Hosting the 10th Annual Conference of the Indian Retinopathy of Prematurity (I-ROP) Society

Aravind-Coimbatore, 21-23 August 2026

Aravind-Coimbatore hosted the 10th Annual Conference of the Indian Retinopathy of Prematurity (I-ROP) Society. The event included a pre-conference awareness workshop for government paediatricians and ophthalmologists, along with three hands-on workshops at ARCORE on indirect laser using model eyes, telescreening using model eyes, and intravitreal injections using goat eyes. The main conference was attended by 129 delegates, while 50 participants attended the various workshops. During one of the paper presentation sessions, Dr. Ninan Jacob, Paediatric Retina Surgical Fellow, secured the Second Prize (First Runner-up) in the Free Paper Contest for his presentation, “Plus is Not the Sole Indicator.”