Dr. Shikha Gupta, M.D. works as Associate Professor, at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Dr. Gupta graduated in Medicine and completed post graduation in Ophthalmology from AIIMS, New Delhi. Subsequently, she obtained super specialty training in Glaucoma, and other allied anterior segment specialities from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS. Dr. Gupta has co-authored over 180 peer reviewed research papers in Ophthalmology. She is the editor ' Textbook of Pterygium Management. 2016. Jaypee Medical Publishers'. She is currently conducting research on congenital glaucomas.Dr. Gupta has received research awards and Young Investigator awards by various international and national societies like the Roche collaborative fellowship ARVO (2021), International Fellowship Award, AIIMS (2021), ARVO Developing Country Research fellowship ARVO (2020), World Glaucoma Congress (2015), American Academy of Ophthalmology (2010), Asia ARVO (2011), All India Ophthalmological Society (2021, 2016, 2012), best free paper in Glaucoma Society of India (2022, 2016) and the Delhi Ophthalmological Society (2014, 2012) on multiple occasions. She is working towards better clinical diagnosis and management of patients with congenital glaucomas and is an active member of Indian Pediatric Glaucoma Society. She has been awarded with numerous intramural and extramural research grants both as primary investigator and as co-investigator. Dr. Karthikeyan Mahalingam works as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He graduated in Medicine from Thanjavur Medical College, Tamil Nadu, and completed post-graduation in Ophthalmology from AIIMS, New Delhi. Subsequently, he obtained sub-specialty training in Glaucoma, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS. He has been awarded “Fellow of All India Collegium of Ophthalmology” (FAICO) in the subject Glaucoma by All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS). He has co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed research papers in Ophthalmology. He has written many chapters for books on Ophthalmology. He is currently conducting research on glaucoma. He has received various research awards and prizes like the “Shri Janardhan Prasad Glaucoma Award” (by Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS 2021), Young Researcher Award 2023 (by Institute of Scholars, India), First prize in Surfing the anterior segment (AIOS-YOSI Forum 2023, Delhi), Best paper of session in Glaucoma (at Annual conference of AIOS 2021), First prize in Glaucoma interesting cases (at Annual conference of Delhi Ophthalmological Society -DOS 2021), First prize in Glaucoma & Neuro-ophthalmology free paper (DOS 2021), Second prize inAllied Ophthalmic Sciences free paper (DOS 2021), etc. He is currently serving as an executive member of the Young Ophthalmologists Society of India. Prof. Viney Gupta is Professor of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Services of Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences , All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, with special interests in Congenital glaucomas, juvenile glaucomas, surgical glaucoma and glaucoma genetics. He did Glaucoma Fellowship at Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Australia)( 2007-2008). He has more than 170 indexed publications in Ophthalmology particularly Glaucoma in peer reviewed journals. He is the author of 2 books one on Ocular Therapeutics and the other on Glaucoma management as part of the initiative of the Glaucoma Society of India. He is currently spearheading Glaucoma genetic Projects esp genetics of Juvenile open angle glaucoma. He has been awarded with special honors: AC Aggarwal Trophy for best freepaper at Delhi Ophthalmological Society Meeting (2004), second prize for best poster at Annual Meeting of European Glaucoma Society, Florence, Italy (2004), best Clinical Research paper at AIIMS ( 2015). He also serves as the Examiner for Post graduates for the University of Malaysia. He has mentored post graduate thesis in Glaucoma of more than 50 students. Dr Gupta founded the Indian Pediatric Glaucoma Society and is currently serving as the President of the Society.
