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| Alumnus Dr Ramesh Murthy received the Excellence Award from the Strabismological Society of India for outstanding contribution to the field of strabismus (squint) in India on 1 December 2012 at Rohtak, Haryana. |
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LVPEI’s partner, C L Gupta Eye Institute in Moradabad, inaugurated its second vision centre, the Mahant Nirmal Singh Memorial Vision Centre, on October 11, 2012. It is located in an ashram owned by the Institute’s secretary, Sardar Gurvinder Singh, and named in honor of his father. LVPEI and IAPB have provided grant-in-aid for the 2 vision centres. C L Gupta Eye Institute is headed by 2 LVPEI alumni, Dr Pradeep Agarwal and Dr Ashi Khurana.
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Silver Jubilee Meet of LVP Alumni Association |
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The Silver Jubilee LVPEI Alumni meet on May 31, 2012, was attended by many alumni from different parts of the world. On the occasion, the alumni pledged to raise Rs 1 crore to set up a “Distinguished Alumni Chair.” A part of the sum was handed over to Dr Gullapalli N Rao. Dr Sunil Singh, senior alumnus, honored Dr Rao on behalf of all the alumni for being an exemplary mentor and teacher, who imparted all the skills to grow professionally and individually to his fellows. Other senior teachers honored for their excellent teaching skills were Dr G Chandra Sekhar, Prof D Balasubramanian, Dr Satish Gupta, Dr Aashish Bansal, Dr Taraprasad Das, Dr Anil K Mandal, Dr Savitri Sharma and anesthetists Dr Sitaram Prasad, Dr CVM Reddy and Dr P Sreeramulu. Dr Jayaprakash Narayan, Lok Satta Party President, and Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh, and Mr Subroto Bagchi, Managing Director of MindTree, were the invited speakers for the alumni meet.See Pictures Alumni NewsDr APJ Abdul Kalam visited C L Gupta Eye Institute at Moradabad on May 21, 2012. The institute is an LVPEI collaborating centre with our alumnus Dr Ashi Khurana as its Medical Director.See Pictures Alumnus Dr Bhavin S Shah inaugurated the Vrund Eye Hospital at Vadodara on May 27, 2012. See Pictures Cornea alumnus Dr Swapnali Sabhapandit was honored with the Dr G Sitalakshmi Gift of Sight Award at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai. Mr Mike Nithavrianakis, British Deputy High Commissioner, Chennai, presents the award to Swapnali, along with Chairman Emeritus of Sankara Nethralaya, Dr S S Badrinath. See Picture |
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AAO Achievement Award for Dr Ramesh Murthy
Dr Ramesh Murthy, oculoplasty fellow and former consultant at LVPEI, was awarded the Achievement Award and the International Ophthalmology Education Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in October 2011. He recently started the Axis Eye Clinic at Pune — a superspecialty center for oculofacial plastic surgery and squint.
Annual Meeting at Bhubaneswar
The 2011 LVPEI alumni meeting was a great success – marked by bonhomie and learning. This year, the meeting was held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, as part of its 5th anniversary celebrations from January 15-16, 2011. The events included a CME program ‘EYE 2011’ and a cultural fiesta, with former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam gracing the occasion. Many LVPEI alumni, from India and overseas, attended the annual get-together and presented their work at the CME, which was appreciated by all the participants. The alumni also had a unique opportunity to interact with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at a special session on January 15, 2011. The meeting also recognized the fact that alumni from various parts of India and abroad continue to utilize LVPEI’s resources, such as corneal tissues, amniotic membranes, tissue glue and polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB). Alumnus and current consultant at LVPEI Hyderabad, Dr Somasheila Murthy made a donation in the name of her father, Late Shri IRK Murthy. It supported the construction of a beautiful garden walkway, which was inaugurated by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
Alumni highlights Tariq Ali, ‘Fazlul Haque Memorial Award’ at the 10th biennial conference of SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology (SAO) and 38th annual conference of Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB), March 2011. Topic: Clinical features and visual outcome of VKH – experience at a tertiary eye care centre of Bangladesh.. Sameer Datar, Best Video award for ‘Boston Keratoprosthesis’ at the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society Annual Conference “MOSCON”, Sangli, October 2010. Mayur Morekar, AIOS-Inflammation Award for the year 2010 at the All India Ophthalmological Society C |
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