Goa, 3-5 October 2025

Dr. Sujay Sanjay Jaju, PG Resident, Aravind–Coimbatore, won awards at the 45th Annual Conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society (MOSCON 2025) held in Goa.

• Best Paper of MOSCON 2025 – Cornea Session
  Title: Clinical Utility of CRISPR-based RID-MyC Assay in Smear- and Culture-Negative Fungal Keratitis
  Co-author: Dr. Siddharth Narendran
• Best Poster – Cataract Session
  Title: Aborted Suprachoroidal Haemorrhage Presenting as Pseudomelanoma: Don’t Get Psyched Out!
  Co-authors: Dr. Angeetha M.R., Dr. Parag K. Shah
• Best Poster – Retina Session
  Title: Comparing Safety and Efficacy of Bevacizumab, Ranibizumab, and Ranibizumab Biosimilar in ROP
  Co-authors: Dr. Puja Maitra, Dr. Kushal Agrawal, Dr. Abhishek Das, Dr. Prema S, Dr. Narendran V, Dr. Parag K. Shah
• Adjudged Best Free Paper and Best Postgraduate (PG) Paper of MOSCON 2025

 Dr. Kunal Mandlik, Medical Consultant, Cornea & Refractive Surgery Services, Aravind-Pondicherry, received an award for his presentation at the 45^th Annual Conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society (MOSCON 2025), held in Goa.

Jammu, 3-5 October 2025

Dr. B. Manohar Babu, Chief Medical Officer, Aravind-Salem, was honoured with the prestigious Dr. G. Venkataswamy Endowment Award by the Uveitis Society of India at its 26^th Annual Conference – USICON 2025, hosted by AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu.

The award recognises his outstanding contributions to the field of Uveitis. Dr. Manohar delivered the special endowment lecture virtually on the title “My Journey as an Ophthalmologist”

Trichy, 28^th September 2025

Dr. Gowri Priya Chidambaranathan, Scientist, Immunology & Stem Cell Biology, AMRF, was honoured with the Dr. Vidya Ravi Memorial Award for Women Scientist for proving existence of stem cells in trabecular meshwork and its deficiency leading to glaucoma. The award was presented at the National Conference on Advances in Burns Treatment – Thermal and Radiation, held in Trichy.

Ahmedabad, 21-23 August 2025

Dr. Haripriya Aravind was honored with the 2025 APACRS Certified Educator Award, at the 37^th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), held in Ahmedabad.

Guntur, 19-21 September 2025

Dr. Haripriya Aravind, Chief, IOL & Cataract Services, Aravind–Chennai, was honoured with the Dr. Sundararama Raju Cataract Lecture Medal 2025. She also received the awards for Best Scientific Presentation and Best Team in the Ophthalmic Premier League at the 10th Annual Conference of the Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmic Society- EyeCon Guntur 2025, held at Guntur.

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