2023
23rd - 24th, Dec 2023
India International Centre, New Delhi

Oration & Key-

note Lectures
by International
Speakers

Orientations on Panel Discussions,

Advances in Eye Free Paper &
Research & Inno- Poster Sessions
vation

Live Clinical
Workshops &
Inter College
Quiz

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2023
Program Schedule
On the Spot Registration 8:30am Onwards
Timings Plenary Hall
9:30am - 9:45am Opening Ceremony & Lamp Lighting Scientific Sessions & Workshops
9:45am - 10:00am Welcome Address & Honouring Dignitaries Timings Seminar Hall A (60) Seminar Hall B (40)

Day 1 Session 1, Scientific Free Paper Session 1

Live Workshop : Contact Lens (Group 1),
10:00am - 11:15am Binocular Brilliance: Mastering Vision Harmony 10:00am -11:10am
Innovations, Moderators: Dr Krishna
Ms Shweta Chitranshi and team - 1 hour
Kumar, Dr Akhil Varshney, Mr M
Moderators: Mr. Prem Kumar Singh, Dr Premnandini Srikant
Bioengineered liquid cornea: instruct-
ing host tissue to prevent scarring in
Topic Speakers 10:00am -10:10am mechanical injury wound model of
mice - Ms Jyoti
Comparison of corneal densitome-
Invited Dr Premn- try data of humans and rabbits
10:00am - 10:15am
Speaker
Amblyopia: Beyond the Retina and V1 andini
10:15am -10:25am
using different Scheimpflug devices
- Ms Bharti Sangwan

In-Vitro model for dry eye disease:-

Invited Prof Aditya 10:30am - 10:40am Understanding the application of
10:20am - 10:30am
Speaker
Basic Binocular Vision Processing Goyal BAC on Corneal Epithelium cells -
Mr Kartik Goel
Day 1: Saturday 23rd December 2023

Project Prakash: Mr Alish 10:45am - 10:55am Practice Locator-A unique initiative by

10:35am - 10:45am Dipani OCI - Ms Harshada Kale
Merging clinical service with basic science
Optometry Pathshala: An online

10:50am - 11:00am
Invited Optometric intervention on Dr Mantu 11:00am - 11:10am education platform in Hindi for
Akon optometry students and practitioners -
Speaker Neurological disorders Ms Menka Sharma

11:00am - 11:15am DISCUSSION

11:15am - 11:30am Tea Break, Poster Exhibition, Social Networking
Scientific Free paper Session 2 Scientific Free paper Session 3 Public
Day 1 Session 2, Cellular and Molecular health, vision rehabilitation and
Biology in Vision Science, miscellaneous, Moderators: Dr
11:30am - 1:35pm Clear Horizons: Bridging optical corrections to the Ocular surface, 11:30am - 1:35pm
Moderators: Dr Kiran Kumar, Dr Pradipta Bhatacharya, Dr Deepak
Moderators: Dr Stuti L Misra, Dr Virender Sangwan Shyam Raji, Dr Anil Tiwari Bagga,Dr Shalinder Sabherwal,
Ms Yogeshwari Bansal

Anti-glaucoma medications (AGMs)

11:30am - 11:40am
Invited The Scope of Research Mr Srikanth 11:30am - 11:40am mediate the suppression of inflamma-
Geriatric Outreach and Ocular Diagnosis
Study - Ms Harshada Kale
Speaker in Ophthalmic Dispensing Maseeduplli tion in glaucoma via the IL-6/STAT3
pathway - Dr Nisha Sinha

Cigarette smoking mediated UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION AND

11:45am -11:55am
Invited Manage Irrgular Cornea Mr Abhilekh
Aneja
11:45am - 11:55am retrotransposon and inflammasome ROLE OF REHABILITATION
activation in age related macular AMONGST THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED -
Speaker with Scleral Lenses degeneration - Dr Akhil Varshney Mr Faisal Khurshid

A normative database of ocular

Clear Vision, Complex Realities: Functional studies on TFF1 in human surface analyzer (OSA) quantitative
Ms Shweta
12:00pm - 12:10pm Unveiling the Challenges in Chitranshi
12:00pm -12:10pm retinoblastoma: preliminary data -
Mr Aman Verma
metrics in a large cohort of healthy
pediatric and adult subjects in Indian
Contact Lens Use population - Ms Tanya Gupta

Functional association and therapeutic Acceptance and impact of smart

12:15pm - 12:25pm
Invited Contact Lens: Ms Lakshmi 12:15pm -12:25pm implications of non-coding RNA-binding vision glasses in daily living of severe
Shinde protein PIWI in glioblastoma and visual impaired persons - Ms Divya
Speaker Research and Training retinoblastoma - Ms Rupa Roy

12:30pm - 12:45pm
Keynote Menopause Dr Stuti L 12:30pm -12:40pm
Exploring the Intersection of IL-17-induced
inflammation and STAT3 pathway in HSV-1
Pre- Inter College Quiz Competition-
By Quiz Master Dr Damanjot Singh -
Speaker and the ocular surface Misra Corneal Keratitis - Ms Moumita Mondal 1 hour

12:50pm -1:00pm
Chicken and Egg: Dr Neha
12:55pm -1:40pm
Live Workshop : Low vision and Rehabilata-
Kapur tion (Group1), Mr Nasim Akhtar and
The Ocular surface and Keratoconus team - 45 mins

1:05pm - 1:20pm
Keynote Nutrition and the ocular surface- Dr Stuti L
Speaker 'we are what we eat' Misra

1:20pm - 1:30pm DISCUSSION

1:30pm - 2:15pm Lunch Break, Poster Exibition & Social Networking

Day 1 Session 3, Plenary Hall

2:15pm -3:25pm Myopic Insights: Clearing vision paths
Moderators: Dr Umang Mathur, Dr Shailja Tibrewal, Prof Padmaja Sankaridurg
Padma Shri Vipin Buckshey Why Management Prof
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Oration Lecture of Myopia matters Padmaja Sankaridurg

Padmashri Vipin Buckshey Oration Award Felicitation

2:45pm - 2:55pm by Dr Umang Mathur and Dr Virender Sangwan
Mr Live Workshop: Imaging and Diagnostic
Invited Live Workshop: Ocular Prosthesis
3:00pm - 3:10pm
Speaker
Myopia Control with Ortho-K Yeswant 3:00pm - 3:45pm (Group 1), Ms Jijimol & team - 45min
(Group 1), Mr Birender Pratap Singh &
team - 45 mins
Saoji

Myopia control options in the presence Mr Prem

Kumar
3:15pm - 3:25pm
of Binocular Vision Dysfunctions Singh

3:25pm - 3:35pm DISCUSSION

3:35pm - 3:45pm Tea Break, Poster Exhibition, Social Networking

Day 1 Session 4 Visionary Impact: Public Health and Optometry Education, Live Workshop : Binocular Vision (Group 1), Live Workshop on "MF Contact Lenses
3:40pm - 5:25pm 4:00pm - 5:00pm Mr Prem K Singh and team - 1 hour Fitting Pearls" (Group 2), Mr Pushpendra
Moderators: Dr Krishna Kumar, Dr Shalinder Sabherwal, Mr Sanjay Mishra and team - 1 hour

3:45pm - 4:00pm
Keynote Shaping the Future of Vision Care: A Dr Srujana
Sahebjada
Speaker Local Optometrist's Global Influence
Invited Mr Amod
4:05pm - 4:10pm Skills to be an Optometry leader Gogate
Speaker
Prof
4:15pm - 4:25pm
Invited Challenges in optometry education Monica
Speaker and way forward Chaudhary

Role of optometrists in public Dr

Shalinder
4:30pm - 4:40pm
Health- My experience Sabherwal

Invited Dr Krishna
4:45pm - 4:55pm Speaker Geriatric eye care at the doorstep Kumar

5:00pm - 5:10pm
Rapid assessment method survey Mr Md
Javed

Mr Rathinam
5:15pm - 5:25pm
Incubating the innovations in eye care Thyagarajan

5:25pm - 5:35pm DISCUSSION

5:35pm- 6:35pm Inter College Quiz Competition- By Quiz Master Dr Damanjot Singh
6:35pm - 7:00pm Cultural Event
7:00pm Onwards Gala Dinner
      

2023

Program Schedule
Scientific Sessions & Workshop
Timings Topic Speakers
Timings Seminar Hall A (60) Seminar Hall B (40)

Day 2, Session 1 Scientific Free paper Session 4 Ocular

Research Nexus: Bridging basics to AI advancements, Live Workshop: Contact Lens (Group 3),
diseases Moderators: Dr Premnan-
9:00am - 11:10am 9:00am - 10:10am Mr Abhilekh Aneja and team - 45 mins
Moderators: , Dr Akhil Varshney, Dr Anil Tiwari, dini, Dr Stuti Misra, Prof Aditya
Goyal, Mr Sanjay Mishra
Dr Raji Shyam
New Discoveries on Cellular Investigate the association between ocular
Keynote Dr Raji
9:00am - 9:15am
Speaker
Dysfunctions Shyam 9:00am - 9:10am biometric parameters and anterior
chamber angle- Ms Vidhushi Gupta
in Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy
Dysregulated Gene Expression and

9:20am - 9:30am
Invited Biomimetic ECM hydrogel to Dr Bokara
9:15am - 9:25am
Enriched Pathways in Keratoconus
Epithelium: Insights from RNA Sequencing
Kiran Kumar
Speaker treat corneal injuries Analysis - Ms Jyoti Sangwan

Clinical utility of IVF based preimplantation

Keynote Ocular Surface and Inflammatory Dr Pradipta genetic testing for Wilson Disease:
Day 2: Sunday 24th December 2023

9:35am - 9:45am Bhattacharya 9:30am - 9:40am result-guided actionability and outcome -

Speaker Cells in Health and Disease A case report - Dr S. Muthukumaran

Keynote A Multi-Angle Dive into Dr Srujana

9:45am - 9:55am
Outcomes of Keratoconus - Pre and Post
9:45am - 10:00am Sahebjada CL era - Dr Prashant
Speaker Keratoconus Research

10:05am - 10:15am
Eyes beyond the ordinary: Dr Shailja
10:00am - 10:10am Spams of near Reflex - Ms Jyoti Pandit
Tibrewal
Navigating Rare diseases
Dr Virender
10:20am - 10:30am Engineering the eye Sangwan

10:35am - 10:45am
AI models to improve efficiency in Dr
Ramkailash
eye care Gujar
10:45am - 10:55am DISCUSSION

11:00am - 11:10am Corporate Session 1 - Bausch and Lomb

11:10am - 11:20am Tea Break, Poster Exhibition, Social Networking
Day 2 Session 2 Scientific Free paper Session 5 Refractive
errors and Contact lenses, Moderators: Live Workshop: Dispensing (Group 1),
11:20am- 1:00pm Vision Precision: Biometry and Ocular Imaging, 11:20am - 12:45pm
Mr Yeswant Saoji, Ms Lakshmi Mr Suresh and team - 1 hour
Moderators: Dr Premnandini, Mr Surender Dixit Shinde, Mr Abhilekh Aneja

11:20am - 11:30am
Invited Refining Biometry and Mr Kaushal Myopia Control Educational series -
Kumar 11:20am - 11:30am Ms Harshada Kale
Speaker IOL Power Calculation
Clinical profile and visual rehabilitation
with miniscleral contact lens in
11:35am - 11:45pm Pearls of slit lamp photography Mr Surendra 11:35am - 11:45am different corneal disorders of patients
Dixit attending tertiary eye hospital of
eastern Nepal - Mr Pankaj Adhikari
Conservative Ocular Management of
Precision in Focus : Mr Bhupesh Childrens with Marfans Syndrome : A
11:50pm - 12:00pm 11:50am - 12:00pm
Navigating Refractive surgery evaluation Chandra Refractive Challenge for Optometrists
- Ms Nisha Jha

12:05pm - 12:15pm
Optometrist Spotlight: Mr Brajesh Biometric profile of 2200 pediatric eyes
with myopia and corelation with
Kumar 12:05pm - 12:15pm
Mastering Posterior Segment Diagnostics severity - Dr Shailja Tibrewal

Improved spectacle compliance in

Synchronizing VFA and OCT : Ms Sweety 12:20pm - 12:30pm door-to-door screening model of
12:20pm - 12:30pm Sharma
Glaucoma Insights pediatric vision screening - Dr Vaisakhi
Prasannan

12:35pm - 12:45pm DISCUSSION 12:35pm - 12:45pm Corporate Session 2 - Hoya

12:50pm - 1:00pm Corporate Session 3 Sun Pharma

1:00pm- 2:00pm Lunch Break, Poster Exibition & Social Networking

2:00pm - 3:00pm Day 2, Session 3

Panel Discussion on "How to devolop your own successful private practice":
Moderator Mr Prem Kumar Singh

2:00pm - 3:00pm Panelist: Padmashri Vipin Buckshey, Prof Monica Chaudhary, Mr Ajeet Bhardwaj, Ms Lakshmi Shinde, Mr Yeswant Saoji

3:00pm - 3:10pm Tea Break, Poster Exhibition, Social Networking

Day 2 Session 4, Live Workshop: Low Vision and Rehabilata-
SightCraft: LVA and Ocular Prosthetics, 3:10pm - 3:55pm tion (Group 2 ), Mr Nasim Akhtar and
3:10pm - 4:35pm
Moderators: team - 45 mins

Ms Yogeshwari Bansal, Ms Soniya Srivastava, Dr Deepak Bagga

Seeing beyond limits:
Invited Dr Deepak
3:10pm - 3:20pm
Speaker
A holistic approach to assessing K Bagga

low vision and selecting assistive devices

Invited Recent advances and innovations Ms Sneha
3:25pm - 3:35pm Aggarwal
Speaker in Low Vision
Low vision rehabillation: Ms Soniya
Srivastava 3:40pm - 4:40pm
Live Workshop: Binocular Vision- (Group 2), Live Workshop on Special Contact Lenses-
3:40pm - 3:50pm Mr Prem K Singh/ Dr Mantu Akon & (Group 4), Mr Gagan Sahani and team
Challenges in practice team - 1 hour - 1 hour

Beyond Vision: Cosmetic Marvels with Ms Jijimol

3:55pm - 4:05pm
Ocular Prosthetics
Updated technology in low vision Mr Nasim
4:10pm - 4:20pm Akhtar
practice
4:20pm - 4:35pm DISCUSSION
4:40pm - 05:15pm Prize Distribution and Closing Ceremony
5:15pm Vote of Thanks