, Research Manager, S. Karvannan, Research Scholar, & G. Balaji, Project Assistant II, AMRF Regional Research Centre, Coimbatore
2^nd Prize at Quiz Competition

Tirunelveli, 20^th July 2025

Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, Advisor, Aravind–Tirunelveli, and Dr. R. Meenakshi, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Aravind–Tirunelveli, were honoured with Doctors’ Day Awards by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) at a special function held at Hotel Apple Tree, Tirunelveli.

Jaipur, 19-20 July 2025

Dr. Vignesh Elamurugan, Medical Consultant, Retina-Vitreous Services, Aravind-Madurai, won Second Prize in the New Ideas for ROP Research (Rapid Fire) category for his research, at the 9th Annual Conference of the Indian Retinopathy of Prematurity (iROP) Society, held under the aegis of the Jaipur Ophthalmological Society in Jaipur.
Title: Topical Application of Ringer’s Lactate for Phase 1 ROP