Awards and Honours:

• Certificate of Merit by the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, Government of India, 1973.

• Col Rangachari Gold Medal for the Best Scientific Paper by the All- India Ophthalmological Society, Cochin, 1984.

• Hony Eye Specialist at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (April1996-till date).

• Awarded Membership of National Academy of Medical Sciences, India, 1995.

• Fellowship for Advanced training in Strabismus by International Strabismological Society, 2001, at Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA,Los Angeles, CA; Wills Eye Hospital,Philadelphia, PA; and Richmond Eye Hospital , Richmond, VA, April –September 2001.

• Dr Athavle Award for best scientific work in the fields of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Neuro-ophthalmology, All-India Ophthalmological Society, Ahmedabad, 2002

• Faculty in WHO sponsored training of trainers program in Strabismus at Guwahati, October 2002.

• Visiting faculty in ORBIS- The Flying Eye Hospital, Chennai November 2002.

• Retina Foundation Oration of Gujarat Ophthalmological Society, 11^th October 2003, Ahmedabad.

• Rustomji Ranji Oration of AP State Ophthalmological Society, 17^th October 2003, Eluru,AP.

• Awarded International Membership of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 2004.

• Ophthalmic Society West Bengal Guest Lecture Oration, October 2005, Asansol,WB

• Dr Ishwar Chandra Oration of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society, December 2006, Nagpur.

• Dr S N Mitter Oration of Delhi Ophthalmic Society, April 2009, New Delhi

• Dr RPSinha Oration of Bihar Ophthalmological  Society, 2010

• Visiting faculty in ORBIS-The Flying Eye Hospital, Chennai, 2002, Miraj 2005, Mt Abu 2008

• Invited Expert at Lumbini, Nepal and Colombo, SriLanka 2009

• Chairman of the AIOS Collegium for Ped Ophthalmology and Strabismus,2010,till date

• AIOS-IJO Silver Award for Best paper in 2010

Research and Publications:

• Over 150  scientific articles in National and International journals  or chapters in books

·         Books authored:

–        Strabismus Simplified, CBS Publishers, New Delhi, 1999,

–        Essentials of Ophthalmology, Top Publishers, New Delhi, 2000.2011

• Over 150 scientific presentations at Regional, National and International Conferences.

• Supervision of 40 MD Ophthalmology Thesis and one DM dissertation in Neurology.

 Memberships of Scientific Societies:

• Life member: All India Ophthalmological Society, Strabismological Society of India, National Society for Prevention of Blindness- India, Delhi Ophthalmic Society,

• International Member of American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

• Member International Strabismological Association.

• Past Secretary, Vice President and Editor Journal, Strabismological Society of India.

• Joint Secretary, NSPB-India,1999-till 2002.

• Section Editor IJO of AIOS, since 2008 till date

E-mail:- drpsharma57@yahoo.com