International Awards
Recognised on the world stage
- Best Paper of the Session (BPOS) at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Meeting, San Francisco, 2009
- Malayali Business Achievement Award, Dubai, October 2010
- The Hippocrates Award for Excellence in the Field of Medicine, 2010
- Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), 2011
- Achievement Award by the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), 2013
- Elected as Member of the International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC), 2015
National Awards
Two decades of best-paper and oration honours across India
- Subramoniam Award for the Best Video Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), 1995
- The Best Paper of the Session (BPOS) at the 54th All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Conference, Chandigarh, 3–6 February 1996
- The Best Paper of the Session (BPOS) at the 55th AIOS Conference, New Delhi, February 1997
- Siva Reddy Award for the Best Free Paper at the Annual Conference of the Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (KSOS), 2002
- Sankara Menon Award for the Best Free Paper at the Annual Conference of KSOS, 2007
- M. Joshi Oration Award for Esteemed Contribution in Ophthalmology, 7th Annual Conference of the Deccan Ophthalmic Society, Bagalkot, 1–2 December 2007
- The Best Paper of the Session at the 65th AIOS Conference, Hyderabad, 1–4 February 2007
- Sante Vision Award for the Best Cataract Free Paper of the Session, AIOS Conference, Hyderabad, 2007
- The Sante Vision Award for the year 2007, overall Best Paper read at the Cataract Session, “Intraoperative Conversion from Phacoemulsification (PE) to Non-Phaco Technique,” AIOS Conference, Bangalore, 31 Jan–3 Feb 2008
- Gold Medal for Contribution as “Great Teacher in Ophthalmology,” Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India (IIRSI)
- Gold Medal, Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India (IIRSI), 2009
- First Noel Moniz Award for the Best Anterior Segment Free Paper, KSOS Annual Meeting Drishti, Kannur, Kerala, 2009
- Best Paper of the Session (BPOS), ASCRS Meeting, San Francisco, 2009
- Dr. A.N. Pandeya Oration Award, Bihar Ophthalmological Society (BOS), 2011
- The Best Paper of the Session (BPOS), AIOS Conference, Cochin, 2–5 February 2012
- Major (Dr.) S.C. Dutt Memorial Oration Award, Ophthalmology Society of West Bengal (OSWB), 2012
- S.U. Joshi Memorial Oration Award, Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society (VOS), March 2015
- Dr. C.S. Grover Oration Award of the AIOS, Uttarakhand Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (UKSOS), September 2015
