EDUCATION:

• B.Optom, Elite School Of Optometry, Chennai, India
• M.S. Clinical Optometry, Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University, Philadelphia,

USA:

• FCOVD – I, COVD, USA
• FALAF, Australia
• Pursuing FNORA, NORA, USA
• Pursuing PhD

PRESENT POSITIONS:

• Principal, Sankara College of Optometry, Bangalore
• Mentor, Optometry, SEFI
• Adjunct faculty, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Salus University, USA
• Member, curriculum task force committee, MOHFW, GOI
• Member, experts, ICAHP (ophthalmic sciences) MOHFW, GOI
• President, Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, India

M. S. Orth., M.Ch. Orth., F.R.C.S. (Lon), FAMS, Ph.D. (Honoris Causa)

Paediatric Orthopaedic & Spine Surgeon Director, Paediatric Orthopaedics, B. Nanavati Superspecialty Hospital, Mumbai, India

Dr. Ashok Johari

• President of the world body of Orthopaedics, SICOT, from 2020 to 2022. Current President of the International Federation of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies (IFPOS).
• Chief Editor of the Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics (B) – 2006 to date.
• Past President: Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of India, Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy (IACP), Indian Orthopaedic Association, Asia Pacific Knee Society (APKS), Asia Pacific Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (APPOS), World Association Against Infection in Orthopaedics and Trauma (WAIOT) and others.
• Hon. Fellow of the Slovak Orthopaedic & Trauma Society (SOTS).
• Many awards and prestigious lectures.
• Innovated and introduced many surgical procedures in India.
• Published 6 books, over 50 chapters and numerous original research papers.
• Special interests are Hip and Cerebral Palsy.

• NBEMS Course Coordinator Hindu Rao Hospital and North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College Delhi.
• Chairman, International Research Committee, International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons.
• Chairman, National Skill Transfer Initiative.
• Chairman, DOS Sub-committee for Information Technology, Practice Automation and Clinical Informatics.
• Library Officer, Delhi Ophthalmology Society.
• Associate Editor, Global Journal of Cataract Surgery and Research in Ophthalmology.
• Chief Editor, One Minute Ophthalmology.
• Formerly Member Secy Institutional Ethics Committee, Hindu Rao Hospital and NDMC Medical College.
• Formerly Asst DNB coordinator, HRH.
• Formerly Nodal Officer [Information Technology], Hindu Rao Hospital and NDMC Medical College
• Formerly Chairman, DOS Subcommittee on NABH and Costing.
• Author of ‘Basics of Biostatistics: A Manual for Medical Practitioners’, ‘Basics of Glaucoma’, Tips on Retina Practice, ‘Pathological Ocular Angiogenesis and Macular Edema in Diabetes’, ‘Aakihiri Virasat’, ‘That Night Was the Sweetest’, ‘The Sanctimonious Subterfuge’........ and many others
• Recipient of Best Researcher Award at 5th National Editors Summit 2023 of IESRF, and Best Researcher Award at World Comprehensive Cataract Conference 2022 held by International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons and PGI Chandigarh.

• NBEMS Course Coordinator Hindu Rao Hospital and North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College Delhi.
• Chairman, International Research Committee, International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons.
• Chairman, National Skill Transfer Initiative.
• Chairman, DOS Sub-committee for Information Technology, Practice Automation and Clinical Informatics.
• Library Officer, Delhi Ophthalmology Society.
• Associate Editor, Global Journal of Cataract Surgery and Research in Ophthalmology.
• Chief Editor, One Minute Ophthalmology.
• Formerly Member Secy Institutional Ethics Committee, Hindu Rao Hospital and NDMC Medical College.
• Formerly Asst DNB coordinator, HRH.
• Formerly Nodal Officer [Information Technology], Hindu Rao Hospital and NDMC Medical College
• Formerly Chairman, DOS Subcommittee on NABH and Costing.
• Author of ‘Basics of Biostatistics: A Manual for Medical Practitioners’, ‘Basics of Glaucoma’, Tips on Retina Practice, ‘Pathological Ocular Angiogenesis and Macular Edema in Diabetes’, ‘Aakihiri Virasat’, ‘That Night Was the Sweetest’, ‘The Sanctimonious Subterfuge’........ and many others
• Recipient of Best Researcher Award at 5th National Editors Summit 2023 of IESRF, and Best Researcher Award at World Comprehensive Cataract Conference 2022 held by International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons and PGI Chandigarh.

M. S. Orth., M.Ch. Orth., F.R.C.S. (Lon), FAMS, Ph.D. (Honoris Causa)

Paediatric Orthopaedic & Spine Surgeon Director, Paediatric Orthopaedics, B. Nanavati Superspecialty Hospital, Mumbai, India

• President of the world body of Orthopaedics, SICOT, from 2020 to 2022. Current President of the International Federation of Paediatric Orthopaedic Societies (IFPOS).
• Chief Editor of the Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics (B) – 2006 to date.
• Past President: Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of India, Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy (IACP), Indian Orthopaedic Association, Asia Pacific Knee Society (APKS), Asia Pacific Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (APPOS), World Association Against Infection in Orthopaedics and Trauma (WAIOT) and others
• Hon. Fellow of the Slovak Orthopaedic & Trauma Society (SOTS).
• Many awards and prestigious lectures.
• Innovated and introduced many surgical procedures in India.
• Published 6 books, over 50 chapters and numerous original research papers
• Special interests are Hip and Cerebral Palsy.

M.S., F.C.P.S., D.O.M.S., Diplomat Nat. Board Ophth

Eye Surgeon – Contact Lens – Intraocular Implant & Refractive Surgery Specialist Past President: Bombay Ophthalmologists’’ Association 2019 - 2020, MDMP MDMPA, IACP, MOS & ISMSICS

Dr. Usha A. Johari is a Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon, practising in Johari Eye Centre Mahim Mumbai for the last 35 years. She was a consultant to Raheja Hospital, Asha Parekh Hospital and Mahavir Medical Centre. Currently she is a consultant at Hiranandani Hospital. She was Hon. Lecturer at SNDT College & College of Physicians & Surgeons for more than 10 years. She has the highest qualification in Ophthalmology M.S., F.C.P.S., D.O.M.S., Diplomat Nat. Board. She was a gold medalist from Bangalore University. She has vast experience in Ophthalmology due to her training in India & abroad like Liverpool, London, Paris, Moscow & Switzerland.

She has received several awards like “Rashtriya Udyog Ratna Award”, Women Achievers Award, Bharat Excellence Award to name a few. She has published several articles & read papers at national level. She has been invited as faculty for national conference across the country. She has attended conferences, organized several workshops & delivered public guest lectures, and invited as a Judge in national conferences. She has designed a proforma - for the first time in the country “Save vision in Developmental Disabilities”.

She is currently running 2 NGOs“The Johari Medical & Research Foundation” & “The Child Care Foundation”. She has been conducting several Eye Camps distributing free glasses, free medicine & running an eye-centre in rural area performing free surgeries for the underprivileged. She has been the Immediate Past President of Bombay Ophthalmologist’s Association & MDMPA. Currently she is the President of Women’s Wing of ISMSICS and Global Director of ISMSICS Training Program. She is also an executive member and the chairperson for “Save Vison in Developmental Disabilities” under the aegis of Indian academy of Cerebral Palsy

Dr. Sunil Moreker is a Consultant Eye Surgeon with interest on total Diabetes eye care and training. This project was amongst the top three projects in NCD category. He is recipient of 6 best paper national awards

His innovation like the use of smart phones for screening and video glasses for home and school eye tests have been published in BJO and usage of preventive strategies in infectious diseases wherein schools have a greater role. He has highlighted about how common cough formulations may be responsible for tumours in new born children if taken intrauterine. He runs medicolegal workshops in China, Mexico and India and has highlighted the use of software for plagiarism detection in school and college essays. He was scientific committee member of W.C.O., Member of the I.C.O. Committee on CPD, Member of DECC of the ICO. He was Eye bank in charge at various medical colleges & has helped setting up eye banks in India and abroad. He was also the Academician in charge of the program for D.N.B, Member ethics committee of the A.I.O.S, Associate editor of the I.J.O and is now the President of the ISORS and Secretary of the I.O.T.T T.C, Editorial Board member of TSE as well as ICM eye care of the APH, USA. Editor of 3 books, written 50 chapters in international text books, and has 50 international presentations. He has been Editor of the BJO and Associate Editor of the IJO and Editorial board member of MOS, on the panel of expert reviewers of journal like the AJO, Medical Education and JPGM.

He has conducted over 200 cataract eye camps, operated over 12,000 patient and operated 2000 patients who had co-existing diseases. He has published articles on ocular plastic surgeries at local journals & has read papers in ocular plastic surgery abroad and conducted IC in ocular plastic surgeries and committee meetings at Singapore, Malaysia, China and Japan and has also delivered a lecture on pediatric ocular plastic surgeries at the Harvard Children’s Hospital, USA and has thus been instrumental in popularizing a new specialty called pediatric ocular plastic surgery. He has published over 15 ocular plastic surgery videos in international ocular plastic surgery video atlas published by the Jaypee Publication group. He has promoted research in an ethical manner more so for private practitioners by conducting lectures, and has been part of IC on research methodologies. He is a keen medical educationist & has reviewed books on education. He routinely confers with experts via video conferencing and takes lectures via video conference globally. He has held key positions in international and local professional association and has been on the Committee of Publication Ethics, He has been the President of NBOA, VP, Secretary and Treasurer of the same. He has won over a dozen awards internationally and nationally including best research in ocular plastic surgery session at the AIOS Annual Conference and he has been interviewed by TV channels and national newspapers regarding his work

He has been felicitated by the Governor of Assam. Was awarded by Consul General of Montenegro and also by Baroness Flather of Windsor and Mainhead and Lord DaljitRana from U.K. His experience in Medical ethics has led to his name featuring as an ethics expert in the UNESCO Database of Global Ethics observatory. He believes in patient education and patient’s rights and has produced videos on eye diseases.

Core committee member B.E. (Electronics) Mumbai University.

M. S. at Georgia Tech. University Atlanta, USA & thesis on solar energy, M. S., Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Educating students from rural area is his passion. Schooling of Children from Junior KG and college graduation to post graduation with idea of future placement is the goal with good infrastructure and is being carried out since 6 years. He has been successful in this mission and has earned goodwill. Running few NGO’s in the interest of uplifting the down trodden by the way of education, financial aid, research. All in all his interest is to make all the young citizens of rural India.

Dr. Shabnam Rangwala, is a graduate Occupational therapist with over three decades of clinical experience in the field of Occupational therapy. Her experience spans from working with newborn infants to adults with disability. Under the leadership of Dr. Mithu Alur, Founder Chairperson ADAPT (formerly The Spastics Society of India) she has worked on several National and International Projects that looked at disability policies in India. She is the recipient of the BOND International Award, UK 2020, for her work in low- and middle-income countries with UK based charity, MAITS. Dr. Rangwala currently trains nationally and internationally on family centered practice using the ICF approach in LMIC’s. Her Publications and Research papers include:

• Shabnam R (2015), “Understanding Disability” Empowering children with Disabilities, New Delhi, Prabhat Prakashan, Pgs 63 – 80.
• Shabnam R (2015), “Inclusion and Inclusive Education” Empowering children with Disabilities, New Delhi, Prabhat Prakashan, Pgs 157 – 171.
• Shabnam R et al (2018) “Working for Children with Developmental Delay: A guide for Community Health Workers in low resource setting”, MAITS, UK, 2018.
• Anoo B, Shabnam R (2019), Quality of Life of a Child with disability in India: A Mixed method study.
• Shabnam R, Katherine S. (2019), A Microintensive Research study: The impact of yoga on posture, breathing and psychosocial variables in Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy.
• D Y Patil Journal of Health Sciences (In process of publication).

As an Occupational therapist, in her clinical practice, Dr. Rangwala has been using visual perceptual interventions with her clients. With current evidence-based research studies, in the area of visual rehabilitation for children with developmental disabilities, she has a keen interest in exploring this aspect further, especially with respect to her work in LMIC’s.

Visual rehabilitation is a team approach and team members include an ophthalmologist, optometrist and visual rehabilitation therapist. Visual rehabilitation is aimed at enhancing visual skills and addressing challenges in visual processing. It employs a combination of therapeutic activities and exercises that focus on improving eye teaming, tracking, and convergence. These in turn, are essential to perform functional activities such as reading, writing, and engaging with the environment or the world around us. Therefore, visual rehabilitation targets specific visual skills that contribute towards academic learning and functionality

While vision therapy cannot be not a standalone solution, its inclusion in a multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary strategy, enhances its potential to positively impact the lives of children with developmental disabilities. Early intervention is the key factor, and integrating vision therapy into a comprehensive treatment plan alongside other therapies provides a synergistic approach. Improved visual abilities impact a child’s learning experience and thus have a great role to play in furthering their overall quality of life.

In LMIC’s the role of the visual rehabilitation therapist continues to be ill defined and thus, a CVI society for India can play a lead role in addressing this much neglected issue. Until then, ALL therapists and more specifically an occupational therapist must step in to provide a crucial role in visual rehabilitation. Therapists can also play a larger role of transfer of knowledge by developing as Master trainers in visual rehabilitation to disseminate knowledge to different target audiences that form a part of the child’s universe. These may include special educators, mainstream school teachers, employers, communication designers, architects among a few.

There is a long way to go and a lot to be done and the CVI society of India can support in charting the way for all LMIC’s.

Dr. Sudha N. Manjunath, is a graduate of J. J. M. Medical College, Davangere and Bangalore medical college. She is in private practice in Bangalore at Dr. Rudrappa’s Hospital. She has been associated with Spastics society of Karnataka, Bangalore for the past 25 years. She has developed the ophthalmology department by providing complete evaluation of all special children. Special educators, teachers and occupational therapists have been trained in doing functional vision assessment, early intervention and providing environmental modification. Dr. Sudha has been an active participant of all teaching programs of the Spastics society of Karnataka, Indian academy of cerebral palsy and other professional ophthalmic societies.