Dr Anita Agarwal, one of the leading retina specialists from the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville, USA, delivered the lecture on ‘Legacy of Donald Gass’. A number of leading ophthalmologists from various sub-specialties in India participated in the CME programme.

Dr S P Garg, Dr Pardeep Venketesh and Dr Dinesh Talwar from AIIMS, Delhi delivered lectures on specialised topics. Dr H K Tiwari, Dr Lalit Verma, Dr Manish Nagpal, Dr Mahipal Sachdev from Ahmedabad and Dr V Sangwan from Hyderabad also participated in the day’s proceedings.

Discussions were held on the advancements in corneal transplant, glaucoma, fungal keratitis, paediatric cataract surgery, retinopathy of pre-maturity, intraocular tuberculosis and eyelid tumours among others.

On the occasion, three employees of the centre — Arun Kapil, Ophthalmic photographer, sister Jagjit and Reena Kumari, technician, were honoured for their devotion to the work.

In the past one year, new facilities like biochemistry and a molecular research labs and new operation theatre have been added to the centre.

Meanwhile, to promote eye donation, a photo gallery was set up on the occasion by Swadesh Talwar, Regional Photo Editor of The Indian Express. Dr Suchita and Juginder Luthra from the USA donated a wi-fi cyber library and Dr Shubh and Omi Gupta from the UK contributed a doctors’ lounge.